"Guidance?" Qin Hao shook his head slightly.
"You're unwilling?" Mu Ziqing frowned.
"I wouldn't call it guidance. I can only offer suggestions."
Qin Hao said, "Everyone walks a different Martial Way. My path of cultivation may not suit everyone."
Mu Ziqing nodded gently. That was true.
"Ziqing, wait here a moment. I'll go say hello to Qi Long and the others," Qin Hao told her quietly. Then he walked toward the group ahead.
Qi Long, Ji Ziqi, Dongfang Lin, Sikong Xuan, Du Lei, and the others all had mixed feelings.
News of Qin Hao's return had already spread throughout the Azure Flame Sect.
As soon as they heard, they had wanted to catch up with him and ask about the Chaotic Star Sea.
Though they had left their respective Small Worlds, none of them had truly set foot in the Star Sea.
They had all devoted themselves to Cultivation within the Azure Flame Sect.
Naturally, they knew little about the Star Sea.
But...
When they finally saw Qin Hao and felt the immense pressure he held in check, terrifying even so, they fell silent.
They had prepared themselves, but the gulf between them was hard to accept when it stood before their eyes.
"Half-Step Sovereign."
Qi Long sighed. "Back at the Azure Flame Grand Tournament, Qin Hao and I fought, and there wasn't much between us. Now..."
"It's only been a few years."
A bitter smile touched Qi Long's lips.
So Qin Hao was the true genius among us, Ji Ziqi thought.
Half-Step Sovereign! If I were a Half-Step Sovereign... Shi Tingyan clenched his fists, longing and hatred mingling in his gaze.
Shi Tingyan was not a native of the True Martial Continent, nor did he come from any of the other Small Worlds represented at its Azure Flame