"Even ordinary geniuses can usually advance from the Seventh-Order to the Eighth Rank in a month."
Seeing Qin Hao's astonishment, the Black Mirror Man smiled faintly. "So, kid, don't think reaching the Eighth-Order in three months makes you extraordinary. Across the countless worlds, your talent can only be called trash."
Qin Hao fell silent.
The Black Mirror Man had not said it outright, but Qin Hao understood: he was warning him not to grow arrogant or complacent.
Beyond the heavens were more heavens; beyond every person stood another!
There were more geniuses stronger than him than he could count. All the more reason to keep striving!
Qin Hao cupped his fists and said solemnly, "Thank you for the guidance. But I have never been arrogant or complacent."
Now it was the Black Mirror Man's turn to be surprised. He studied Qin Hao, then nodded. "Good. That is how a strong person should think."
As he spoke, though, his expression grew distant. He had not told Qin Hao that the genius he had mentioned, the one who had advanced from a Seventh-Tier Domain to the Eighth-Order in just a few days...
Only one such person had ever appeared in the entire Black Mirror Sect!
And that had been in the Ancient Era, when neither Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy nor the resources of the world bore any comparison to those of the present-day True Martial Continent.
Even with the abundant resources of the Cultivation world in the Ancient Era, its top geniuses had cultivated no faster than Qin Hao. Many had been slower.
One had to remember:
Qin Hao was cultivating in the present, not in the Ancient Era!
Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy and the resources of Heaven and Earth simply could not be compared!
If he could maintain such