In Qing Han’s eyes, Situ Zong’s lack of finesse was clear as day. The Pelagic Orb wasn’t fully his yet; he needed more time.  

Although the Star Demon senior could make use of some of the orb’s functions, other dao immortals were perfectly capable of taking it from his hands.

“Young lord,” Situ Zong replied with a helpless smile, “the Pelagic Orb is a connate-grade treasure. I need at least a hundred years of hard work to properly refine something like this.”

His current state was a far cry from complete ownership. A completely refined connate treasure meant that the treasure recognized the wielder as its master, who could then deploy it as effortlessly and fully as an extension...