In the Sovereign Martial World, few things were as important as talent, being second only to strength itself, which made sense, as talent was only the promise of strength.
Being born with talent was almost as important as being born into an influential family, and due to things like bloodlines, talented offspring were a certainty in families of a certain caliber. But even among the prodigies, there were special cases, exceptional people whose potential made the so-called geniuses look ridiculous.
People called these people monstrous or diabolical geniuses. However, even though they were not at the top of the food pyramid when it came to potential, above them were the monsters among monsters, irrational existences that defied common sense.
