Ma Rulong's belief that everything he had done before was only half-successful wasn't without reason. Ma Rulong realized that Zhao Hai did indeed have some sense of identity with the machine array world. This wasn't just because of what he had said before, but also because his woman was from the machine array world. No matter what the reason was, Zhao Hai was now considered a member of the machine array world. From this point of view, he had succeeded.
However, Ma Rulong also had his own failures. He had underestimated Zhao Hai's intelligence. Zhao Hai had experienced so many things and his heart was as solid as a rock. With just a few words from Ma Rulong, he wanted Zhao Hai's blood to boil and risk his life to fight the other realms? That was impossible. Ma Rulong had also noticed this, so he thought that everything he had done before was only half successful.