Family betrayal
The saddest thing about betrayal is that it never comes from enemies. It comes from friends and loved ones. Qilin Yanjing experienced this first hand when he brought his injured grandchild up to where Qilin San was.
The battle between the two opposing forces was at an impasse with Qilin San being pushed to the edge of the cliff the longer it took for him to defeat these youths barely out of their diapers.
Each time he was forced to up his game his eyes would grow darker and darker like the vortex of a wormhole. It was both terrifying and intense but the ones he was fighting with weren't his clansmen who would cower at a glance.
The two even had the audacity to look him in the eye challenging him despite not even having an ounce of his power. His terrifying gaze even traumatized Qilin Yanjing who unconsciously took a step back holding on to Tong Tong.