Changsun Liang was indeed a very proud man. There was nothing that could be done about it. He was the Holy Son of the Black Moon Sect, and also a king tier that had removed himself from worldly affairs. It was very normal for him to be prideful. Furthermore, it was indeed difficult for any ordinary person to be worthy of his serious attention.
But in his bones, he was a very lonely person. That was because everyone was inferior to him, so how was he supposed to make any friends?
The fact that Ling Han managed to battle him to a tie, and the Empress was even stronger than him, not only caused his fighting spirit to burn brightly, but also made it very easy for him to accept these two people as his close friends.