Meng Zhao waved a hand and said with a smile,
"It was not that I deliberately guided you. Rather, Envoy He possesses high comprehension and fine aptitude, and was able to perceive the imperfections in your own sword path from my martial path.
Once Envoy He patches up the flaws in your sword path in the future, attaining the Grandmaster realm will be within easy reach. Meng Zhao offers his congratulations in advance."
The two of them spoke in such mystifying terms that even those watching the battle were utterly confused, unable to understand what had happened.
Still, they all understood that although He Wuji had lost, he had lost happily. He had gained the insight he sought from Meng Zhao, and it would greatly benefit his martial path going forward. That was enough.
In truth, although He Wuji's sword path followed the route of the Five Elements' mutual generation, the foundation of his cultivation was a metal-element method. Thus, metal was his strongest element, while the other four were comparatively weak. This was also where his flaw lay.
In the past, He Wuji had deliberately tried to strengthen the other four elements, cultivating the power of wood, fire, water, and earth until they all reached the same level as the power of metal. In truth, he had already walked into a dead end.
His cultivation method was akin to Innate Talent: metal being strongest was an indisputable fact. Trying to balance the Five Elements was nothing but wishful thinking, and it might even cause his metal power to regress rather than advance. Thus, all he had done was useless labor.
Later, however, Meng Zhao used the Way of the Emperor Dragon to command the power of the Five Elements True Dragons and break his sword array. This directly shattered