Wang Daoyuan cupped his hands in thanks. "Thank you for your guidance, Master. The methods I have learned are exceedingly mixed and varied, and I have not put enough effort into the path of sword cultivation.
"Especially when it comes to sword intent, my progress has been rather slow."
The Returning Origin Sword Immortal smiled. "No matter. Taking detours in cultivation is commonplace.
"You are only a little over five hundred years old, yet you have already broken through to the Mahayana Realm.
"Your cultivation has risen so quickly, while Pill, Artifact, Talisman, Formation have not fallen behind. It is inevitable that there will be flaws in other areas.
"Fortunately, it is not yet time for a great battle. There is plenty of time to improve."
"Having learned too many disparate things is not a problem. Before I created the Returning Origin Sword Intent, what I had learned was also extremely miscellaneous.
"I had mastered dozens of sword intents, yet all of them were a pile of loose sand.
"I had spent immense time and effort comprehending those sword intents, only to find that I could not bring out even a shred of their power.
"Instead, those sword intents interfered with one another, making it extremely difficult to advance any further.
"Later, I thought of finding a commander among those sword intents, allowing that commander to govern all the others.
"After spending a hundred years, I finally created the Returning Origin Sword Intent at the Early Soul Transformation stage.
"You have cultivated the Returning Origin Sword Intent as well. This sword intent is like a tree, with one sword intent as its trunk.
"The other related sword intents are its branches, gradually spreading outward and bringing every sword intent into that tree.
"When you employ your methods, all the branches