Your Opponent Is Me!

Wu Changkong continued looking at Gu Yue, his tone as calm as ever.

"So, in the training ahead, I want you to experiment more with combinations of different elements. I gave your Martial Soul some careful thought today. The strength of an Elemental Envoy lies not in any single element, but in your exceptional affinity with all of them. In the early stages, this will give you every advantage, because Soul Masters at your level will struggle to handle so many variations at once."

Gu Yue listened quietly.

"But that advantage is also a hidden danger," Wu Changkong said. "Because your Soul Rings won't specifically strengthen any one element, what you gain in the future will mostly be sharper elemental perception, finer control, and a greater capacity for Soul Power. But without fully developed techniques as your foundation, the more variations you have, the easier it will be for your strength to become scattered."

He paused.

"So, if you truly want to go far, there is only one path."

"Combining multiple elements."

Gu Yue's eyes flickered slightly.

Wu Changkong continued, "Today, you used earth to hold Xie Xie back, then ice to lock his feet in place. That was no longer a simple switch between elements; you were making two elements interlock. If, in the future, you can truly fuse two, three, or even more elements and maintain stable control over that power, then the heights you can reach will be tremendous."

That was already an exceptionally weighty appraisal.

Gu Yue nodded earnestly.

"Yes. Thank you, Teacher."

Finally, Wu Changkong turned his gaze to Tang Wulin.

"As for you."

Tang Wulin immediately stood a little straighter.

"The first thing you need to learn now is how to control your own Martial Soul," Wu Changkong said evenly. "A tool Martial Soul