"I have lost, truly lost. I made the wrong choice from the beginning, and shouldn't have targeted Empress Nuwa first," he lamented.
Over these years, it wasn't only Heavenly King Yuan Shi and Heaven Connecting Sect Hierarch who reflected on themselves.
As one of the main characters of the Fated Calamity, King Zhou, another loser, also reflected upon himself umpteen times.
He never questioned his original intention, but good intentions don't mean the methods and processes are correct.