Hao Ren was embarrassed when he told Salaman the truth. It meant that the guardian giants' efforts for the past thousands of years had suddenly become meaningless. The Weaves of Destiny was flawed from the very beginning. Even if Vivian, whom the guardians called the Lord of the Throne and whom they had been waiting for the entire time, had arrived, the goddess of creation's plan was still unlikely to succeed.
Hao Ren did not intend to hide the truth because the guardian giants deserved to know everything about the Weaves of Destiny. And he believed that Salaman would not lose his fighting spirit.
Things turned out as Hao Ren had expected. Salaman was silent for a long moment after he learned about the flaw of the Weaves of Destiny. He was emotionally unstable for a while, but in the end, he pulled through and shook his head with a sense of relief. "It does not matter; after all, we have completed the job that our mother has given to us."