The Hell Array Ancient Ancestor's first life had fused the martial paths of two Great Worlds. His second life had been devoted to constructing the Hell Array to resist the Burial Emperor Rules—in other words, to preserve a sliver of his soul fragment from being extinguished, so he would not be scattered to the winds.
And as long as Sikong Jing understood the construction of the Hell Array...
He would not need combat power equivalent to an Eight-Step Great Emperor to charge up to the sixteenth level.
With that, Sikong Jing closed his eyes and began comprehending and studying the Hell Array Ancient Ancestor's second life...
"So this is the fusion of all sorts of formations from two Great Worlds, including Army-Slaying Formations, including grand formations..."
As Sikong Jing delved deeper into his comprehension, he gradually came to understand that the Hell Array Ancient Ancestor's methods in his second life had been to fuse all manner of grand formations in defiance of the rules. Naturally, Sikong Jing now had to comprehend all kinds of formations as well.
Time continued to flow...
With all sorts of foundational powers at his disposal, Sikong Jing's comprehension was not as difficult as he had imagined.
Especially since he himself possessed the ninth level of the Nine Heavens Sword Dao.
Another half month passed. Yu Mang still had not returned, yet Sikong Jing was not anxious in the slightest and continued cultivating. Though it was not as difficult as he had imagined, all kinds of formations were, after all, incomparably complex.
Trying to achieve it in one stroke was almost impossible.
This required time.
"I don't need to completely master the Hell Array Ancient Ancestor's second life."
"I only need to know how to break through the seventeenth and sixteenth levels—or rather..."
"How to break