The wisp of drifting smoke within the fragment was, of course, Sikong Jing's remnant soul.
He had told Su Yuexi that he had only one path to take: to stake his life on entering reincarnation. Naturally, he could not do nothing. Long ago, he had foreseen the emergence of mysterious powerful beings.
Or rather, it could not be called foresight—it was something set in stone...
Since the Burial Emperor Rules had exhausted every means yet still failed to kill him, they would certainly release a mysterious powerful being. If even the Seven Decree Emperor could think of it, how could Sikong Jing not?
Thus, Sikong Jing had naturally made thorough preparations...
Before obtaining the Hell Array Ancient Ancestor's inheritance, though Sikong Jing had entertained this idea, he had not known how to prepare. But afterward, he had gained the means—the power of the Hell Array Ancient Ancestor's second life.
That was, to construct a Hell Array belonging to Sikong Jing himself.
"The Hell Array Ancient Ancestor's first life was blasted to death without any preparations, yet he became the first to awaken through reincarnation."
"His second life..."
"By merging the array constructs of two great eras to create the Hell Array, when the Burial Emperor Rules blasted his soul to smithereens, he forcibly used the Hell Array to protect a remnant soul from perishing, thereby deceiving heaven and crossing the sea into reincarnation."
"This is also the key to my entry into reincarnation..."
Sikong Jing's remnant soul muttered inwardly. With the inheritance of the Hell Array Ancient Ancestor's second life, he preserved a thread of his remnant soul.
"But with the Hell Array Ancient Ancestor as precedent..."
"And since the Burial Emperor Rules already know that I inherited the Hell Array Ancient Ancestor's legacy, they will not overlook the slightest