The opposing forces tore at each other, pinning him down effectively, but it required the expenditure of more life energy to heal the unclosing wounds.
Pain.
And yet joyful.
"Why is this happening?"
The events in the Mournful Emperor realm played out completely before the eyes of the little Beihuai just before death, and Beihuai also saw it all clearly.
Beihuai was perplexed.
Why did Ayao suddenly abandon him and decide to reset to zero?
Why, after fighting with the Ghost Ancestor for so long, not letting each other go, could he suddenly wield the scythe of the God of Death and swallow it whole?
"Oh…"
Soon, Beihuai realized, belatedly, that he had been deceived.
It turned out Ayao had long mastered the Ghost Ancestor's authority over reincarnation, and the Ghost Ancestor he had been wary of was likely a "fake" crafted by Ayao?
Was it all self-directed and self-acted?
Including Beihuai's own experiments with the ghost beast host body, was Ayao always aware?
