Limit

[20 days later]

Cang Yue was inside a carriage pulled from 3 Wind Horses, she was worried about how is it going in the Blue Wind Empire now due to her being quite far away from the Profound Palace and almost reached the Profound Cloud City.

She can't hope for Jean to turn back, especially at this time… He wasn't dead, that's all that she knew, she trusted Jean when he told her that he can't die unless in special circumstances.

So, since she was unable to reach him in terms of cultivation, she will do so in terms of usefulness. And she will do it by saving the Blue Wind Empire from a Demonic Cultivator.

That's why she will do everything possible to ensure the safety of as many people she could save as possible.

"Princess, we have arrived." One of her guards called out from the outside.

Cang Yue straightened her back and stepped outside the carriage, in front of her there were buildings, not as big as that of the capital, not as many as that of the capital, but they gave out a weird feeling to her.

This is supposed to be the place where Jean once lived…

The first place she should look for is the Xiao Clan. If she could get 'him', then their possibilities of victory against the Demonic Cultivator will increase exponentially.

So, with guards behind her back, she walked towards the Xiao Clan, while attracting voices.

"Who is that beauty?!"

"If I could have someone like her as a wife…"

"Heh, I'll go to catch he-*Pow!*"

"You fucking idiot! That's the reason you lost your right arm the previous month! Don't you see those guards behind her? She is probably here to speak with one of the big shots in this town."

Cang Yue ignored those voices and soon she reached for the small clan she was looking for. 

She knocked at the door, and soon an arrogant servant opened it. "Who is the one to dare to stand at the doors of our great clan?"

"The princess of the Blue Wind Empire." One of the guard replied while looking down at the servant, who lost every traces of arrogance from her face.

"...Please wait for a moment, I will call out an elder…" With a small voice, the servant lightly closed the door and rushed inside.

[Meanwhile]

Fen Juechen finally reached the Profound Palace. This should be the day where newcomers would be recruited, and they were much more than the previous times due to the Profound Palace's victory at the Ranking Tournament.

The entrance was full of people, so it was hard to enter.

And then Fen Juechen had an idea that could help him in this situation…

"MAKE WAY!! I NEED TO PASS!!"

...He pushed himself in the group of people…

"Ouch!"

"Hey! Stay behind and take your turn!"

"He's so strong!"

"Oof!"

"We are all equal here! Stay in the line like everyone else!"

"FUCK OFF!! I'M NOT HERE FOR THIS STUPID RECRUIT! I AM FEN JUECHEN FROM THE BURNING HEAVEN CLAN! LET ME PASS NOW!!"

"Oh shi-"

When Fen Juechen introduced himself, a clear way was made, and he was finally able to pass through.

At the end of the way, he encountered an instructor. "Who dares to act so brazenly in the Profound Palace?!"

"Fen Juechen, now make way! I need to reach for the Moon Princess to talk about an important matter!"

When the instructor heard that the brat was one of the people who reached the top 10 in the Ranking Tournament, a chill passed in his spine. He can't permit himself to offend him, even if he now belonged to the Burning Heaven Clan, which is completely dead…

"I'm sorry, but the Moon Princess isn't here."

"Wha-"

"She already left for the Profound Cloud City, she will come back here in at least 20 days, please wait for her return."

Fen Juechen calmed down, Cang Yue was 20 days of road away from here? Fuck… 

He let out a sigh and told him. "Too much time… When she comes back, tell someone to warn her that Fen Juechen will be gone for at least a year…. Can you at least tell me what happened at west? When I reached my Burning Heaven Clan it was already destroyed."

The instructor raised an eyebrow. "You didn't hear about it? It is said that a strong Demonic Cultivator was the culprit of the destruction of the entire western side of the Blue Wind Empire."

Fen Juechen's eyes widened in surprise. A Demonic Cultivator? That was a great problem…

But at least he knew who destroyed his clan, and probably also the entire Navy Tide Nation…

"I know that now it seems useless, but the Burning Heaven Clan will owe you a favor for that information." Fen Juechen lightly bowed at the instructor, who stepped back in awkwardness… Who would have thought that the Young Master of the once famous Burning Heaven Clan would say those words to him, a mere instructor?

Then Fen Juechen raised his head and said. "I would like to ask for a flying profound beast, is there anyone I can use? I will pay as much as possible."

"Uhh… Yeah… We have some…" The instructor dumbly nodded and guided Fen Juechen towards the pavillion where they held the profound beasts for transportation.

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[Q: "Question"]

Jean's perception of time was gone long time ago…

Stabbed in the heart…

Beheaded…

Death for blood loss…

Poison…

Sword stuck in his brain…

Countless arrows making holes in his chest…

Limbs ripped off…

Twisted neck…

Smashed flat…

Stabbed from countless swords…

Death after death, attempt after attempt, for unknowingly 20 days straight… He reached this point…

7/100 waves.

Fortunately in the waves only 10 or 15 Stone Soldiers came out each time, otherwise he would have never reached that far.

He did everything, Phoenix Flames, Purgatory, Evil God's Arts, Sandalphon… But he got too tired…

This was just an endless torture for him… Meanwhile Jasmine was watching everything from the Sky Poison Pearl.

Each death caused her heart to flinch…

Soon, her brother's death overlapped with Jean's figure… 

But she also understood what Jean was doing, due to him explaining to her about it.

It was abnormal even for him to just continue to attack and attack until his mind will break. Not even the most powerful being would give up if a situation similar to Jean's showed up for him.

It was during the 5th wave of this life that he told her, while he kept fighting.

[Every living being has a limit to its growth.]

This thing, she also understood it. This was the reason why in the Realm of Gods there wasn't any True God, because everyone reached their limits.

[Too much power becomes unbearable and makes one go insane and harm themselves.]

This was also understood from her. She saw many cases of people who were hungry for power and were destroyed from the same power they wielded.

[To ensure that no one will reach that level, God has set up limits.]

This part was outside of her knowledge, she was, after all, a teen. She didn't have the wisdom that the old people possessed. She didn't knew what Jean meant with "God", she also didn't knew about the origin of limits, only what they represented.

Obviously a cultivator's concept of "God" was different from that or a mortal.

Cultivators didn't have religions, so they didn't have an idea about the meaning of "Omnipotence", "Omnipresence" and "Omniscience".

But she had an idea about what Jean meant, he wanted to break his limit. 

Every time he died, his techniques got sharper and more precise.

Soon he reached heights he never reached, like the 7th wave, but he still need to be faster… Much faster, and that requires him to reach the 3rd stage of the Star God's Broken Shadow, so he could make 3 different afterimages.

However, until he doesn't make a breakthrough in his skills, he will never reach the end of this hellish place…

Until he will break his limit, he will never stop dying.