611: curse

Li Qi was right in the middle of his Breakthrough; before he even had time to adjust to this brand-new power, an unexpected change occurred.

That Limit Lord sitting beneath the Great Path finally made his move. In the instant before Li Qi could react, he was snatched away by the other party!

In just that briefest of moments, Li Qi's vision returned. When he saw the scenery before him clearly once more, he couldn't help but be stunned.

Before his eyes... was the Great Path!

This wasn't some phantom image of the Great Path, but the true Great Path itself!

This was a mysterious place, the very location of the Great Path. Li Qi also saw with his own eyes the figure sitting beneath it... the Limit Lord!

Their eyes met, both staring fixedly at the other. Li Qi's eyes were filled with caution and vigilance, while the gaunt figure's eyes shone with excitement and fervor.

“I have finally waited long enough! I have finally found you!!!”

Li Qi frowned slightly. “You know me?”

The gaunt figure grinned. “What does it matter if I know you or not?”

A trace of doubt surfaced in Li Qi's heart as he continued to ask, “Who exactly are you?”

“Who am I?”

A look of blankness appeared on the gaunt figure's face as he reminisced. “I have already forgotten my name. You can call me... Li!”

“I remember someone seemed to have called me that once.”

Both were Limit Lords, and Li Qi realized the other party didn't seem that difficult to communicate with, so he took the Opportunity to ask again.

“Did you orchestrate all of this?”

“Yes.”

“Why did you do it?”

Instead of answering, Li asked a question of his own: “You and I are both Limit Lords, so... do you know what a Limit Lord actually is?”

This question truly stumped Li Qi.

He had only just attained the position of Limit Lord, not even a day ago. His understanding of a Limit Lord was still very vague; if asked what it was... he really couldn't answer.

On the other hand, Li had attained the status of Limit Lord many years ago and possessed an incomparable understanding of this Domain. Seeing that Li Qi couldn't answer, he spoke leisurely:

“The Realm of the Limit Lord is the ultimate pinnacle for all living beings.”

“Exhausting all talent and Opportunity, it is the final Realm beneath the Great Path.”

“Those who reach it transcend the mortal coil, perceive the Great Path, and merge their mind and spirit with heaven and earth. Every movement is followed by the Laws...”

It seemed Li had been trapped in this Realm for too long and stood too high; he didn't even have a single person by his side to talk to. Now that a second Limit Lord had been born, Li was exceptionally talkative, explaining the matters of the Limit Lord in detail.

Li Qi also quickly understood the secrets within...

The so-called Limit Lord represented both supreme power and status, as well as an incomparable sorrow.

Limit Lord, Limit Lord... it meant he had been limited!

He had reached the limit!

Above was the ceiling, and above that was nothing—a total blank...

In the title 'Limit Lord'... the most crucial part was the word 'Limit'!

If one could break the limit, they could break through the existing barriers and reach an even higher Realm.

So, what exactly was this 'Limit'?

This question had troubled Li for a very long time.

A long, long time ago, Li was born into the world. Not only did he possess startling talent, but he also had Heaven-Defying Luck. After embarking on the path of cultivation, his Realm improved by leaps and bounds, and his strength advanced rapidly.

Li rose from humble beginnings. Relying solely on himself, he attained the Dao Ancestor Realm, leaving many people speechless with shock.

Afterward, he continuously comprehended the Three Thousand Great Daos, one after another, never stopping.

When he mastered six hundred different Three Thousand Great Daos, he broke through the limits of a Dao Ancestor and became a Saint King!

At that time, there was no such thing as a Sacred Throne. The birth of every Saint King was the result of enduring hardships and experiencing a thousand tribulations before breaking through.

Back then, every Saint King was an absolute Prodigy, and Li was one of them.

After breaking through to the Saint King Realm, Li's strength continued to increase steadily.

Li mastered more and more of the Three Thousand Great Daos. Later, just like Li Qi, he mastered two thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine types of Three Thousand Great Daos, breaking the limit of a Saint King... and becoming a Limit Lord!

He was the first Limit Lord born within the All Heavens and Myriad Realms!

He was also the only Limit Lord, and would remain so for a very long time to come.

A hint of reminiscence and sentimentality entered Li's tone. “To become a Limit Lord—what a great achievement? What an incredible Realm?”

“I was once proud of my status as a Limit Lord...”

“But later on, I felt pain... a heart-wrenching pain!”

“Do you know why?”

Li Qi shook his head.

“Because the road ahead has ended! Because I have reached the limit!”

After becoming a Limit Lord, Li possessed endless power and endless life. His friends and family gradually died off until he was the only one left.

Aside from power... he had nothing left.

He had even forgotten his original name. His existence was no longer that of a human, but something closer to a conceptual existence!

The existence known as Li was almost equivalent to the Limit Lord; it had become a symbol.

A man who chased power his whole life... also suffered the curse of that power!

And there was only one way to break the curse...

That was to break the limit!

A Limit Lord needed to become a Limit Breaker!

And Li had found the method to break the limit.

All of Li's power came from the Great Path. However, the Great Path was incomplete. The Three Thousand Great Daos did not all flow out from the Great Path; you could only learn two thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine of them!

The final type of the Three Thousand Great Daos... had always been deep within the Great Path!

Li sat before the Great Path, contemplating its mysteries day and night, and he finally learned the name of that last Great Dao...

[Causality Dao]!

Everything is Karma; Karma is the source of all things, and all things cannot escape the entanglement of Karma and Reincarnation.

And this [Causality Dao] was the most fundamental Origin power of the Great Path!

“That is why I had to sacrifice the Children of the Great Path.”

“The Children of the Great Path originate from deep within the Great Path and are favored by it. Their bodies are stained with traces and fragments of the Causality Dao!”

“As long as I can collect enough fragments... I can piece together the Causality Dao!”

Li Qi realized. “So, the target of those sacrifice rituals wasn't the Great Path... but you?”

Li nodded with a light smile. “Exactly!”