The complete Soul Bone Metal modification did indeed unlock one's limiters, but it wasn't some kind of cheat. It didn't mean one would become invincible and all-powerful after the procedure.
If described in terms of power tiers, the boost from Soul Bone Metal was, at most, equivalent to gaining an additional T1 Talent. It was far from being a qualitative transformation. The reason it was so crucial was simply its special, immutable property: a resistance to Chaos Erosion that was Defying the Heavens.
The level cap was removed, but that didn't mean everyone could ascend to higher levels.
There was no shortage of opportunities to advance. The Chaos Tide that Xuli faced directly was suffocatingly vast—blotting out the sun and sky, endless and infinite. But this also meant unparalleled danger.
As an observer, Westheid watched Wan Qi step onto one battlefield after another, enduring one bloody battle after the next.
