Chapter 1: The Broken Limit
In this world, every human was born with a limit.
Some called it talent, others called it fate—an invisible ceiling that decided how far one could go. No matter how hard you trained, no matter how many years you spent cultivating, once you touched that ceiling, progress stopped.
Most people accepted it.
Biswas did not.
He was born in the outer district of Greyfall City, a place where spiritual energy was thin and dreams were thinner. At sixteen, his cultivation was still stuck at the Body Tempering First Layer, a level children from noble families surpassed before they could even walk properly.
"You've reached your limit," the instructor said coldly, turning away. "Further cultivation is meaningless."
Those words burned deeper than any wound.
That night, Biswas did not sleep. Instead, he sat cross-legged on the cracked rooftop of his home, feeling the faint spiritual energy flow through his meridians—weak, scattered, and unstable. According to every known manual, his body structure was flawed. His meridians were too narrow. His spiritual root was incomplete.
In short, he was defective.
But as midnight approached, something strange happened.
A sharp pain pierced his chest—not physical, but deeper, as if something ancient had been touched. His heartbeat slowed. The world around him fell silent. Even the wind stopped moving.
Then a voice echoed inside his mind.
"[Genetic boundary detected.]"
"[Mortal template locked]."
"[Do you wish to challenge the natural limit]?"
Biswas trembled.
This was not a dream. He could feel it—clearer than reality itself.
He clenched his fists.
"[Yes,] he whispered. "No matter the cost."
The moment those words left his lips, his vision exploded into light.
Lines of unknown symbols appeared before him, forming a system unlike any cultivation technique ever recorded.
[Boundary-Breaking System Initialized]
[Function: Self-evolution using existing] [human potential]
[Restriction: No external power, no borrowed bloodlines]
His breathing grew heavy.
This wasn't a gift from the heavens.
This was a challenge.
Outside, the moon cracked through the clouds, bathing Greyfall City in pale silver light. Inside Biswas's body, something that had been dormant for countless generations… awakened.
And from that night onward, the rules of cultivation would no longer apply to him