Even in a relatively small world, this was a problem she had encountered as a minor cultivator, yet one that could only be solved upon reaching Limitless.
It truly was a "chronic affliction."
When Meng Chuan told her he was about to ascend to Limitless and the day of her brother's resurrection was drawing near, even Ruthless could not help feeling a little joy.
After all, Ruthless was a person, not a stone.
But she did not show that joy openly. She merely nodded in silence.
Meng Chuan did not mind. He said with some emotion:
"So many years have passed. Time really does fly."
"In the blink of an eye, we've reached this moment."
Looking back at the past and then toward the future, Meng Chuan could not help feeling wistful as he stood at this threshold.
"Something is weighing on your mind," Ruthless said. "Did something else happen?"
Meng Chuan glanced at her and smiled. "Nothing escapes your keen eyes."
"After I passed the Great Dao Tribulation, some things did happen. They've left me unable to settle my thoughts."
Meng Chuan paused there, seeming to consider how to put it.
Soon, he continued:
"With the end of this Great Dao Tribulation, I not only found the Limitless Path, I even glimpsed an opportunity to advance Beyond Limitless."
"But if I pursue that opportunity, the consequences will be impossible to predict. No one can say what might happen."
"I'm still thinking it over."
Ruthless fell silent for a moment. She seemed not to have expected Meng Chuan to have quietly come so far.
An opportunity to advance Beyond Limitless...
It sounded so distant, yet it had appeared before someone close to her.
"Go out for a walk," Ruthless said. "A change of scenery, a change of mood. Perhaps you'll