This issue is common knowledge.
For countless years, very few have been able to break this rule, though it is not entirely out of the question. Through sheer coincidence, someone might accidentally gain profound recognition from an otherworldly vicious soul, using its soul power to reach a higher realm and thus unleash the full potential of a legacy's power.
Breaking through to the Golden Sovereign stage is not entirely impossible either. However, the Golden Sovereign is the ultimate limit; one can never surpass the Golden Sovereign—unless they receive profound recognition from the First Otherworldly Vicious Soul suppressed beneath the Imperial City of the Emperor Province, which might perhaps break this limitation.
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