A Great True Lord of the Immortal Bridge Realm forcibly raised his rank.
Generally speaking, this was no different from suicide. Before you could even raise your rank to Golden Core perfection, you would lose yourself in Void Darkness because of it.
Yet there were always exceptions to everything.
For example, the former Dao Lord of magical power—and True Lord Zhifa Chiyuan at this very moment.
At this moment, the swarms of true spirits within the [Vermilion Chariot Treasure Banner] became True Lord Zhifa Chiyuan's anchor, allowing him to retain a single instant of clarity.
Truly, only a single instant.
In that instant, his rank genuinely reached the Dao Monarch level of Golden Core perfection. Yet in the next instant, he would lose himself in eternal extinction.
For the vast majority of people in this world, burning their lives and giving their all for nothing more than this instant of light held no meaning whatsoever. But beneath the mighty power of Dao Lords, this instant of light was enough to rival eternity, even enough to determine the turn of the entire battle.
"Rumble!"
Before their eyes, crimson brilliance charged fiercely into the Dao Lords' battlefield, pressing forward without hesitation, unstoppable as it cleaved through bamboo, carrying a peerlessly beautiful splendor.
Yet they did not move to stop the Spell Dao Lord.
That bloodlike crimson spread onward, but it spread toward the battlefield of [Heavenly Dao] and Dao Tianqi. This was an attack destined for destruction.
Yet they still pressed on without hesitation.
It was precisely this change that made the Spell Dao Lord, who had originally intended to charge into the Netherworld and feast to his heart's content, halt in his tracks and reveal a fleeting hesitation.
Because the "future" had changed.
Originally, under the combined efforts of Sword Lord