"A Dao-Treading Creature!!"
General Ti Dao roared with difficulty, his face drained of all color and filled with terror.
He was a pinnacle Dao Ancestor.
Although he was not a deity, his cultivation had reached the Dao Ancestor Eighth Heaven Realm.
But a Dao-Treading Creature—
That was a being beyond the Dao Ancestor grade!
In the distant past, before the Mythic Heavenly Court had even appeared, there had been no classification called "Dao-Treading Creature."
Beings beyond the Dao Ancestor grade had been called the "Dao Ancestor Tenth Heaven Realm," "Dao Ancestor Eleventh Heaven Realm," "Dao Ancestor Twelfth Heaven Realm," and "Dao Ancestor Thirteenth Heaven Realm."
Only after the First Heavenly Emperor rose to power and established the Mythic Heavenly Court were those four realms classified as the "Four Steps of Dao-Treading."
The Four Steps of Dao-Treading did not constitute a major realm.
They were merely the transitional stages between Dao Ancestors and taboo creatures.
But—
Even a Dao-Treading Creature at only the First Step was far stronger than an existence in the Dao Ancestor Ninth Heaven Realm!
This was already the stage of drawing closer to taboo life.
"Please... please... my lord... spare me..."
General Ti Dao struggled to force those words from his mouth.
Within the Mythic Dimension.
Only Dao-Treading Creatures truly stood at the summit, commanding the winds and clouds.
"A... a Dao-Treading Creature..."
"This Grand Marshal is actually a Dao-Treading Creature!!"
The three Heavenly Officials who had followed him—Taichen, Tai Ming, and Tai Ji—were utterly shaken, their eyes widening as far as they could.
They had originally thought.
This Grand Marshal should have been a pinnacle Dao Ancestor.
Perhaps he possessed some powerful means that could hold off the pinnacle Dao Ancestors among the various rebel armies.
They had never expected—
He was actually a Dao-Treading Creature!