[The anchored future was Fixed Destiny, while the process was the sole variable.]
[At this moment, you cast everything aside and pushed Ascension to its utmost limit. Your shattered Dharma Body was reforged in an instant, every wound vanished, and divine radiance shone clear as you returned to the pinnacle of your strength!]
[Facing the encirclement of two [Spirit Transformation Dao Masters], your fighting spirit blazed like madness.]
[Upon hearing your audacious words, the [Future Dao Master] first froze, boundless visions arising, perishing, and evolving within his eyes. Then he, too, laughed.]
[It was no laugh of agreement, but one of battle-madness, respect for you, and exhilaration at this unparalleled confrontation!]
["[Changming]!"]
[His voice shook the universe.]
["After this battle, even if you fall and perish, we shall gladly recite your true name and preserve your Dao title, so that countless generations to come may sing your praises!"]
[He believed he had granted you, a dying enemy, the highest respect.]
[Across Six Lives, Five Ages, he had seen far too many dazzling talents, yet never an existence like you, who still burned so fiercely despite being caught in a situation of Certain Death.]
[At this moment, genuine respect rose involuntarily within his heart.]
[Alongside his admiration came regret, and he sighed softly:]
["[Changming], had you and I been born in the same era, you would surely have astounded the entire age!"]
["Alas, you were born at the wrong time!"]
[Truer words had never been spoken.]
[Had this [Dao Master Changming] not been born in the Fourth Era, where this despairing endgame of the Chessboard had made everything Fixed Destiny, he would surely have become a legend whose brilliance shook antiquity and outshone the present.]
[Even in the age of the greatest seeker of the Dao throughout all history]
[—the third