Ten Lands Zhao Clan

Inside the lakeside water pavilion, two Golden Core True Persons sat facing each other.

Contrary to the sword-drawn tension outsiders imagined, the atmosphere in the room was not tense at all, but peaceful and leisurely.

So leisurely that the two Golden Core True Persons were actually playing chess.

The chessboard was perfectly square, with thirty-six lines running lengthwise and crosswise. Its surface was already packed with dense chess pieces, black and white interwoven in a tangled struggle like two great dragons locked tail-to-tail in battle.

"Xin Jiu, Ding Shiliu position—Tribulation Kill!" Zhao Sheng smiled and pointed at a spot on the board. Light flashed, and a white piece dropped out of thin air.

In an instant, several hundred nearby white pieces shone in unison, linking together as one and transforming into a one-horned white flood dragon. Shaking its head and lashing its tail, it ground more than a hundred and fifty black pieces within its range to dust.

The northwestern corner of the board was immediately cleared into an open expanse.

Zhao Yongxian's gaze abruptly sharpened. Unconsciously stroking his long beard, his face gradually paled, while sweat densely beaded across his forehead.

Zhao Sheng remained composed, quietly waiting for the other man to make his move.

The chess they played was not the Go popular in the mortal world, but a kind of formation chess.

Chessboards were generally divided into thirty-six lines, fifty-four lines, one hundred and eight lines, and the heaven-defying three hundred and sixty lines.

Generally speaking, the more intersections a chessboard had, the larger the chess formation's scale, and the difficulty of laying the formation naturally increased by geometric multiples.

Thus, the three-hundred-and-sixty-line chessboard was also called Zhou Tian Star Dou Chess, the legendary game of immortals.

Chess was like laying a formation. Formation chess was difficult