Spirit chess was an intellectual game the Silver Moon Race used to cultivate its next generation.
Yet the difficulty of playing it was extremely high. It was impossible to fully comprehend, and even the Silver Moon Race's elderly scholars were still studying its patterns.
It had even given rise to schools of Spirit Chess Studies.
Through the murals, Feng Qi learned that spirit chess had actually existed among the Silver Serpent Race before the Silver Moon Race.
To the Silver Serpent Race,
the chessboard represented the Great World. The pieces were formed from 360 kinds of natural elements, symbolizing the 360 elemental law lines that constructed the world. The crisscrossing lines on the board implied that everything operated within a framework.
And the rules of spirit chess were the laws of the world.
In essence, the spirit chessboard was a miniature of the world. Like the world, it was influenced by rules such as elemental fusion and elemental counteraction.
The player was the user of the rules and could not make decisions that transcended them.
For instance, during an elemental match, the player could not possibly condense a chess piece holding a firearm and mow down the opponent's elemental pieces.
Following the world's rules, grasping laws from disorder and condensing them into order—that was the core concept of spirit chess.
Yet under those rules, the player remained flexible.
To achieve victory in a match, one needed not only a strong understanding of the elements, but also exceptional mental fortitude and the ability to engage in psychological battles with the opponent from multiple angles.
As the commander controlling an Elemental Army, a single wrong move could lead to the collapse of the entire force.
Thus, spirit chess could also help cultivate military talent.
Promoting spirit chess among humanity was something Feng