What was the Chess Dao?
Everyone had a different understanding.
It could be a minor path for cultivation and entertainment, a battlefield confrontation, an insight into life's deepest truths, or even the fundamental principles of heaven and earth.
But in Chen Yi's eyes at that moment, heaven and earth were the "chessboard," while all living beings and all things were "chess pieces."
As the one holding the pieces, each move he made could alter a person's fate.
Especially in this land of Shuzhou.
It seemed like a small world of its own.
Countless people became individual chess pieces, with mountains, rivers, lakes, and seas as its boundaries. The flow of breath in and out followed his will.
Thus, in some respects, the Chess Dao shared the same roots as the lineage of divination through the Book of Changes.
Yet divination followed the Heavenly Dao; every sip and every peck had its predetermined fate.
The Chess Dao, however, depended entirely on the likes and dislikes of the one holding the pieces.
"So this is... 'Heaven and earth are heartless, treating all things as straw dogs.'"
Chen Yi slowly opened his eyes. His mind remained profound and chaotic, while his heart was filled with emotion.
He had not expected his Dao Realm insight to arrive at this time.
He had thought it was merely an ordinary little matter, yet it had unexpectedly allowed his Chess Dao to break through to the Perfection Realm.
He looked toward where Ma Liangcai and the others were, his gaze falling on Yuan Liu'er, who was still lost and helpless.
``` [At the third quarter of the Si Hour, you witnessed Yuan Liu'er selling herself to bury her father, took on the karmic ties, and helped Yuan Liu'er.]
[Reward: Eight Methods of Weaving, Fortune +11.]
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