Learning chess was not something that could be done overnight.
Learning the game was easy, and becoming proficient was not difficult either, but reaching Luo Xing's standard was no easy feat, even for a Semi-Void Realm cultivator.
The simplest method was to find a Light of Law containing the rules of chess and comprehend the law directly.
But Chen Lin no longer dared to recklessly increase the number of his laws. If Ascension to the True Realm really required merging all his laws into one, as Liu Rumian had said, adding more would be tantamount to severing his own Dao Path.
He could only rely on patient, painstaking practice and hope to rise from skill to intent.
Intent was no weaker than laws in its effects, and it imposed no restrictions on Ascension. When merging Body, Soul, and Intent, he only needed to choose his strongest intent, rather than use every intent he had comprehended.
But this was even harder.
For someone who had barely touched the Chess Dao and had little interest in it, comprehending chess intent required not only much more time spent honing his skills, but also a fortuitous opportunity.
Time flew like a shuttle.
A year later.
Chen Lin's chess skills had improved only modestly, but Luo Xing had finished refining the Seven Aperture Golden Core.
Without delay, Chen Lin rented the Tribulation Platform in the city and had him begin his tribulation.
Once his cultivation increased, he could enter the Black and White Chess Piece Scenario again and see whether he could obtain more Golden Nightmare Coins.
The outcome of the tribulation was never in doubt.
Using the Seven Aperture Golden Core formed a golden core directly. There was no need to repeat the core-condensation process; he only had to withstand the lightning tribulation and