Pash

Aier remembered that the Qingya Plane had passed through the Era of Wilderness, the Era of Divine Beasts, the Era of Magic Beasts, and the Era of Orcs before finally reaching the era of humanity.

The Era of Wilderness was when the Qingya Plane had just been born, an era where all living beings followed the instinct to kill.

Back then, slaughter was the only theme of the Qingya Plane.

The strong slaughtered the weak, viewing them as food, leaving the entire plane in chaos and disorder.

This was also the era that lasted the longest in the history of the Qingya Plane.

Later, the Divine Beasts born from the plane gradually matured and became the new masters of the Qingya Plane.

With their formidable strength, they drove out the mindless Savage Beasts of the Era of Wilderness and, using their own bloodlines as bonds, developed various clans, establishing the initial order of the world.

After the four Supreme Planes were created by the Supreme God, the Divine Beasts departed for them, leaving only their bloodline descendants behind on the Qingya Continent.

These beings possessing the bloodlines of Divine Beasts could not compare to them in strength or potential, so they named themselves "Magic Beasts."

Those with rich bloodlines were Saint Realm Magic Beasts.

Those with thin bloodlines were divided into high, middle, and low grades.

This was the Era of Magic Beasts.

Later, humans appeared on the Qingya Continent; the newborn humans were the highest-quality food for the Magic Beasts.

At the same time, human women also aligned with the aesthetic preferences of some Magic Beasts, and thus, after a period of time, orcs were born.

Orcs possessed physiques comparable to Magic Beasts and the powerful learning ability of humans.

After the Overgods appeared and established temples in the Qingya Plane to teach magic and spread faith, the orcs grew rapidly, gradually replacing the Magic Beasts as the masters of the Qingya Plane.

The current Qingya Plane is in the Era of Orcs.

In Aier's divine sense, at least sixty percent of the living beings in the Qingya Plane are currently orcs, while of the remaining forty percent, twenty percent are humans and ten percent are Magic Beasts.

In the Era of Orcs, although the situation for humans is much better than in the Era of Magic Beasts, they are still at the bottom of society.

Of course, whether in the Divine Plane or the Material Plane, powerful strength can make all rules yield.

Although Aier is human, the mere aura he inadvertently radiated was enough to let people know that Aier was a powerhouse.

This was intentional on Aier's part.

He had no desire to play any games of acting like a pig to eat the tiger.

He was a tiger to begin with!

Why would he need to act like a pig?

Furthermore, if his mood were ruined by some tactless person during his travels, he wouldn't feel any better even if he killed those who offended him.

This was also why Aier had directly displayed his Paragon will power when he was at the Four Divine Beasts Clan, instantly intimidating Gaisresen and the others.

Letting people know that he was not to be trifled with could save a lot of trouble.

"Guest, your wine and food."

A Fox Clan maid with two ears standing atop her head brought Aier's wine and food over and set them out for him.

"Mm, thank you."

Nodding at the maid, Aier poured the wine from the pot into his cup and drank it in one gulp.

"Ha—"

"Not bad!"

Compared to the wine in Hell, the wine in the Qingya Plane was much milder.

However, in Aier's opinion, it had a unique flavor of its own.

"Tsk..."

Suddenly, Aier frowned and shook his head.

With a thought, dozens of tornadoes erupted in the city, tearing the orcs who were bullying humans into countless bloody smears that scattered away.

Such a terrifying sight left the surrounding people completely stunned.

As for the soldiers who rushed over, upon seeing such a scene, they dared not continue their investigation.

Are you kidding?

How much do they get paid a month to risk their lives?

Even if some of these killed orcs had significant status, it wasn't their place to stick their necks out.

After finishing his meal, Aier did not linger in this city and continued his journey.

Aier did not know that because of a series of his actions during his travels, rumors spread that "a powerhouse has appeared among the human race."

Both the human side and the orc side attached great importance to this news.

The orc side is currently the master of the Qingya Continent, and naturally, they would be wary of any race that might threaten their rule, just as they had driven the Magic Beasts off the continent.

As for the human side, they regarded Aier as a spiritual monument, believing him to be the guardian deity of humanity.

After all, after Aier left, the relatives of those orcs also wanted to kill some humans to vent their anger, but often, just as they drew their butcher knives, a hurricane would pass through, killing those orcs who were preparing to strike on the spot.

This made the beastmen who followed behind no longer dare to continue bullying humans.

Among the humans, a portion followed in the footsteps of Aier, wishing to follow him and receive his guidance or protection...

To a certain extent, Aier could be considered to have kickstarted the rise of the human era ahead of schedule.

"You lost, Aier."

The red-haired youth in a white robe smiled as he placed a white chess piece down and said to Aier, "Now, our score is one thousand three hundred twenty-one to thirteen."

"Do you want to go again?"

"Hmph!"

Aier let out a cold snort, "Again!"

"Very well."

The red-haired youth was not annoyed, and like Aier, he began to clear the pieces from the board.

This red-haired youth was someone Aier had met while traveling through the Blood Peak Continent.

At that time, Aier was experiencing various aspects of Hell and happened to encounter this red-haired youth playing chess against himself.

Out of curiosity, Aier learned the rules of the game from him, which led to a thousand years of matches.

Throughout these thousand years, Aier had not won a single time against the red-haired youth.

Later on, Aier even introduced the rules for Xiangqi, Go, and Gomoku.

Of course, rules were rules, but the chessboard was infinitely large.

A single game could be fast, taking only a few days, or slow, lasting decades, centuries, or even millennia.

But no matter the game, Aier could at most win the first few or dozen times.

Once the red-haired youth became familiar with the rules, Aier never won again.

Over these years, Aier had naturally guessed that the person playing chess with him was likely the nominal master of the Blood Peak Continent—the Blood Peak Sovereign Pash!

After leaving the Four Divine Beasts Clan, Aier knew that it was only a matter of time before a Sovereign sought him out.

In the entire Coiling Dragon Universe, the only person who loved playing chess and was so skilled that even the Rules Sovereigns admitted defeat was the Blood Peak Sovereign Pash.

Furthermore, it was no ordinary game of chess, but one played using soul power.

This meant that the Blood Peak Sovereign Pash not only had deep attainments in the way of chess, but his soul power was far stronger than that of other Sovereigns.

Even a Rules Sovereign like Utrede was willing to bow down in defeat.