The Setup

"Senior Sister has been searching for it all these years. In the end, I obtained one."

"It's on Senior Sister. Junior Brother, play a game of chess with me. If you win, Senior Sister will give you this Stone Stele."

"If you lose, then you—and everyone behind you—will have to die."

"Junior Brother, you're very strong. Senior Sister is no match for you, so for fairness' sake, Senior Sister will make the first move. The first piece is the Tianyan Sect. Junior Brother, do your best."

After Li Miaoling finished speaking, her entire body turned into a cluster of black flowers and drifted into the distance, vanishing in the blink of an eye.

"If you dare touch her, I'll make you wish you were dead."

"Hahaha, Junior Brother still loves threatening people just like before. Then come on—Senior Sister will be waiting for you."

Li Miaoling's bell-like laughter drifted over from afar.

Ye Lin's expression, meanwhile, was incomparably grim.

He had never imagined that Li Miaoling would be the one who survived in the end. It seemed that Li Miaoling had ultimately won; Li Miaoyin's memories, along with everything else, now belonged to Li Miaoling.

And there had to be someone pulling strings behind Li Miaoling. Otherwise, she would never dare threaten him like this.

"A chessboard... playing chess?"

Ye Lin carefully mulled over those two phrases, his expression growing increasingly grim.

"I was still too merciful."

Ye Lin shook his head, then took out a Jade Talisman and infused it with spiritual energy.

The next moment, the Jade Talisman lit up, and Jian Unrivaled's figure appeared before Ye Lin.

"Second Brother, what do you need me for?"

Before him, Jian Unrivaled wore a thoroughly dejected expression. The ground around him was piled with wine bottles, and he looked like