Calmness Within, Three Wins in Three Games

Amid the storms of the Warring States, over two thousand years, four kingdoms stood side by side, beacon fires stretching across the skies. In the end, Yan Kingdom crushed all rivals and united this vast Shenzhou.

Xie Yuan gently turned the pages, his gaze falling upon the annotation on that line. "Only when Shenzhou sank did this ruler emerge."

The handwriting was neat, yet the words upon it told the full tale of those weathered, turbulent years.

He said with some delight, "It seems Brother Guan also admires this Prince of Yan. Heroes truly see alike."

In today's Qi Kingdom, the people held mixed opinions of this historical figure from nearly two thousand years ago.

Yan Kingdom endured for over two hundred years. The Prince of Yan left no heir, leaving behind a fatal peril. The Lu Family Army of old gradually withered away, and the kingdom itself crumbled apart with it.

Three Clans Divide Yan; the Seven Kingdoms rose again, followed by another four hundred years of warfare. Then came the saying, "The Plum and Pear Child Wins the Realm." Great Zhou arose with the tides of fate and united the land.

Great Zhou overthrew Yan Kingdom and burned its historical records, an event known in history as "Burning the Books to Sever Yan." It proclaimed itself the rightful orthodoxy of Shenzhou.

After Great Zhou came the "Calamity of the Noble Clans," followed by another several hundred years of chaos, with heroes emerging in droves and countless great figures rising to prominence.

With the aid of the Master and the worthy men of his Confucian School, Chen Qiao founded Great Qi, which had continued to this day.

Xie Yuan sighed softly. "Great Zhou burned most of Yan Kingdom's records. Later generations only knew of the fallen ruler of Yan