Perhaps from the moment Xu Yunxi was chosen as the one to defy fate, Murong Chen's destiny had begun.
Xu Yunxi left, and Xu Yunting arrived. Bound by the Xu family's deterrence, Murong Chen had no power to resist and could only use the Haotian Mirror to catch a glimpse or two.
Peering into the one who defied fate brought Heaven's Punishment, trapping the entire Heavenly Mystery Pavilion within the cave abode. If they wished to leave, they could only rely on the one who defied fate's power.
Yet the immense fortune surrounding one who defied fate was enough to make anyone's eyes redden with envy, much less a Mahayana Stage powerhouse like Murong Chen, suppressed by Heaven's Punishment.
He wanted to fight for a sliver of life for himself, to seize his fate back into his own hands. He had to do this. He had no choice.
Everything had long since been written.
Watching Murong Chen lose his mind before him, Ye Yu sighed. He had once shattered his own destiny, so he naturally knew just how helpless and unwilling one felt when that sense of powerlessness came crashing down.
But what use was unwillingness? When one was weak, unwillingness was forever nothing more than a negative emotion.
Only after one became strong would unwillingness become the force that drove them forward.
Hearing Ye Yu's words, Murong Chen seemed to understand something. He suddenly burst into laughter. "Haha... Hahahaha... We are merely Chess Pieces, merely Chess Pieces!"
Ye Yu and Murong Chen stood atop an enormous chessboard, surrounded by a board surface formed from erupting power of Karma.
Yet Murong Chen was the chessboard, while the Chess Pieces were manifestations of Ye Yu's power.
The two of them stood at its very center.
"You too. You are merely a