"War... has always been a matter of life or death, with the victor crowned king and the loser branded a rebel! What harm is there in taking a gamble?" Zhang Liang shook his head and replied calmly.
"Hmph!"
Chengshalina snorted coldly, unwilling to say more. Even the Great Huan ministers around her looked displeased. After all, Zhang Liang was a newly surrendered minister, yet his words showed not the slightest regard for the lives of Great Huan's soldiers. He plainly treated them as chess pieces. Though the ministers could hardly argue against him, they did not feel good about it.
With Zhang Liang's intelligence, he naturally understood the ministers' displeasure. After a moment's hesitation, he slowly offered a hint. "Heaven and earth form the board, all living beings are the pieces, and fate charts the moves, playing out an eternal chess game! In the eyes of the immortals and gods above, we are all chess pieces. Even if vast numbers of Otherworlders stir up the situation and alter the course of events, they still cannot change fate! The only path is to leap beyond the board and look down upon all living beings. Only then can we escape the fate of a chess piece! Merely opposing immortals does not count as defying heaven and accomplishes nothing. However much we leap and struggle within this world, we remain ants, we remain chess pieces!"
Pausing, Zhang Liang looked at Jian Shang and continued meaningfully, "Perhaps this is why the Ancient Saints, Primordial Human Emperors, Archaic Immortals, and others disappeared!"
"Heaven and earth form the board, all living beings are the pieces, and fate charts the moves, playing out an eternal chess game!"
Jian Shang narrowed his eyes and murmured the words slowly. Divine General Sun Bin had said this during the First