The young woodcutter in the Lanke chess game.
The two immortals who had played chess in the Lanke Grotto-Heaven back then.
In truth, they were Old Ancestor Kunpeng and Ancestor Minghe.
After all, that had been during the Southern and Northern Dynasties.
The Human Path had been in turmoil.
It could be called one of the eras when the Human Path was at its weakest throughout the world.
Generally speaking, though.
In truth, during times of intense warfare, when nations fought one another.
The Human Path was almost always in chaos.
Apart from a few exceptions.
For instance, the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States period, mainly because the Human Path's dynasty had not undergone a historic succession before then.
During the Spring and Autumn Period, everyone already knew that the Great Zhou Dynasty was finished.
In practice, however, everyone still at least outwardly honored the King of Zhou as their leader.
Even if the emperor of the Zhou Dynasty lived a miserable life.
And could not even muster a thousand elite soldiers.
The territory he possessed was actually only as large as a very small commandery or county belonging to one of the Five Hegemons of the Spring and Autumn Period.
The emperor of Great Zhou had already become a complete puppet.
Whoever could keep the emperor of Great Zhou under their control as a puppet for a long time became the hegemon.
That nation became the hegemon.
That was how the Five Hegemons of the Spring and Autumn Period were determined.
The Warring States period was different too. At least everyone called themselves descendants of Yanhuang, carrying on the issues of the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods.
Those were already problems inherited from history.
In that era, although everyone was fighting within their own