Within the Mirage Realm, Tide Sis gazed at the stone door that had suddenly appeared before her, lost in thought.
The instant she entered, Ling An and Changli vanished, leaving only the stone door to a hidden chamber before her.
After a moment's thought, she reached out and pressed her hand against the door.
To her surprise, it took very little strength to push it open.
She looked into the chamber. It was empty, its surfaces weathered by the years.
Only a stone Go board stood in the center of the chamber, as though waiting for someone.
On the side facing her, black stones lay quietly inside a Stone Container.
Had there been a cup of hot tea as well, Tide Sis might have thought the master of the house had prepared everything for a game.
Yet as she looked around, everything she saw seemed to be waiting for one person.
An old friend.
In silence, she walked up to the board and calmly took a seat.
The chamber was so quiet that she could have heard a pin drop.
"Am I supposed to... play a game with someone?"
Tide Sis pondered for a moment, then picked up a black stone and gently placed it on the board.
The instant it landed, an illusory white stone appeared out of thin air and settled onto the board.
The sight was so novel that Tide Sis's lips curved slightly. Interesting, she thought appreciatively.
Just moments earlier, she had already noticed a few clues about this Mirage Realm.
Under the influence of temporal turbulence, the past and present ran side by side here.
Two entirely different timelines flowed in parallel within the Mirage Realm, creating a spectacle spanning the ages.
Yet neither timeline affected the other.
The white stone that had appeared out