In the vast Immortal Domain, a crooked ancient pine grew atop a mountain peak that rose above the clouds.
Beneath the ancient pine was a chessboard.
Strangely, however, there were only two pieces on the board.
One black, one white...
Two white-haired old men in flowing white robes sat in the ancient pine. One looked exceedingly old, and the other looked even older.
"So..." The slightly younger old man looked at the older man before him and said, "Master, just what heavenly secret did Grandmaster leave behind?"
"He's kept us waiting like this for tens of thousands of years."
"We've sat here so long we've bent the tree crooked. How much longer do we have to wait?"
The older man looked up at the slightly younger man before him, shook his head, and plucked two leaves from the ancient pine. The leaves turned into two streaks of green light and plugged his own ears.
Then he lay down and went straight to sleep...
The slightly younger old man sighed helplessly. With a wave of his hand, he pulled the two clumps of green light out of the older man's ears. "I say, Master, have you heard anything I've been saying?"
The older man sat up, unable to keep his temper in check. "How would I know?"
"Your grandmaster told us to wait, so we just have to wait. What's there to complain about?"
"But..." The slightly younger old man looked dejected. "But the wait wore you down until you died, and then it wore me down until I died. If we keep waiting, will it wear my disciple down until he dies too?"
The older man jolted upright like a sick man startled from his bed. He stared blankly for a long while, then lay back down on the ancient