However, Baimeng's shout came too late to stop it. The void closed, and Xu Zimo had no idea where he had been teleported.
"It's fine. This law is limited; it's probably just White Emperor's trial," the Seven-Faced Demon General said from the side.
"It's just that we don't know whether White Emperor is friend or foe. With the Master facing a Great Sage now, he's still in quite a dangerous situation," Baimeng replied.
When Xu Zimo's vision returned, he had arrived amid a starry sky.
Countless stars glittered overhead, while a full moon illuminated the vault of heaven.
The chessboard reappeared, except the man opposite him was no longer a stone statue, but a living person.
"Looks like someone passed the trial," the white-haired man opposite him said calmly.
"You are... White Emperor?" Xu Zimo asked.
"That's right," the man answered directly, making no attempt to hide it.
"Pass the trial, and you may obtain my inheritance."
"What trial?" Xu Zimo asked.
"Look at this chessboard," White Emperor said, pointing with his right hand.
The chessboard had originally been filled with black pieces, but when Xu Zimo lowered his head again, the pieces had vanished and been replaced by all living beings.
The entire chessboard was like a miniature Ghost God Domain spread across its surface.
Among countless black pieces, there was only one white piece.
Several hundred black pieces surrounded that lone white piece in the center, sealing it off so tightly that not even water could pass through.
There was absolutely no way out.
"Some say life is like a game of chess, but how could real life truly be like chess?
On a chessboard, black and white contend with equal numbers of pieces. But in real life, there is only one white piece."
White Emperor moved