An old Daoist plays chess, with the heavens and the Great Dao as his board. The wandering swordsman is not yet old, his long sword from the South Sea humming softly. The scholar enters the world, carrying the noble righteousness of Mount Tai. Three extraordinary talents among mortals.
In 1944, the Gate of Heaven opens above, and the evil spirits of the Primordial Beginning awaken.
In 1949, humanity prevails against fate, founds a nation, and outlaws the spirits.
In 1964, the Jiachen Dragon-Slaying Case!
In 1994, the first great wager in the Central Plains over a murder case, as deadly ghosts from the underworld run amok.
In 2004, a child is reincarnated, and paper effigies prolong a life.
In 2016, a sword summons a peerless figure from two hundred years ago, and the Celestial Master of Dragon-Tiger Mountain descends!
In 2022, the great wager begins from the start. Chaos!
The overlapping realms plunge the living into endless turmoil. A great calamity befalls the human world, beset by troubles within and threats without. Is there no one who can save us? No way to set things right? How will humanity survive? Behold the mortal world across ten thousand years.
