The Gods' Chessboard and the Pawn Crossing the River

Name: The Gods' Chessboard and the Pawn Crossing the River
Author: Liuyu Yunfan

神明棋盘和过河的卒

by Liuyu Yunfan (流羽云凡)

Status: Ongoing
Length: 235k Words
Genre: Urban
Subgenre: Urban High-Concept
Updated: 3mo ago
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At three in the morning, the Divine Chessboard descended upon the human world. Cities were divided into black-and-white squares, and everyone was branded as a chess piece. Some awakened as kings, born to command the pieces. Some awakened as queens, sweeping across the board. Others became rooks, knights, bishops, or guards, each born with powerful moves. Wen Xian was nothing but the lowliest pawn. The rules said a pawn could only move forward, never backward. So the strong sent him to scout ahead, kings ordered him to his death, and the gods moved their pieces high above, laughing as they watched everyone struggle. Until Wen Xian crossed the “river” for the first time. [Black Pawn has crossed the river.] [Hidden chess authority unlocked.] [You have gained a new move: one step sideways.] From that moment on, the gods’ game had its first mistake. They thought pawns were weak, fit only to be sacrificed. But they forgot that once a pawn crosses the river, it never turns back. As the white queen, Aiwei, swept across the board, kings fought for the human world, and gods treated all living beings as pieces, Wen Xian made his way, one step at a time, to the far end of the board. This time, he would not become a king or a god. He would flip the entire board.

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