An ancient prophecy has circulated across the Eastern Mystic Continent for a thousand years: “When the Mystic Secret appears, fate itself will be overturned.” Mu Liyan, a sixteen-year-old girl from a humble family, was born with a vermilion flame-shaped mark between her brows. She can glimpse three breaths into the future, but each time, she suffers the agony of her meridians being torn apart. After an accident forces her to take the place of the city lord’s daughter in the Nine Sects Trial, she has no idea that she is the destined Celestial Divination Mystic Body, prophesied to overturn the Eight Wilds. From a remote border town to ancient secret realms, from blood-moon demon tides to the star palace’s game of strategy, she follows the path of the board, surviving one move at a time. Amid sect rivalries and ancient conspiracies, she weaves a vast web of fate spanning three thousand realms. When the Nine Nether Demon Venerable’s Soul-Severing Sword presses against her throat, she smiles and places a piece: “Do you know I calculated this deadly 172nd move twelve years ago?”
