Two Dao Ancestors lay a monumental chess game in the Mortal Realm to oppose the Law of the End, an absolute order that devours every possibility. Lin Xubai, appearing as a woodcutter and serving as the incarnation of the Dao Ancestor of Possibility, lives in seclusion at Qingluan Ruins. Using a load of firewood made up of seven bundles, always missing one, as bait, he guides seven flawed seekers onto a path that defies Heaven.
