The Twin Heroes of Sword and Chess

Yin Zixiang, from the twenty-first century, accidentally transmigrates to the end of the Hongwu era of the Ming Dynasty. According to rumors in the martial world, a certain endgame can grant command over the martial world and the power to claim the empire, if only someone can solve it.

He meets Xiao Meng, a refined young woman from a renowned orthodox sect, and they fall in love at first sight. Meanwhile, Leng Qixian, a descendant of the Mongol royal family, has spent years mastering martial arts and recruiting soldiers, intent on overthrowing the Ming and restoring the Yuan. He meets the female leader of the Demonic Cult, and the two begin a love story worthy of song and tears. The emperor dies, and Zhu Di launches the Jingnan Campaign, plunging the land into chaos. Yin Zixiang assists Zhu Yunwen in opposing Zhu Di, hoping to change history. Amid the great sweep of history and the ever-shifting martial world, what fate awaits the men and women of the jianghu?