He traveled through time and became Ji Yan, the young master of a spy family loyal to the Zhou royal family, but was warned by the system that the family only had ten years left to live. In order to change his destiny against nature, he resolutely became the most dangerous chess player in the world, and at the same time offered advice to the princes of Qi, Jin, Chu and other seven kingdoms.
He helped Duke Huan of Qi to gain hegemony, but he left hidden dangers for Chu; he taught Duke Wen of Jin to retreat, but he planted a root of suspicion in the Qin army. The general trend of the world was overturned in the palm of his hand, and ten years of disputes turned into a carefully controlled crisis.
However, on the night when the Great Zhou Dynasty finally collapsed, he stepped into the Zichen Palace. What greeted him was not the end, but the smiling Emperor Zhou on the throne who slowly tore off his human skin mask:
"These ten years of chaos are all my own plan for you. My dear, are you having fun?"
The truth is like thunder that shatters everything. The chess player is actually the son of the game. On the ruins of this shocking conspiracy, how can the awakened chess pieces overturn this fateful chess game?