The World of Chess

[Political intrigue] [Alternate world] [Military] [Ensemble cast with a protagonist]

In an age of great upheaval, some claimed the throne while others became kings. After the collapse of the Celestial Dynasty, nine states stood side by side, surrounded by the Five Barbarians. The great clans endured like iron, while dynasties rose and fell like flowing water. Amid internal troubles and external threats, Zhao Guang, the former crown prince and now Prince Jing, quietly entered the game. A game of the world that would draw countless people in, though none could tell who was the player and who was the pawn.

Have you not seen the young man, barely twenty, taken captive yet asking to serve?

Have you not seen light cavalry in distant lands summon the clouds of war?

A man makes his stand on the brink of danger.

Would he willingly spend his life in mediocrity?

What's more, the nation is in peril, like a pile of eggs ready to topple,

And urgent dispatches race in every direction, with no one spared the burden.

This is a wonderful age. This is a terrible age. This is a time of progress. This is a time of stagnation. This is an age of faith. This is an age of doubt. This is a world where the royal clans vie for supremacy. This is a world monopolized by the great families. This is a world where the poor rise to prominence. We have everything before us, and nothing at all. Everyone is rushing toward hope, and everyone is rushing in the opposite direction.