Three years ago, he was the "lone shadow" of the Jin Yiwei. He fell from the favored son of heaven to a death row prisoner for treason overnight, and was sentenced to Ling Chi. Three years later, on the eve of his execution, he received a glimmer of hope in the abyss of prison. His mentor Lu Bing used "suspended death" as a contract to let him return to Beijing as a chess piece in the shadows. This time, Shen Du will use the knife in his hand to cut open the carrion of power and uproot the members of King Su who framed him! In this bloody game with the world as its chessboard, he is both the chess player and the most dangerous chess piece.
