Guiguzi's disciples used the heaven and earth as a chessboard and all living beings as pawns to set up a shocking game that spanned thirty years in the bloody storm of Qin's unification of the six kingdoms.
Chess pieces and chess players - when a person stands high enough and sees that all living beings are chess pieces, is he himself on another chess board?
Yun Zhongzi (Guiguzi's youngest disciple, who came out of the mountain at the age of 25), appears to be a traveling alchemist, but in fact he is the secret mastermind of King Qin Yingzheng. He did not hold an official position or command an army. He only accepted disciples and servants. He used his eight disciples as tentacles to move the whole world.
A very good novel, worth recommending