The crippled general Wei Jin was demoted to a commoner, but with the defeat of seven cities, he defeated seventeen enemy formations in a row. The fugitive scout Su Lin wanted to assassinate him, but was forced into a desperate situation by his broken leg and formed a formation, forcing them to join forces. Chaozhong Taishi secretly controlled Beidi, Yan Xiao went undercover in the enemy camp, Shen Henian dealt with both sides, Chi Tong held ancient weapons, and Bai Ya led the remaining soldiers to stir up the storm. When the Black Iron Talisman reappeared, under the Seven Cities, a shocking reversal involving the remains of the body as a chess piece and life and death as a game had just begun.