Chen Ling was brought to this world by a book.
There is no system, no guidance, no golden finger. When he woke up, he was lying on the stone bed of a broken Taoist temple. There was a faint heat in his body, and there were three lines on his palms that did not belong to any palmistry. He has no spiritual roots - which means that the orthodox path of cultivation is closed to him.
But he discovered that there is another forgotten genre in the world: opera. It does not rely on spiritual roots, but relies on insight into rules and imitation of human hearts. Disguise, tamper, impersonate - there are only four words at the core of the play: you are not you.
At the same time, under the glacier of Beiman, another boy was climbing up along a completely different path. Mo Qiu, a genius of Mo Dao, has a dark background and obsession. He believed that rules should be followed and order maintained. He will be Chen Ling's destined opponent.
However, neither of them knew that there was an older thread that tied them together.
The first transcendent person is the Taoist ancestor. His physical body has been destroyed, but his consciousness remains in the causal network. He has waited for two eras, just to find two suitable chess pieces. One is cold and the other is hot; one comes from the outside and the other grows from the soil. He needs them to collide with each other, check and balance each other, and get the ending he wants on his preset chessboard.
The chess pieces thought they were fighting. Players know they are just coming back.
Cause and effect are like lines, and all living beings are like chess pieces. But the person who plays chess may not always be the same person.
Intention: See clearly the cause and effect in the rules, and regain control of one's own destiny