Xie Yan is supposedly the son of a powerful family, but in truth he's from a poor household. He makes a living as a masked chess king. By a twist of fate, he enters the Imperial Academy, only to discover that it's nothing like he imagined...
Ning Wan: "I'm just an ordinary student."
Li Zhen: "I have junior brothers and sisters now!"
Xu Nian: "Don't ask me. I don't know anything."
Xie Yan smiles. "Heh."
The male lead is a Mary Sue who can outshine heaven, earth, and everyone in between. Team-based missions, with romance, and one heroine. Lots of original worldbuilding, so don't take it too seriously. Lately I've been obsessively trying to figure out how to rewrite the blurb. My head's about to fall off.
Theme: Growth
