A Game of Go Amid the Dust

The northern wind swept snow across the land. The entire Xie family was slaughtered at the execution grounds, and the young Xie Yan crawled out of a mountain of corpses. He erased his name and took the alias Chess in the Dust, hiding in the desolate, freezing lands along the Long border.

He carried a blood feud, yet had neither weapons nor power. In an age ruled by powerful clans, where people could barely survive, even staying alive was a distant hope. By chance, he met Su Wanqing, who had suffered a similar fall from grace. The two lonely souls found warmth in each other's company, and a faint glimmer of hope arose from their desperate circumstances.

Having witnessed the suffering of the world, he refused to eke out a miserable existence, and could not bear to see the common people suffer. Though he had little to his name, he entered the game, relying on his wits to break through its traps, contending with the powerful and challenging fate itself.

The world was a chessboard, and he was like a speck of dust. Yet he insisted on placing his pieces and playing out a peaceful age amid the chaos, defending the principles in his heart.