The Scheming Hero: Playing Chess Against Fate

What makes this book worth reading:

① Three genres in one: Fantasy, magic, and science fiction are meticulously blended to create a distinctive, internally consistent world.

② A masterful protagonist: Brilliantly cunning, he uses human nature as his chess pieces to break through obstacles and seize victory.

③ Top-tier battles of wits: Multiple factions vie for power in tightly reasoned twists and psychological warfare, with no dumbing down of characters.

④ An original system: A cultivation method based on the “spiritual origin” and “deception” as its core ability drive a whole new contest of power.

⑤ Defying fate: With nothing but ordinary human ingenuity, the protagonist challenges an archrival with a “golden finger” and a thousand-year-old game of chess.

⑥ A refreshing power fantasy that breaks the mold: The plot fits together at every turn, with far-reaching foreshadowing that rewards repeated reading.

If even one of these selling points is exaggerated, the author will apologize by acting cute.

I, Lei Yinuo, am a lowly stable hand in the Imperial Stud. I have no power or influence, no favor from fate, and no luck on my side.

I don't believe in fate, so I stake everything and willingly accept the “suicide mission” of delivering an imperial decree to Heiquan Town.

I clear the way with an imperial edict and command the heroes in the emperor's name, carving out a domain of my own;

I use a dagger as my guide, gain supernatural power through “deception,” and awaken the “spiritual origin”;

In a den of dragons and tigers, I become a mad flood dragon and hunt serpents;

In a prison of dreams, I embrace madness and find a way out.

With my back to the wall, I array my troops. The highest form of warfare is to outthink your enemy.

The whole world's game of chess lies in my hands.

As a thousand-year-old scheme quietly comes to light, the conspiracy behind the cycles of civilization also begins to surface...

I... am an “interloper” and “heretic” who was never meant to appear in an “epic legend,” the one and only variable in humanity's predetermined future!

Saving the world was never my ambition.

And yet... if I want to control my own fate, I have no choice but to fight “destiny” to the bitter end, until I overturn the entire board!