Sword Travels Through the Nine States' Cold

One sword chills the Nine Provinces, its spirit enduring through the ages. The jianghu and the imperial court are two sides of the same web. Whether high officials or common folk, everyone is just a little fish caught in it. The world is nothing but a chessboard. The one seated at the highest place in the imperial court holds the white pieces, but who holds the black? With life and death in the balance, and schemes and plots everywhere, how can anyone escape the board?