It was as if he could see black and white armies clashing on a compass.
That chessboard was the Realm Compass.
The game pieces were like the Five Elements Spiritual Power of heaven and earth, gathering and merging, grinding against one another in repulsion, then canceling each other out upon fusion.
An unknown amount of time passed.
CLANG!
As the last piece was placed, Chu Lingguang's entire body jolted.
His surroundings changed.
He found himself in the Stone Forest. The investigation and the two old men playing chess were nowhere to be seen.
To his astonishment, he realized he was just outside the Immortal King's Tomb, within the very Stone Forest covered by the Restriction Array. He clearly remembered waiting outside the Stone Forest for three days. After receiving no response from the Nascent Soul Ghosts, he had left that place, intending to return to the Profound Celestial Sect.
He had encountered a tea stall on the way.
