Journey of the Fate Destroying Emperor novel Chapter 1577

Chapter 1577: Old Man Black Chess

Old Man Black Chess was an elderly man with long silver-white hair, a black beard, black clothes, with a white overflowing robe, one black and one white shoe. He sat cross-legged before a chessboard in which all the pieces are black, but the board is divided into black and white squares.

Old Man Black Chess was in a meeting to establish the operation of the Scout Division, but the room was eerily quiet as Old Man Black Chess stared at his chessboard. ’I’ve been hesitating for a long time, but it’s time to decide.’

Old Man Black Chess moved one of the pieces. He was known for his chess ability. After all, this was part of his Dao, and he had cultivated it to the pinnacle. However, he only used this chessboard for two things: battle and strategizing. Most people did not even know the rules of this chess game, and that’s assuming there were any rules.

’The path of the loose cultivator is no longer viable,’ Old Man Black Chess concluded. He has been wrestling with this thought for eons. His journey started as a young scholar of a long-fallen mortal kingdom. His family was relatively well off, which allowed him to learn many skills, including chess.s

Old Man Black Chess made a name for himself at a very young age due to his chess skills. His family eventually used their connection to acquire a job for him as a teacher to nobles, and by the age of 32, he was summoned to the palace to teach the crown prince.

Old Man Black Chess spent most of his life in the mortal world improving his chess skills. He would travel around the dynasty when he was young, and in his later years, he accepted challenges from all neighboring dynasties. Old Man Black Chess has even met a few cultivators who wanted to play with him.

Some of them even offered him cultivation techniques in exchange for teaching them. Unfortunately, Old Man Black Chess’s talent was extremely poor, so these techniques only served as a Qi nourishing technique that extended his life.

Then, when he was 95 years old, Old Man Black Chess became enlightened. He entered the Dao through chess. As his chess skill reached such a level, it resonated with Heaven and Earth, which led to the creation of a small vision. The vision then entered his body, cleansing his body and soul, and granted him excellent talent for cultivation.

After the cleansing, Old Man Black Chess started his cultivation journey. He wanted to join a sect to ensure a smooth path. Unfortunately, most factions found him too old, meaning he was not brainwashed at a young age to be loyal to the sect.

Old Man Black Chess eventually joined a faction, but he suffered tremendous suppression because of his status as a foreigner, which forced him to leave after reaching Tier 4. The old man spent the rest of his time as a loose cultivator, fighting for scraps for resources.

Old Man Black Chess spent most of his life joining small cultivation organizations catering to loose cultivators by offering missions and rewards. Sadly, most of them did not survive long, forcing Old Man Black Chess to struggle to find the resources to reach higher levels.

However, fate was on his side. No, it would be better to say he took control of his destiny by risking his life. The Devil Race’s Conquest was a brutal war, but it was also an opportunity. The top lineages needed soldiers or mercenaries to reduce their casualties. Old Man Black Chess took this opportunity to gather the necessary resources to become a Paragon.

By that time, Old Man Black Chess was well-known in the loose cultivator community. His strategic mind has saved the lives of many people, creating numerous friends and allies. One day, Black Chess was screwed over after taking a mission for a Taoist Sect. The latter used a terrible excuse to reduce the reward. Fed up with how he was treated, Old Man Black Chess fought back.

He used his connection to gather allies and formed what Wang Wei called the cultivation world’s first union. Under Old Man Black Chess’s leadership, all the loose cultivators refused to take any missions unless these lineages paid them fairly. The top lineages — including the Dao Opening Sect — refused, but Old Man Black Chess was not about to back down.

The top lineages’ first reaction was to use violence to solve the problem. They figured if they killed the leaders responsible for this nonsense, they could scare the others into falling in line. However, Old Man Black Chess was ahead of them. Loose cultivators know how to survive — it’s something they had to learn.

Old Man Black Chess and his allies prepared underground hideouts and other ways to survive these attacks. Additionally, Black Chess would record these attacks — especially the ones where the people in the sect talked to loose cultivators like they were dogs — and spread them among his peers, showing them how these lineages truly saw them.

By ruining the top lineages’ reputation, fewer people were willing to risk their lives for them, especially with so little pay. So, these factions opted for another approach: division. The loose cultivator base was large, meaning even if Old Man Black Chess’s group did not want these missions, someone else would.

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