Yuan Hao placed a black piece on a certain position on the chessboard. The Daoist aura emanating from the black piece had already occupied more than 90% of the chessboard, and it seemed that the white pieces were in imminent danger.
"Brother Dao, it looks like I'm going to win this round. Haha, you're too kind."
"Fellow Daoist, once a move is made, there is no going back. You should think it over carefully. I'm giving you one chance to take back your move at this moment. After this time, you won't be able to take it back."
The Supreme Dao Ancestor neither confirmed nor denied this, but instead spoke calmly, as if it were Yuan Hao, not him, who was in a completely disadvantageous position on the chessboard and had almost no hope of turning the tide.
"Yeah?"
Yuan Hao glanced suspiciously at the chessboard in front of him and at the Supreme Dao Ancestor opposite him. He knew this old man was extremely cunning and treacherous; although they had been playing chess for many years and he had never lost,
However, after careful observation, Yuan Hao was certain that he had the upper hand and that the Supreme Dao Ancestor had no chance of turning the tide.
Thinking of this, Yuan Hao directly said to the Supreme Dao Ancestor, "It's confirmed, it's confirmed. I will make this move and I will never go back on my word. Brother Dao, it's your turn to make your move now."
The Supreme Dao Ancestor smiled slightly, gently placed a white piece on a certain spot on the chessboard, and immediately the situation on the chessboard underwent an absolute reversal. White had gained an absolute advantage, and Black had no hope of turning the tide.
Upon seeing the situation on the chessboard, Yuan Hao's expression froze for a moment before he quickly spoke.
"No, I didn't think it through just now. This move doesn't count. Let me take it back and try again later."
As Yuan Hao spoke, he reached out towards the chessboard in front of him. Judging from his posture, it didn't seem like he wanted to take back a move, but rather that he had unintentionally revealed a trace of his aura due to not controlling his strength and crushed the chessboard.
However, Yuan Hao's wicked scheme failed. The Supreme Dao Ancestor had already gently extended his whisk, blocking Yuan Hao's next move, and at the same time, he spoke slowly and deliberately.
"Fellow Daoist, do you remember what you just said? You promised that once a move is made, it will not be taken back, and you will absolutely not take it back this time. Could it be that the words you just said are no longer valid?"
Looking at the clueless old Taoist priest in front of him, Yuan Hao awkwardly withdrew his hands, which had been gathering immense power, but he still couldn't bring himself to slap the chessboard directly.
Meanwhile, Sun Wukong, who had already fully transformed into human form and was serving by the side, had a very strange expression on his face, as if he wanted to laugh but had managed to suppress it.
This Taoist master is always like this. Every time he plays chess with his grandfather, he tries to overturn the chessboard at the end. I wonder if he can come up with any other way this time. Sun Wukong thought to himself with a bit of a sly smile.
Suddenly, as if he had thought of something, Sun Wukong's expression changed drastically. Then, somewhat dazed, like a robot, he slowly turned his head towards Yuan Hao.
Sun Wukong noticed that Yuan Hao had now focused his gaze on him and was wearing a very strange smile, which made him feel a chill run down his spine.
Just now, I was careless and got a little carried away. Faced with such unimaginable supreme beings, no matter when or where, as long as anything related to them comes to mind, they can be sensed by them.
He was being incredibly foolish, thinking about all sorts of things that were closely related to him right in front of him. He was probably going to suffer for it.
Just as Sun Wukong expected, Yuan Hao stepped out of his seat and reached out a hand before Sun Wukong could react, grabbing him before he could even run away.
Then Yuan Hao pulled Sun Wukong over and pressed him down onto the chair formed from the source energy crystal that he had been sitting on while playing chess. Before Sun Wukong could speak, Yuan Hao spoke directly.
"Wukong, I suddenly remembered that there is an extremely important matter waiting for me to deal with in the Origin Ocean of the Tianyuan Sacred Realm, and this matter cannot be delayed in the slightest."
"Wukong, you can play this game for me in a bit. I'm already confident of winning this game, and I'm sure you can win too. If you don't win this game that I've already won, hehe..."
After Yuan Hao finished speaking, he left immediately. Although he did not explicitly say what he would do if Sun Wukong lost the game, his two chuckles had already made Sun Wukong realize that he might be doomed today.
Meanwhile, Pangu, the God of Gods, revealed a strange smile, as if he had already foreseen what was happening before his eyes.
That fellow Daoist and the Supreme Daoist have played chess for so many years. Although he has never lost, he has never won either.
He sat on the chair, which he had longed to sit on in the past and which brought him great benefit every moment he sat on it. It was formed from the most refined source energy crystals in the Tianyuan Sacred Realm.
Sun Wukong felt as if he were sitting on a mountain of knives and a sea of fire, and he wished he could jump up immediately. He didn't want to sit on it for another second.
However, looking at the gaze that the Supreme Dao Ancestor seemed to have unintentionally cast upon him across from him, and the words that Yuan Hao had left in his mind before leaving, he really didn't dare to stand up like that.
“Master, I, Old Sun, have followed you for so many years. I may not have made any great contributions, but I have certainly put in a lot of hard work. Moreover, after Nuwa became the Queen of the Elf Clan, although she has rarely come to visit in recent years due to her busy schedule, she has been very filial to you when she was the Holy Maiden of the Elf Clan. You are not just going to watch Wukong suffer, are you?”
Sun Wukong looked pitifully at the Supreme Dao Ancestor opposite him, his face showing signs of impending tears, looking as pathetic as could be.
Looking at Sun Wukong, who was gazing at him with pleading eyes, the Supreme Dao Ancestor didn't say much. He simply smiled and spoke softly to Sun Wukong.
"Wukong, it's your turn to make your move. Have you decided where to place your piece?"
Hearing the peaceful words of the Supreme Dao Ancestor beside him, Sun Wukong suddenly had a thought. Could it be that the master took pity on him and was preparing to let him win this game of chess so that he could report back to the Time-Space Dao Venerable?
With that thought in mind, Sun Wukong no longer hesitated, picked up the black piece in front of him, and placed it in a corner of the chessboard.
Having served the Supreme Dao Ancestor for so many years, Sun Wukong's chess skills have been improved to an extremely high level. At least apart from the Supreme Dao Ancestor, he has never lost to anyone in chess.
Although there was a time when he was so focused on playing chess and became too arrogant that he utterly defeated Yuan Hao.
What happened next, even now when Sun Wukong thinks about it carefully, still makes his heart tremble.
Later, Pangu asked him to play chess again. He originally thought that Pangu was the kind of person who was very upright and did not want others to deliberately let him win on the chessboard.
Later it turned out that he was completely wrong. He never expected that the Pangu God with thick eyebrows and big eyes was actually just as petty as the Time and Space Daoist. Now, when he occasionally thinks back on it, many parts of his body still ache slightly.
Sun Wukong's chess skills were indeed impressive. After he placed his black piece, Yuan Hao's black pieces, which had been in a hopeless situation with no chance of turning the tide, suddenly regained a glimmer of hope, and the situation improved, giving them a chance to turn the tide.
Then Sun Wukong stared blankly at the opposite side, his scalp tingling, and at this moment his mind had gone completely blank.
Because the Supreme Dao Ancestor, with a smile and a kind expression, had placed a tricky white piece, securing victory.
Furthermore, the Supreme Dao Ancestor spoke in a very kind manner.
"Wukong, it's your turn to make a move."
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On the other side, only after the last Grand Luo expert of the Transcendent Alliance had disappeared from his sight did the Netherworld Emperor slowly withdraw his gaze from the boundless void in the distance.
After slowly turning around, the Netherworld Emperor realized that all the powerful figures of the Great Luo realm in the Heavenly Origin Sacred Realm were looking at him with a very strange gaze.