The nominally existent but effectively defunct Bronze Kingdom.
Demon calamity is rampant, with cultivators everywhere engaged in man-eating and slaughter.
A school has turned into a shelter, protecting ordinary humans amidst the disaster, where the elderly principal is playing chess with Professor Zeng Ciwen.
"Are you really going?" The old man seemed to see through his thoughts.
"Yes, I must go," Professor Zeng Ciwen said.
"You've already grasped the patterns of history, but why do you still wish to court death?"
The old man, with a calm expression, suddenly diverted the topic: "You know, this kind of catastrophe, it's the second one I've experienced."
He paused, his voice incredibly serene, like a spectator from ancient times,
