Chapter 218: A Game of Chess (3)

"I must disagree with you, Yuan," she said softly.

Lin Yuan paused, his hand hovering over the board, a faint crease of curiosity forming between his brows. "Disagree?"

"You say the King represents the Dao Heart," Bai Qingyue explained, her gaze rising from the board to lock onto his deep purple eyes. "You say it is vulnerable, that it requires the pawns and knights to throw away their lives to shield it. That is how the Heavenly Dao wants us to view it. But if a Dao Heart is truly Unshaken, if it is truly absolute… it does not hide behind mortal dust."

She reached out with a steady hand, her fingers unwavering despite the weight of what she was about to do.