Chronicles of the Shattered Realm

In the fractured expanses of the Scattered Realm, cultivation is not a path of righteousness, but a desperate race for survival across nine ruthless levels of power. Ji Yan, a calculating rogue cultivator, possesses no legendary lineage - only a cold, analytical mind and a stolen treasure: the Mirror of Severed Karma, which allows him to calculate the exact death-date of anyone he touches. Guided by absolute logic, Ji Yan manipulates allies and sect leaders like chess pieces to secure his own ascension. Yet, the higher he climbs, the more he realizes the system itself is decaying. With the tyrannical Heaven-Severing Sect systematically hunting down 'anomalies' like him, Ji Yan must outmaneuver ancient masters who have spent centuries perfecting the art of betrayal. In a world where trust is a fatal currency, Ji Yan's cold calculations are tested to their absolute limits.Will he be the hands behind the curtain or forever stay a chess piece.