Starfall Reckoning: The Defiant Chess Master

Condemned as a cursed sacrifice, Chu Zhaoming faces execution under the Starfall Omen—until the one woman who believes in him shatters everything to save his life. Awakening the ancient Pangu's Eye on the brink of death, he discovers a horrifying truth: he's nothing but a flawed seventh-generation replica, discarded by fate itself. Humiliated, broken, but burning with defiance, he makes an oath that will shake the heavens: "If Heaven wishes me dead, I shall burn Heaven." From the ashes of betrayal rises a chess master who will challenge destiny itself, moving pieces across a cosmic board where…