As a result, Chen Qiu was able to attain the twelve-grade Golden Core before the Heavenly Pride Leaderboard began.
It was actually quite obvious.
This Artifact Cultivator chess piece was named Ning Taiping.
The sword cultivator chess piece from the Capital was called Ji Taiping.
Both of their names contained Taiping.
But...
Heavenly plans are no match for human ingenuity; for some unknown reason, those Artifact Cultivators with second-grade Golden Cores didn't come looking for trouble with Chen Qiu at all, which meant that he didn't get to acquire a large number of second-grade Golden Cores in Fei City as he had originally planned.
Instead, he obtained a large number of second-grade Golden Cores in an "adventure secret realm" that wasn't part of the plan at all, and he also obtained a heavenly treasure like the Seven-Colored Fishing Pole.
His plan was to...