The Stars Will Kneel

Some men would claim the will to conquer heaven, but there is no special throne to take. There are only men up there in the sky, and only human rumps occupying the thrones. Those with the will to conquer the stars are nothing more than ordinary butchers, the same as you’d find on the ground. The very stars cry out for salvation from a man imprisoned a million years ago. His prison was said to be eternal, but the fools who made it are long-dead. The heavens claim eternal sovereignty over everyone beneath them, forgetting that even heaven is just dirt with a flag. Jiang Guo has forgotten what the dirt feels like, but he will remember. And he will revel in it. The flags will burn. All the fools write themselves profound little scriptures as though the very sanctity of heaven depends on their claims, augmenting and diminishing their power oh so carefully as if it matters at all. Jiang Guo, the man who would claim eternal ownership over all creation, has but two lines in his scripture: 「I will live」 「I will conquer」 And so it shall be done. Jiang Guo has returned and he will conquer all the stars, and there are no other words to be said on the topic. There will be a lot of words in this book though.