A World of Wild Ideas: A Thousand Splendors

Protagonist: What countless forms can the world take? An ant may have ambitions, a flower may bloom in a flash of splendor, a child may dream of becoming supreme, with a fortune beyond measure, a green caterpillar may aspire to swallow a dragon, a bird may bear the image of a roc, a fish may long to become a dragon, a snake may aspire to become a flood dragon, and a tree may support a world. The ten kinds of beings under heaven, the myriad forms of creation. Every blade of grass and every tree has a spirit; every thought and every fixation can become a calamity. All beings contend along the river of karma. Some become saints, some fall into demonic ways, and some dissolve into nothingness. All because of the obsessions in their hearts, they ultimately become the epic history of the Myriad Worlds. This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance to actual people or events is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.