Saving the World, Starting by Leaving the Kingdom

[Alternate world] + [Superpowers] + [Passionate action] + [Career-focused]

This book is also known as When the Stars Return to Their Places and The Holy Kingdom War.

“As people of the Holy Kingdom, you should be proud!” This is a phrase the emperors of the Holy Kingdom often repeat.

But Duan Songyun, who has been unruly and unrestrained since childhood, scoffs at those words.

You take our wealth, endanger our lives, trample our dignity, and then tell us that without you, we are nothing?

To hell with the Holy Kingdom. In all the world, freedom alone is master. If this nation will not have me, then I will found my own.

Now that the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches have converged, let us see how we can make our way in this world ruled by Superpowers.

As the Water Dragon’s Chant bears witness:

I hid in the troubled age, seeking peace, but now the vast realm offers no way forward. Blossoms briefly stand, the setting sun lingers, and I make this youth my own. With friends at my side, our talk rings with laughter, and we raise our cups beneath the Milky Way. Though a thousand officials lord it over us and seven ministers are fools, I question heaven, yet the stairway to the heights is blocked.

You may heed these words of mine, spoken before a broken stele, and pity me in vain. I never secretly mocked the monkey in the king’s robes, so great is his folly. The imperial capital crumbles, letters of the fish fail to reach me, and where are the immortals? Who will cross the sea for me? From Zhangtai, I gaze into the distance, but wild mountains hide the way.