Chronicles of Blooming Fire at the End of Sheng

My teacher once taught me that everyone is a piece of kindling, but most people go their whole lives without ever catching fire. The heroes of ages past were blazing infernos, burning through kindling to light up the world. But the kind of person my teacher told me to follow wasn’t like them.

He said I should follow a true overlord.

I asked, “What makes someone an overlord?”

My teacher fell silent for a long time.

“Not kindling, but dead ashes, and yet they can rise from the ashes again and again! They raise a torch to light the world! They fight to survive when all hope is lost, and make flames bloom on rainy nights! That is what makes a true hero!”