A Green Lantern on the Road to Immortality

I have a divine lamp, its flame consuming incense and smoke.

I forge the path to immortality, and seek the true immortal’s freedom.

The secrets of Heaven are obscure, and the spirits inscrutable. Now and then, a failed candidate would build a power base and proclaim himself the Lord of Heaven in the West, founding an empire in the southern lands.

Across the sea, a hero arose. With the resources of a vassal lord, he raised an army against his superiors, swept away the corrupt, established a shogunate, and proclaimed himself a living god, moving his capital to Suzhou and Hangzhou.

In the frontier lands, a powerful foe raised an army from among the mountains, proclaimed himself the Great Khan, and plotted to invade the capital.

Wait, what did you say? I’m a rebel too?