A dynasty may last a hundred years, a clan a thousand. No matter how tightly they control the path to advancement, the day will come when they decay.
The Way of Heaven takes from what has too much and gives to what has too little.
The way of man takes from those who have too little and gives to those who have too much.
“The question is, why should I be the one who’s always losing out?”
Zhou Qingyuan came into this world of eat-or-be-eaten. Everywhere he looked, everything he encountered hinged on one thing: birth and status.
As a lowly slave, all he could rely on was a crude status panel.
“This world... is filthy!”
Later histories record that in the year 230 of the Rongjia Era, the young Emperor Qingyuan resolved to unleash a great purge. He ascended the throne that same year, and an immortal came to guide him away, becoming the stuff of legend.
