THE CELESTIAL VEIL

For fifty generations, the Emerald Empire has been a kingdom of sons, a lineage of iron kings who have held the world together through sheer martial will. But the foundation of their throne is built upon a cosmic debt. A thousand years ago, the First Ancestor made a bargain with Kashi, the Goddess of Space and Stars. He traded the family's immortality for a promise: that one day, the Goddess would descend to earth to act as the ultimate anchor against the encroaching Nine Hells
The prophecy finally manifests in the 50th generation, but at a terrible price. Kashi is too powerful to be born of a mortal womb. Her presence inside Empress Ma-Rin begins to consume the monarch's life-force, freezing her body with "Divine Frost" and warping the space around her. To save the Empress, the Emperor commissions the Artificial Flower Womb-a jade lotus powered by the collective soul-essence of forty-nine generations of ancestorsKashi is transferred to the flower, where she gestates for fifteen years, weaving a mortal body strong enough to contain a starCore Themes
The Weight of Sacrifice: What does it mean to be a child born from the deaths of ancestors and the shortened life of a mother?
Boundless Love: The bond between the three brothers and their divine sister serves as her only anchor to reality.
Cosmic vs. Mortal: The friction between the infinite power of a goddess and the fragile, beautiful limitations of a human girl