Jiang’s implicit type for conquerors whose appetite is justified by divine sonship and world-unification destiny.
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sacred conqueror
Jiang’s implicit type for conquerors whose appetite is justified by divine sonship and world-unification destiny.
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"that he saw himself as son of God then it's possible we will never know okay it's possible like burning down Thebes and burning..."
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