In the post-World War 2 era in an environment marked by mistrust and suspicion, Shin'ichi Yamamoto (Daisaku Ikeda's pen name) puts forward his historic proposal for the normalization of relations between Japan and China in a speech to the Student Division. The seeds that Shin'ichi sowed and nurtured with care finally flowered in 1972 with the restoration of diplomatic relations between the two nations.
Chapter titles: The Golden Bridge, Guiding Star, Shining Citadel, Land of Happiness