We can conquer nothing. Just look at what I have written. Now look back. Physically take a step back. If you wish for nothing, know that you can never go back.
Nobody is really all that sure what it is.
Perhaps it is life, or death, or something in between. We all speculate, and art and science were created to find the answer, but still nobody knows, not even the aforementioned gods. But the basic truth of our realm is that everyone needs someone to share it with. People have found many to share their paths. The well trodden path is easier to cross than the pioneering one.