Qin Shi Huang had suffered serious injuries in the previous conflict.
Ordinarily, a rich man's son would not sit beneath a crumbling wall, but they were all formidable individuals whose power lay within themselves. Naturally, they had to take the field personally, making it easy for things to turn into king versus king, soldiers versus soldiers.
Yet neither side existed independently; they affected one another.
Qin Shi Huang was injured, and badly so. Naturally, he had to take revenge. Otherwise, where would the Great Qin Empire's dignity go, spanning countless worlds as it did?
Then why had the Holy Alliance not pressed its advantage while Qin Shi Huang was wounded, dealing the Great Qin Empire a devastating blow?
Because the Holy Alliance's upper ranks had also been severely wounded. They had the will, but not the strength.
Yes, the Great Qin Empire had essentially punched you until your nose bled, while you had kicked them into becoming a one-ball man—yet both sides still felt they had gotten the worse end of it and needed to reclaim their honor.
Likewise, the Holy Alliance needed to reclaim its honor even more.
This coming war, sparked by the anchor world, would be exceptionally brutal—perhaps even more so than the last one.
It was worth briefly mentioning the structures of the two great powers here.
There was little need to say much about the Great Qin Empire. It had largely maintained the Qin Dynasty's model, including its military and governmental systems, while making adjustments better suited to the present day.
The Holy Alliance, on the other hand, had actually been founded before Great Qin. It had undergone many changes over the years, both internal and external struggles, with countless gods appearing and falling.
It ruled everything beneath the World Tree through divine authority.
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