Year after year passed, and Great Qin grew stronger and stronger. Its population had also successfully surpassed the ten-million mark.
The number of newborns in a single year had broken past one million. At this rate, Great Qin's population would erupt in geyser-like growth.
And that emperor of Great Qin had begun to grow old.
Within the small pavilion, Ye Lin picked up the final white stone and slowly set it down upon the board.
"Sorry, I won."
At this moment, offense and defense had long since switched places between the white and black stones.
It had taken the white stones only a few short decades to go from a hopeless position with no way out to completely encircling and suppressing the black stones.
Ye Lin stretched lazily, looking utterly relaxed.
He had played against Heaven and won—and won beautifully, with a complete crushing victory.
He had only exerted himself slightly, yet this Heavenly Dao had already fallen apart. It was far too weak.
Now, it was merely a matter of time before Great Qin ruled the entire Anxuan Realm. Even if Great Qin were destroyed now, even if it collapsed on its own, the Human Race could still stand securely within the Anxuan Realm.
Because martial arts were everything.
Over these years, there had been prodigies among the Human Race whose martial cultivation rivaled Golden Core experts of the immortal path. With a mere raised hand, they could shatter mountains and rivers.
With such formidable power at their side, there was no need to fear those so-called Demon Beasts at all.
And Ye Lin had gained many insights from all this.
But when all was said and done, it had merely been a game. Now that the game was over, it was time for him to leave.
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