The victory banquet lasted three whole days before Great Qin finally emerged from that lively, festive atmosphere. Every department returned to normal, the Great Qin army continued sweeping the regions, and the common people went back to their respective tasks.
Zhao Fu also made a rough tally of the rewards gained from this final battle. The number of cities had reached an astonishing sixty thousand, while the population numbered at least 28 billion.
Such an enormous chunk of meat had left Great Qin's belly nearly bursting after swallowing it whole, its body seeming to have doubled in size. Once all of it was digested, Great Qin's strength would increase to an unimaginably terrifying level.
By then, however, Great Qin would be a first-grade duchy, on equal footing with the nearby and most terrifying Demon Horn Empire. Once news of Great Qin leaked out, it would undoubtedly cause a tremendous uproar. To possess the strength of a first-grade duchy so quickly would make it even more dangerous than the Demon Horn Empire.
Naturally, once the news leaked, they would be shocked and immediately guard against Great Qin. They might even join forces to destroy it.
Zhao Fu hoped the news would remain hidden forever. Making a fortune in silence was the hard truth. Once Great Qin possessed the most terrifying strength, it could sweep them all aside.
Now that his body had recovered, it was time to refine the Nation-Guarding Artifacts. As for why he had waited until his body recovered before refining them—well, you understand. Hehehe.
This time, he would be refining sixteen Nation-Guarding Artifacts, along with one Fate Clan Artifact.
Thinking about it, though, it was such a pity that Akhenaten had escaped. That brat held the final Fate Clan Artifact.
If all four Fate Clan Artifacts of the