During this war, Zhao Fu discovered Great Qin's greatest weakness. Compared to the world beyond the Land of Inheritance, Great Qin's foundations were far too lacking. The difference had become clear this time: the other side had far more powerful experts, as well as vastly more Tier 1 individuals, than Great Qin.
After returning to Great Qin, Zhao Fu had been pondering this issue. Yet it was almost unsolvable; only the accumulation of time could build the corresponding foundations.
Even the Heaven and Earth Refining Array, defying the heavens as it was, could only narrow the gap—it could not completely make up for it.
The Blood God Pills obtained through the Heaven and Earth Refining Array could only raise one's cultivation by a large margin; they could not directly elevate someone to Tier 1.
It seemed Great Qin also needed time to accumulate its own foundations. To avoid offending too many people and overly powerful nations, Great Qin had to honestly build itself up for a while. Without the Heavenly Domain Barrier's protection now, the world outside was vast and filled with endless dangers.
There was another major weakness: there were far too few people who possessed Nation-Guarding Artifacts. Zhao Fu had recognized this issue before, which was why he had stopped refining the nation-guarding artifacts of conquered states.
But now, he found that it was still not enough. Taking this battle as an example, without the Eight Sea Beast Kings and the hundred Sword-Wielding Demonification warriors, they simply could not have held back the enemy's Kings. Great Qin's people were quite strong as well, but when facing the siege of many opponents, casualties were inevitable.
What Zhao Fu was considering now was giving up some Nation-Guarding Artifacts in order to increase the number of people in Great Qin who