Great Qin now controlled 160 regions, including 1,472 major cities, 30 small cities, 240 towns, and 22,489 villages.
Its total population had reached more than 690 million, with a military force of 100 million. Of those, more than 80 million were Tier 1 soldiers, 2.8 million were Tier 2 soldiers, 300,000 were Tier 3 soldiers, and 14,000 were Tier 4 soldiers.
All of Great Qin had begun preparing for the event. The Six Days Festival would still begin at midnight tonight. Though it was only morning and there was still some time until twelve at night, there was nowhere near enough time, because preparations had to be made for six festivals at once. How could that possibly be enough?
Each festival lasted only one day, and once it ended, the next festival began. There would be no spare time at all, so Great Qin became exceedingly rushed. Zhao Fu personally left the Land of Inheritance to go outside and purchase all kinds of goods.
Time swiftly passed. It seemed as though only a moment had gone by before night fell. Brilliant stars emerged in the deep-blue night sky, spreading into a river of stars—spectacular and beautiful.
Suddenly!
The sky filled with rosy radiance—white, pink, cyan—every color arranged in orderly fashion without seeming chaotic, like a painted scroll.
Petals began drifting down from the sky in sheets, like a rain of flowers. Every kind of petal was present, and the sight of petals dancing across the heavens was incredibly magnificent, as though it could exist only in a dream. A delicate fragrance also spread through the air.
Flowers upon flowers on the ground bloomed under the festival's power, their gorgeous blossoms mirroring the fluttering petals, turning the entire world into a world of flowers.
"Zhao! We really love this festival!" The