All Great Qin citizens felt a force settle upon them. Their illnesses and injuries gradually improved, and their bodies seemed more vigorous than before.
At this moment, Great Qin's fate aura also became purer. That vast fate aura seemed to be stabilized by some power; overall, it felt more solid than before, less likely to disperse or leak away.
This should have been the effect of phoenix aura. Phoenix aura was originally something responsible for stabilizing the realm and consolidating an empire's foundation.
But that was only one function of the Imperial Phoenix Statue. Its other function was tangible power. Great Qin had originally already gathered quite a few women with immense phoenix aura, and now it had gathered eighty percent of the women in the entire Yue Kingdom who possessed immense phoenix aura. This raised the Imperial Phoenix Statue's power to the level of a Nation-Guarding Artifact.
In other words, it could grant Zhao Fu power comparable to a Nation-Guarding Artifact. However, it did not consume fate aura; what it consumed was countless amounts of phoenix aura.
It was as though Great Qin had gained another Nation-Guarding Artifact. Moreover, the Imperial Phoenix Statue could still evolve and even possessed the potential to surpass a Fate Clan Artifact.
And the Imperial Phoenix Statue's effects did not end there. The golden phoenix flying through the sky circled above Zhao Fu's head with a flock of birds, while countless rays of golden light streamed down upon him. A massive phoenix power poured into Zhao Fu's body.
At the same time, phoenix aura rose from the bodies of all the women who had previously been conferred titles, drifting toward Zhao Fu. It surged into his body like a tide and swiftly condensed into a golden crystal within him.
The golden crystal was round