Yang Fan's eyes brightened slightly.
"By your reckoning, doesn't that mean my actual combat strength is already on par with a fourth-order god?"
"There is indeed still something of a shortfall in population size."
Yang Da fell silent for a moment, then offered his assessment.
"But according to my evaluation, the current combat strength of your Divine Kingdom is fully sufficient to face an ordinary fourth-order god head-on, Master."
"If we also deploy the Divine Kingdom's current stock of expendable war supplies, we can at least remain undefeated even against a fifth-order or sixth-tier god."
"Ahem..."
Yang Fan couldn't help coughing twice, an odd look filling his face.
"Aren't you getting a little full of yourself? That's way too exaggerated!"
"Master, you can look at it from another angle."
Yang Da remained perfectly calm.
"Even if a core genius of the Five Great Families like Han Jue advances to become a mid-order god a hundred or even a thousand years from now, his Divine Kingdom will most likely still not be as wealthy as yours is today."
"Five hundred thousand S-class resource buildings."
"Even among mid-order gods, only a tiny handful of the very best possess wealth on this scale."
At this point, Yang Da paused briefly.
"Please develop an accurate understanding of your own strength, Master. I suggest browsing the Gods' Forum more often."
"You should know that quite a few first-order gods who are strapped for resources are still running businesses selling Class B or even Class C spirit plants."
This time, Yang Fan even detected a faint trace of exasperation in Yang Da's tone.
Clearly, in Yang Da's opinion, Yang Fan's understanding of his own wealth and strength was somewhat skewed.
In truth, Yang Fan could hardly be blamed for that.
After leaving Yang County, he had