"That makes sense!"
Jian Shang answered simply, neither confirming nor denying it.
In terms of territory, the Great Qin Empire, now reduced to Guanzhong alone, certainly no longer qualified as an empire-level power. Its population fell even further short. Yet its foundations remained, and its wealth was beyond measure. It was currently conquering the India Region. Above all, Qin Shi Huang, the peerless emperor of the ages, remained undefeated beneath heaven, while the Great Qin Imperial Capital and Qin Shi Huang's Mausoleum guarded the empire's heart. Not only did powers in China's Divine Land such as the Huan Kingdom, Han Kingdom, and Western Chu lack the ability or strength to destroy the Great Qin Empire, so did the powers of other peoples and nations.
Afraid that Jian Shang still had not understood what Dragon Soul meant, Demon Empress Ying Ying added, "Everyone knows that national powers are ranked according to four major factors: fortune, territory, population, and military strength. Setting aside the elusive matter of fortune, the present Great Qin Empire clearly meets none of the other three requirements. Why does no one deny its existence as an empire? Put simply, the Great Qin Empire still possesses empire-level foundations. Great Qin today is like an empire-level power compressed into a smaller form. It isn't merely because Qin Shi Huang is still alive!"
"You mean..."
Jian Shang remained silent in thought. After pondering for a moment, Di Wushuang answered first, "The present Great Qin Empire lacks the territory, population, and military of an empire-level power, yet even without counting Qin Shi Huang, it still possesses empire-level strength. It has merely been severely suppressed for the time being? In other words, the eight powers belonging to the Canada-U.S. Allied Forces-an abbreviation for the allied armies of the United States and Canada-including two