The Human Race, Xianyang in the Qin State.
Ying Zheng accepted Han An's surrender and formally incorporated all of Han into the Qin State's territory. Afterward, he began laying plans to rule in his own right.
The Queen Dowager Zhao Ji, Chancellor Lü Buwei, and the queen dowager's male favorite, Lao Du, were all stumbling blocks on his path to personal rule. Every one of them had to be removed.
Thus, Ying Zheng began plotting in secret with his trusted followers, Li Si, Meng Tian, Meng Yi, and others. Finally, two years later, he crushed Lao Du's rebellion in one stroke and forced Zhao Ji to hold his capping ceremony, formally assuming personal rule.
He also won over Wang Jian, the commander of the Mount Li camp, and gained control of the army. With that backing, he dismissed Lü Buwei from the chancellorship on the charge of "culpability for recommending Lao Du." At last, the day came when Ying Zheng alone held sway over heaven and earth.
That same year, Ying Zheng ordered Wang Jian to lead an army to conquer Zhao and commanded the dissolution of the Human Race Demon-Hunting Legion established by Zhao Jianzi years earlier. From then on, Great Qin's iron cavalry would take responsibility for slaying demons as well!
Next, at a speed beyond anyone's imagination, Ying Zheng destroyed Wei, then Chu, then Yan, and finally Qi, accomplishing the monumental feat of unifying the Human Race in less than ten years!
However, during his conquest of the Six States, Ying Zheng once fattened himself on a broken promise.
After destroying five states, Ying Zheng sent an envoy to tell King Jian of Qi that, as long as he surrendered to Great Qin, he would grant him a fief spanning five hundred li and guarantee him lifelong