Ying Zheng's transformation from King of Qin to "First Emperor of Great Qin" naturally could not be settled with a simple declaration. After securing the unanimous agreement of his ministers, he ordered the Grand Diviner to select an auspicious day, on which he would formally ascend the throne.
Thus, after clan chiefs, Human Kings, and Sons of Heaven, the Human Race welcomed a new title for its ruler-Emperor!
On the day of his imperial coronation, Ying Zheng mounted the high platform, spread his arms, and summoned the Ancestral Dragon Pearl from within his body. Gleaming with golden light, the pearl flew through the air, circling him again and again.
Ying Zheng shouted to the countless ministers kneeling below the platform, to all of Xianyang, and even to every human in the Primordial World, "I have united the Six States and brought all under heaven together. I shall build the Great Wall to anchor the Nine Provinces Dragon Veins, defend my Great Qin, and protect my State Altars. In the name of the First Emperor, I swear this oath! While I live, I shall defend our lands and expand our borders, sweep away the Four Barbarians, and lay the foundation for Great Qin to endure for ten thousand generations! When I die, I shall turn my body into a dragon soul and bless our Huaxia, that it may never decline! Let the sun and moon bear witness to this oath, let heaven and earth attest to it, and let immortals, devils, ghosts, and gods all hear it!"
Boom! The instant Ying Zheng finished shouting, the sky over the entire Primordial World shook violently. Then an enormous merit golden cloud drifted down toward him and, with a whoosh, entered his body.
In an instant, the light of Ying Zheng's merit illuminated heaven