King Yu's Nine Tripods entered Luo, and the kings of Qin and Han were slain in battle.
These momentous events stirred boundless storms across the lands of All Xia.
The King of Han died on Shang Plain. Trembling before the Luo People, the Han people gathered up his remains. Large numbers of ministers and nobles loyal to him were killed, plunging Han State into turmoil. Already weak, Han State declined completely.
Qin and Wei both eyed it like tigers watching their prey, and even Zhao State drooled over Han State's lands.
When Nuo, Son of Heaven, heard that Luo Zai had killed the King of Han as well, he could not help bursting into laughter.
In his eyes, all seven kings under heaven were rebellious ministers and traitors. "Excellent!
"Truly worthy of being the man to whom I entrusted the tripods, truly worthy of being a descendant of the Sage King."
King Dang of Qin had no sons, so his younger half-brother Ji succeeded him as King of Qin. Under the institutions of Qin Law and with the support of the royal clan, the transition of power was relatively smooth.
The new King Ji of Qin continued to uphold Qin Law and pursue Qin State's previous path of the hegemon, displaying vigorous ambition and bold spirit.
But faced with Crown Prince Zai of Luo, whose edge was impossible to withstand, King Ji of Qin keenly realized that a top-class general was what Qin State needed most.
His royal elder brother had been a warrior rarely seen under heaven, yet he had fallen at the Crown Prince of Luo's hands, along with tens of thousands of troops.
If this situation did not change, how many such losses could Qin State endure, however mighty its national strength?
So he issued a call