Discussing Rewards and Punishments

The verification of battle merits was rather complex. The leaders of the Two Sects and One City took the lead, assisted by several major Violet Palace forces, and evaluated them jointly based on each faction's performance.

Within this evaluation system, the number of enemies killed was comparatively secondary. What mattered most was one's contribution to the battle itself—for instance, breaking through the Demon Race's defensive lines or slaying Great Demons.

Of course, efforts such as the Song Clan establishing defensive lines, guarding the rear, and transporting the wounded were also important parts of this evaluation system.

It was worth noting that battle merits were assessed according to one's affiliated "legion." The Sect Masters and their respective vassals would be regarded as a single whole.

The entire Expeditionary Allied Army could roughly be divided into nine legions.

They were the Golden Crow Sect Legion, Heavenly Meridian Sect Legion, Sunset City Legion, Song Clan Legion, Heavenly Sword Sect Legion, Demon Subduing Hall Legion, Hundred Herbs Hall Legion, Gauze Washing Sect Legion, and Qingtian Sect Legion.

Once a legion's allotment of Merit Points had been determined, they would be distributed internally.

In the end, the Song Clan Legion received 3.2 million Merit Points, placing it near the bottom among the ten major legions, only slightly above the Qingtian Sect Legion, the weakest of them all.

It was not that the Song Clan had contributed little to the battle. The merits due to them had essentially already been converted into tangible gains—namely, the vast lands on the North Bank of Canglan River and the Demon Beast materials captured during the war.

This did not include the reward for Song Changsheng's part in slaying the Howling Moon Wolf King. That portion fell under the category of "special-class merit" and had to be calculated separately.

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