Great Sun Heavenly Pool, Solar Abyss.
Jiang Ding was convening a Grade Officer military conference for the Jiao Ming Domain Second Expeditionary Field Army, with all Nascent Soul True Lords and Deity Transformation Heavenly Monarchs in attendance.
"Our objective this time is to suppress the rebellion across one hundred Minor Worlds of the Jiao Ming Domain."
"The Staff Department's strategy is to combine suppression with conciliation. This is both a military war and a political war. While annihilating resistance forces, we must establish our own order."
A vast star map was spread out before Jiang Ding, while the many officers below sat upright and solemn.
"In that case, military discipline is extremely important."
"I do not know how you usually view an army, but here in the Immortal Sect, military orders must be obeyed completely. Those who defy orders will die. Those who massacre without authorization will die. Those who privately conceal spoils of war will be severely punished."
"Of course, the Immortal Sect has corresponding rewards for your military merits. They may be magical treasures, pills, Canon-grade Cultivation Techniques, changes in position, or an elevation in your sect ranking. So long as it lies within the Immortal Sect's legal bounds, nothing is impossible. There are also corresponding rules for the division of spoils; you may refer to the regulations just issued to you."
"Is that understood?"
Jiang Ding asked.
"Deputy Commander, we understand!"
The many Nascent Soul True Lords and Deity Transformation Cultivators felt an inexplicable chill in their hearts and respectfully voiced their assent.
"Deputy Commander,"
After a while, Huo Bao San, an Early Deity Transformation Cultivator, gathered his courage and asked, "If one accumulates sufficient military merit, can one become an Immortal Sect Citizen through military merit?"
The moment those words were spoken, the many cultivators all