The Divine Martial Sword God Battalion was formed this way.
Back then, during the battle against the Azure Dragon Empire, the Spirit Sword Sect in Eastern Lingdong was slaughtered to the last man. Only a handful of sword cultivators survived.
Later, after Emperor Xiao unified the Myriad Kingdoms Domain, he bestowed great rewards throughout the land and ordered people to search for the sword cultivators who had fled from the Spirit Sword Sect, as well as the descendants and Lineages of those who had been killed. He gathered and nurtured these sword cultivators and their descendants, selecting the finest among them to enter the Divine Martial Sword God Battalion.
Emperor Xiao also transferred many elite soldiers and powerful commanders from the Dragon Legion, the Skyguard Legion, the Chu Family Army, the imperial guards, and other major legions into the Divine Martial Sword God Battalion of the Divine Martial Nation.
Another portion consisted of people who had long admired Lin Bai. They had joined the army specifically because of his reputation.
The final portion consisted of Emperor Xiao's most loyal old subordinates, whom he had brought out of Eastern Lingdong back then.
Thus, the Divine Martial Sword God Battalion was established.
Later, Emperor Xiao merged the "Divine Martial War God Battalion" into it and changed its designation to the "Divine Martial Sword God Battalion," placing it under the command of the Iron-Blooded Sword King's Residence.
Whenever Lin Bai was absent from Lingnan Imperial City, the Divine Martial Sword God Battalion would obey only Emperor Xiao's orders. Aside from him, even Chu Jiangliu found it difficult to mobilize them.
Although the Divine Martial Sword God Battalion rarely went to war, no one in Lingnan Imperial City dared underestimate its combat strength or loyalty.
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