By sheer numbers, Starry Sky Marines were the largest group in the military.
If their combat strength could be brought out, the results would be twice as effective with half the effort.
But the Military Department's upper ranks had always refused.
Many of them had, in fact, risen through the ranks by skimming military merits off Starry Sky Marines.
If that path were cut off, their children and grandchildren could forget about comfortably holding high positions in the military.
Because if they wanted to occupy high-ranking posts, they would have to risk their lives and fight for them just like ordinary soldiers!
How could that possibly be acceptable?!
That was cutting off a man's path to office—no different from exterminating his entire clan!
It was even worse than murdering someone's parents.
Therefore, the Senate proposal put forward by Chief Legal Counsel Quan Yuxun met with unanimous opposition from the Military Department's upper ranks.
The Quan Family that had proposed the bill, along with the Zong Clan councilors who strongly supported it, had worked at it for a long time, yet progress remained slow.
Then, at last, a video of "Justice Descends from Heaven" descended from the sky, and the person in it openly identified herself as a Starry Sky Marine!
This gave Quan Yuxun and the others enough bargaining chips to fight the Military Department's upper ranks who opposed repealing Article 21 of Military Law!
Immediately afterward, High Priest Su Yanxing, who had never involved himself in politics, unexpectedly had everyone observe a moment of silence during a Sanctuary High Mass for all the Starry Sky Marines who had died in the Empire's countless wars. He also declared that Starry Sky Marines were part of the Empire's military.
Their contributions would not—and should not—be forgotten.
Finally, the High Priest said,