An infamous army might still find commanders willing to employ them, but an army stripped of its humanity has no place in this world.
Wang Jian certainly did not want the army he had forged to be branded as inhumane in the future. Even if such a feat made him a renowned general, he would still be reviled and cursed by posterity. Therefore, in warfare, casualties were inevitable, but as long as one avoided atrocities devoid of humanity—maintaining a moral code and a bottom line—only then was one truly qualified to enter the Martial Temple.
Achieving the pinnacle of civil and military service was the ultimate pursuit of a political career, but wasn't the final goal to bring glory to one's lineage and immortalize one's name through the ages? Entering the temple was the ambition of every person in power.
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