When she mentioned Blackstar the Great, the unparalleled man of the time, Li Linghai suddenly grew excited. Her eyes that had been as cold as ice all the time were glittering as she raised her voice and said, "In fact, the Cultivators and the Immortal Cultivators share a lot in common. A country that has developed for a thousand years will inevitably have all sorts of interest groups, the abnormally expanding cancers that suck the benefits of the people.
"The last years of the Star Ocean Republic are exactly the same as the Imperium of True Human Beings right now. Rotten wood was respected as officials in the court, and wolves and tigers occupied the sea of stars. The four Kurfürst families that control the politics of the Imperium today already took shape at that time, except that they were far less gigantic and awesome back then."