Li Linghai said, not without regrets, "The first fifty years after the establishment of the Imperium of True Human Beings were spent under the collective attacks of the Alliance of the Holy Covenant and the remaining forces of the Star Ocean Republic. After Blackstar the Great temporarily defeated both enemies after all the trouble, the army of the Imperium and his own vitality were already seriously worn out. He had to take a rest instead of pushing forward a complete reform.
"In his last years, Blackstar the Great thought to reform by force against all the unfavorable circumstances too.