The commander took a moment to analyze the situation and think if he was being asked something he shouldn't answer. Of course, talking about the continent's inner workings would be bad, but… if it were just general stuff that Alex could learn by asking even a 10-year-old kid, then he didn't see what was wrong with that.
"Rather than what you've gathered, let me tell you how it is myself," the man said.
He started speaking and Alex listened.
The Eastern Continent was larger in size than the mainland Southern Continent but was smaller if you counted the Wasteland as well.
However, despite its size, it was clustered with a lot of spirit veins, making it one of the most Qi-dense locations in the entire world. That was how they were able to produce Saint realm cultivators that were nearly 10 times the amount of the Southern Continent.
While the population was also slightly larger, what helped the Eastern Continent the most was the severe lack of uninhabitable places. There weren't many places in the Eastern Continent where civilization couldn't be found, whereas, in the other continents, there were plenty of places that were barren for a very long distance.
The Northern Continent was notorious for this especially due to the nature of the continent. Not many wanted to live in the chilling cold environment where plants refused to grow.
The Southern Continent was also similar in that the Wasteland was truly a waste due to the lack of spirit veins being used.
The Western Continent was a different sort of problem entirely.
Thanks to the great population density and enough Qi to provide for them all, the Eastern Continent had managed to far outpace the other continents in this development.
However, due to this exact same reason, the Azure Imperium alone wasn't capable of governing the entire continent by itself and needed help from others.
Because of this, the very first Dragon Emperor divided the continent into 7 specific regions, each of which was a Vassal Kingdom ruled by its own ruler that was under the Dragon Emperor.
The 7 kingdoms were named the Ivory Kingdom, the Gold Kingdom, the Silver Kingdom, the Emerald Kingdom, the Ebony Kingdom, the Beast Paradise, and finally the Azure Kingdom.
The Azure Kingdom was where the Dragon Capital was, but it wasn't what ruled that kingdom. The Azure Kingdom had its own king as well, a close relative of the Dragon Emperor who reported back to the Azure Imperium.
Alex had already learned about these names from Hao Ya, but going through the records that were in the Palace, he had learned that these places were previously had names such as the Lin Kingdom, or the Shu Kingdom.
To show that he truly did not know anything about the Eastern Continent, Alex asked when these places did not exist.
"The Lin Empire, huh? That was a thing when I was a kid. However… uhh… they were all executed long ago because the kingdoms decided to conspire to attack the emperor," the man said. "Thankfully, the emperor's spies in those kingdoms relayed the information back to the emperor, and the rebellion was purged before it even started."
"Now, to make sure that no ruler finds in them the will to take over the empire, the kingdoms are given names that do not involve a family name. Gold, Silver, Ivory, they were all chosen by his Majesty so that even as a ruler, the Kings could not make use of their names."
Alex was surprised. "Is that so?" he couldn't help but genuinely ask. 'So at some point between 5 thousand years ago and now, the Kingdoms were purged and replaced with other rulers, huh?'
He wondered why they even thought of rebelling against the Emperor. Was the emperor planning on doing something that they were against? Did they not like the idea of attacking the Western Continent?
Or did the Kings simply want to stop being Vassal kingdoms? Or perhaps the Azure Dragon had died thousands of years ago, and the kings saw an opportunity.
Many possibilities ran through Alex's head, and he had to consciously make those conspiracies stop before focusing on the topic at hand.
"I assume the Beast Paradise did not take part? Or was it also involved, but the name was left as is because it didn't need to be changed?" Alex asked.
"No, the Beast Paradise did not take part. Well, the Beast Paradise doesn't really take part in anything. It's the only kingdom in the empire that the Emperor doesn't truly rule."
"The Beast Paradise was created by the first Azure Dragon that visited the Eastern Continent so that the beasts could live in peace without being hunted every day. They are separate from the overall politics of the empire."
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