Boundless Mainland

## Description

The **Boundless Mainland**, the continent on the planet in which the story *Heavenly Jewel Change* takes place. The Boundless Mainland was extremely huge, and there were several dozen Empires all around, large and small alike. Much larger than the Mysterious Heaven Continent.

The Boundless Mainland was extremely huge, and there were several dozen Empires all around, large and small alike. The Empires’ strength were measured in various rankings, and amongst them all, the two strongest (First Class) were the ZhongTian Empire and the WanShou Empire.

The WanShou Empire occupied nearly the entire northern boundary of the entire mainland, and their territories amounted to almost a fourth of the entire continent. As for the ZhongTian Empire, they occupied the entire center of the Mainland, which was mostly arable land suitable for farming, and their entire territory was even larger than the WanShou Empire. As such, these two Empires alone were about four-seventh of the entire Mainland. Even the next two largest empires, the Fei Li Empire and the Bai Da Empire in the Mainland's western area were barely half of either Empire when added together.

As for high level (Second Class) Empires like the Fei Li Empire, there were a total of five in the entire continent. Besides the Fei Li Empire and Bai Da Empire, there was also the Dan Dun Empire at the south, the Bao Po Empire and the Geritimo Empire in the east. These five ‘2nd’ ranked Empires, along with the two top Empires, would make up more than ninety percent of the continent’s landmass. The remaining ten percent would be consisted of the other twenty odd small empires, and the Heavenly Bow Empire which Zhou Weiqing came from was one of these smaller, unassuming Empires.

As such, the main competition of the Heavenly Jewel Tournament was actually only amongst the seven large Great Empires. Although the smaller Empires might occasionally produce a powerhouse or two, it was rare and far in between, and would do little to affect the status and ranking of these seven large great empires.

Fei Li City had an excellent geographical position; the entire western and northern side was covered in tall mountains, while to the east portion was the famous Fei Li Lake. Even among the entire Boundless Mainland, it was one of the top ten cities, and was definitely one of the top in the entire West, equal to Bai Da Empire’s Bai Da City. (136) Fei Li City was at the northern part of the Fei Li Empire, while the ZhongTian City was also at the northern part of the ZhongTian Empire. The Fei Li Empire’s eastern border met with the ZhongTian Empire’s western border. As such, it wasn’t really too far from the Fei Li City to the ZhongTian City. (215)

The three Empires', Fei Li, ZhongTian and Bao Po, borders all met with the WanShou Empire’s. (319) The WanShou Empire occupies the entire north, but that place is a bitter cold, sparse land. In such a place, ordinary humans cannot survive in such a place. Furthermore, such conditions are very beneficial for the WanShou Empire and Heavenly Snow Mountain powerhouses to fight. They also have no northern border to worry about. (329) Within the Boundless Mainland, most, if not all, of the powerful Heavenly Beasts are in the WanShou Empire lands. As for the other Empires, it is extremely difficult to find any Heavenly Beasts at the Heavenly King Stage or higher. Those powerful Heavenly Beasts seen in the Heavenly Jewel Island are mostly captured by ZhongTian ancestors from within the WanShou Empire. (356)

The WanShou Empire usually launched their attacks against the their southern borders around the autumn season, usually after the harvest. At that time, they were facing the prospect of the incoming bitter winter, a time when there would be a severe lack of food. The war would generally last throughout the entire autumn and until the beginning of winter. (389) The WanShou Empire consists of many tribes, with each tribe having their own totem, an Attribute Heavenly Beast. Within their bloodlines, they also have some beast genes. The WanShou Empire consists of many tribes, with each tribe having their own totem. Within their bloodlines, they also have some beast genes. Although the WanShou Empire has a massive amount of land, their total population numbers less than a tenth of the ZhongTian Empire. Even so, with just the strength of their single empire alone, they are able to fight with the ZhongTian Empire, Fei Li Empire and Bao Po Empire at once, holding them at bay. (407) The WanShou Empire population was far less than the ZhongTian Empire, but their entire population was able to fight in the army. In the WanShou Empire, there were no ordinary Jewel Masters, only Heavenly Jewel Masters. That was to say, they did not have singular Physical Jewel Masters or Elemental Jewel Masters. It was either ordinary soldiers or Heavenly Jewel Masters. The various tribes of the WanShou Empire all had their own advantages, the power of their totemic bloodlines. (408) ost of the tribes in the WanShou Empire, with the exception of a few unique tribes, are all plain and simple. When the weather is warmest, and the WanShou Empire does not lack food, that is the time they have the best attitudes to humans. Furthermore, that is also the most prosperous time of that land. (412) The northern part of the WanShou Empire is an area called the Ten Thousand Beast Heavens. The WanShou Empire had over a hundred different tribes, big or small, and amongst them there were over a dozen of the strongest tribes. One of those which had ruling power was the Lionheart/Lionmen Tribe. (416)

The Ten Thousand Beast Heavens was a place with an extremely complicated terrain, set in the mountainous regions of the north with various tall rolling mountains. Most important was the two lines of mountains that crossed the north of the WanShou Empire, of which there was one intersection of the two which was actually crossed with another mountain line, forming a triangular basin. Compared to the rest of the icy snow of the north, this particular triangular basin was at a much higher temperature than the rest of the surroundings; in fact, many vegetation that only grew in temperate climates could be found there. This unique basin was actually rather huge, and with such a suitable climate for living in, and over hundreds and thousands of years, more and more powerful Heavenly Beasts were either attracted here or grew strong here. The Ten Thousand Beast Heavens was a rich land abundant with natural resources all of types, with some of the greatest Heavenly Beasts, alone or in groups, living there. The Ten Thousand Beast Heavens truly lived up to its name as the most dangerous place in the Boundless Mainland. The deeper regions of the Ten Thousand Beast Heavens was considered a restricted zone, and no ordinary tribes could enter without permission. The WanShou Empire did not have any cities, as they did not need such things. Many of the WanShou Empire tribes were nomadic in nature. (417)

The Heavenly Bow Empire is a small country in the western regions of Boundless Mainland. It isn’t bound to any larger countries, and its environment and climate are extremely suitable for humans to live in. Although the Heavenly Bow Empire wasn’t particularly strong, its capital city was still quite famous. The surrounding forests were called Stars Forest, because this was the only place in the whole continent where the Stars Trees grew. The heart of the Stars Trees were extremely valuable materials in making top end bows. (1) Since the Heavenly Bow Empire was a small country, there were frequent border clashes with the other small surrounding countries. (6) The Kalise Empire at the southern border lusts after the Heavenly Bow Empire's neighboring Stars Forest. (8) (20) From the Fei Li Empire south borders, in the southwest direction slightly more than a hundred li away, there was Xian Yue City of the Heavenly Bow Empire's north and one of the highest populous in the entire Heavenly Bow Empire, behind only the capital city Heavenly Bow City, and another important city to the far west of the Heavenly Bow Empire. (573)

Fei Li Empire and Heavenly Bow Empire shared a border, and was to the Northeast of the Heavenly Bow Empire. Fei Li Empire was one of the larger empires in the Boundless Mainland, and was almost over a hundred times larger than Heavenly Bow Empire, which was a very small country. Of the various empires in the Western Region of the Boundless Mainland, only Bai Da Empire, which was separated from the Heavenly Bow Empire by the Kalise Empire, was as strong as the Fei Li Empire. The Fei Tuo City was strategically one of the most important cities of the southern border of Fei Li Empire, and in the entire Fei Li Empire, it was also in the top 5 largest cities, and was about ten times larger than Heavenly Bow City, and was extremely prosperous. The Heavenly Bow Empire and Fei Li Empire were on rather good terms, just like the Kalise Empire were closer to the Bai Da Empire. Besides Heavenly Bow and Kalise, there were several other smaller countries close to Bai Da and Fei Li Empires, which separated the two large countries. Small countries like the Heavenly Bow Empire does not have any Consolidating Equipment Masters or Skill-Storing Palace, only the larger Empires. (41)

The entire Heavenly Bow Empire was not as huge as ZhongTian City, which was more than five thousand square kilometres large. The inner city was the heart of the entire city, and just the inner city portion was already much larger than the Fei Li Empire’s capital city, Fei Li City. (229)

In order to defend against the WanShou Empire, the ZhongTian Empire had built three huge cities in the northern border, at the central, and of most importance, was the Zhong Bei City, the one on the northwest was the Tian Bei City, and northeast was the one closer to the Bao Po Empire, called the Bao Bei City. These three cities lay in a straight line, forming a defensive line along with several dozen other smaller cities. At the same time, they also held large amounts of reserves and resources to sustain their long border wars. The Tian Bei City was actually the one closest the to WanShou Empire. (365)

It takes by 2 Jewel Wind Attribute walking speed, 12 days to travel be foot from the Heavenly Bow City's Stars Forest to Fei Li Empire's Fei Tuo City, passing several cities along the way. (42) There was a small valley that cut the road along this border route. (115)

The Heavenly Bow Empire is surrounded by the Fei Li Empire on the north and northeastern borders, but since it is attached to the Fei Li Empire, their main enemies come from the southern Kalise Empire. Further south from the Kalise Empire is the formidable Bai Da Empire. The Heavenly Bow Empire's land surpasses the Kalise Empire's. The Bai Da Empire has a very wide land area, and they are situated in the southwest of the continent. As such, they do not need to face any threats from their Western and Southern fronts, as their backs are to the sea there. Even for them, to the East and the North, there are only a few other smaller countries who do not pose any threat to them. However, it is very different for the Fei Li Empire; to the North of the Fei Li Empire, there lies the formidable WanShou Empire. The majority of Fei Li Empire’s military and national strength is at the northern border to guard against the WanShou Empire. The WanShou Empire occupies most of the vast northern land, and their entire land area is almost the sum of Bai Da Empire and Fei Li Empire. If not for the fact that the WanShou Empire is comprised out of many big tribes, and they are not of one mind, with also the additional fact that they have other threats from other borders. (72)

In the border of the Heavenly Bow Empire and Kalise Empire, there was a large patch of mountain ranges, hills, bogs and other complicated terrain, fully cutting off both countries from one another. The military strength of the Heavenly Bow Empire only consisted of Five Regiments, of which one was stationed at the Heavenly Bow City as a guard, one stationed to guard the eastern border of their Empire, and three Regiments stationed at the Kalise border, guarding the important pass between the two countries. Due to the complexity of the terrain, both sides rarely had any form of large-scale war, but there were always constant small skirmishes. (79)

Fei Li Empire was the only large empire which was on good relations with the Heavenly Bow Empire, and it was also a lot more developed on all fronts. (124) Fei Li City was about two times the distance from Fei Tuo City as Fei Tuo City was from the Heavenly Bow Empire. (135)

In the entire mainland, there are over thirty Empires, small and large. Out of those, to be able to find and gather at least five young Heavenly Jewel Masters, there are about twenty or so Empires. (229)

The Dan Dun Empire was about as large as the Fei Li Empire, but with the Blood Red Hell supporting it, their overall power was much stronger than the Fei Li Empire. Mi Ou Kingdom, Tie Cheng Kingdom and the Ka Xi Kingdom were relatively small countries from the East side of the Mainland. Although they were relatively small, they were much more powerful than the Heavenly Bow Empire or the Kalise Empire. The reason why they are called kingdoms rather than empires is because of their geographical location. In the East of the Boundless Mainland, the two large powerhouse are the Bao Po Empire and the Geritimo Empire. These two large Empires were extremely powerful, especially the Bao Po Empire, who had the support of the First Valley of the East, the Passion Valley. Under these two Empires’ pressure, the surrounding smaller ones can only call themselves kingdoms and had to pay tribute to them. However, just like in the west, where the Bai Da Empire and the Fei Li Empire were enemies, the Bao Po Empire and the Geritimo Empire were not on good terms. Luckily, they were further apart, on the southeast and northeast portions of the Mainland, with seventeen smaller empires separating them; thus they did not actually fight as much. Furthermore, these smaller empires were quite close to the central ZhongTian Empire, which resulted in these two large Empires not daring to easily invade them, causing a rather uneasy peace. For the seven strongest Empires in the Mainland, four of them were supported by the Great Saint Lands. (231)

In terms of geography, the Dan Dun Empire was at the absolute south of the continent, while the Geritimo Empire was more of a Central South. The two Empires shared quite a border, but to their north, there was a large patch of several smaller Empires that separated them from the ZhongTian Empire. (572) As for the Northwest of the Dan Dun Empire, it actually had a shared border with the Bai Da Empire. This strong Empire, Dan Dun, situated in the South which had always stayed out of any wars previously... The Dan Dun Empire’s greatest advantage was that situated far in the south, they had no other natural threat. With their backs facing the ocean, they also had one relatively protected border in that sense. (573)

The lands of Geritimo Empire and Bao Po Empire covered a third of the mainland. (819)

The Five Great Saint Lands are divided among the seven empires, particularly, the Heavenly Demon Sect is more spread out as districts due to those who hunt Demonic Attributes.

## Empires

* ZhongTian Empire (Center: Heaven's Expanse Palace)
* WanShou Empire (North: Heavenly Snow Mountain)
* Bao Po Empire ("East" Southeast: Passion Valley, later lost its Great Saint Land)
* Dan Dun Empire (South: Blood Red Hell, later lost its Great Saint Land)
* Bai Da Empire ("West" Southwest: subtle Heavenly Demon Sect, later taken by Blood Red Hall)
* Geritimo Empire ("East" Central South, Ruined during Zhou Weiqing's era as the Resentment Resource for the Blood Red Hall and the Passion Valley)
* Fei Li Empire (West of ZhongTian, South of WanShou, North-Northeast of Heavenly Bow)
* Heavenly Bow Empire (West: Peerless Sect later)
* Kalise Empire
* 2 digit others