Su Xin had studied quite a bit of information on the Thirty-Six Western Regions Kingdoms. In the end, he could only sum them up in two words: utterly bizarre.
The Western Regions had actually been quite prosperous in ancient times. Moreover, before the Human Emperor had completely wiped out the Western Regions, he had ascended directly, and the First Dynasty had utterly collapsed. Thus, the Thirty-Six Western Regions Kingdoms had managed to survive.
If the Thirty-Six Western Regions Kingdoms had developed normally back then, they could have relied on the Western Regions to grow into a great power like the Golden Tent Khanate. Unfortunately, the Western Regions themselves were hopeless; the infighting among them was simply too severe.
It was not merely wars between nations. At times, even a single country could split apart into a heap of tiny states.
According to ancient historical records, the Western Regions had originally contained more than fifty countries. Later, they began to fracture, and at their most extreme, they had split into more than two hundred states.
Su Xin truly could not imagine what it meant for more than two hundred countries to exist in a place as small as the Western Regions. At that time, the smallest country there probably consisted of only a single city.
By the time of Great Jin, the Western Regions had improved somewhat, with more than seventy countries. Later, however, Great Jin had destroyed half of them, leaving only these thirty-six.
The Central Plains had suffered periods of decline throughout history as well, but even so, the Thirty-Six Western Regions Kingdoms had rarely invaded the Central Plains like the Golden Tent Khanate did. It was not because they lacked the strength. Rather, they would often form alliances to invade when a Central Plains dynasty was weak, only