Well... in the southwest of Shenzhou, that subcontinent posed a grim problem that the Shun Dynasty had to face.
Compared to the Greater Western Continent, once the major and powerful land-based powers there were destroyed, the rest were essentially fragile. They could simply be annexed step by step and then assimilated.
Even in the far west of Shenzhou (the Middle East), where religious factions were numerous and the situation admittedly difficult to handle, the adversaries merely held different faiths. As long as the executioner's blade was wielded properly, there was no problem that could not be solved.
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