The Middle-Earth Nine Provinces had vast territories with abundant resources. It was said that if an eagle flew from the west to the east, it would need to spend several years flying.
Back then when Sun Mo had first entered the library, he had immediately opened up a map of the nine provinces. Their territories were even vaster compared to the prosperous peak of Ancient China. Their total size was about the entire China plus Siberia to the west and half of the Indochinese Peninsula to the South.
If the people here didn't obtain the teleportation gate technology from the Darkness Continent, the Saint Gate wouldn't be able to organize the league tournament. With the current traffic infrastructure, the students from the various schools would need several years just to reach the competition point.