The Yuan Ji Empire

The myth surrounding Yuan's founding is extremely confusing to historians. Imperial record shows that the first Yuan emperor founded the capital city and thus the empire shortly after a battle simply referred to as 'The Battle of the Jaded Plains."

The battle records claim that an ancient and his army of draconic minions were advancing on the migrating people of soon-to-be-emperor Tao Yuan, and as such he had to take up a valiant defence of the plains.

The battle ended when Tao Yuan himself slew the dragon with a blow from his own Ji polearm, hence the name 'Yuan Ji Empire', and the dragon crashed down into the middle of the plains.

It's said Emperor Tao founded the first city of his new Empire on the corpse of the slain beast.