The situation can end in three possible ways: a victory for Yuán, a victory for the rebels, or a stalemate. For Yuán to win in their favor, besides the obvious of defeating all the rebel countries, they need to raise their stability, legitimacy, and celestial authority. For the rebels to win, they need to unify the majority of China under the banner of a single country or their subjects, or have destroyed the Middle Kingdom IO. If none of these conditions is fulfilled by the Age of Discovery, the situation will end, and the stronger rebel will claim emperorship in the case that Yuán has been destroyed.

In case Yuán is the winner, they will receive the following event:

And this is the event that will fire in case of a rebel victory:

And the cycle starts anew…