Tian Shu Island, where the Tian Shu Sect was located, was closest to the southern sea region.
The Tian Shu Sect had always been the strongest of the Seven Stars Alliance. Originally, once they wiped out the Blood Shark Pirates, the southern waters would have become the Tian Shu Sect's back courtyard.
But the Wang Clan and Wen Clan had interfered, and now the fattest piece of meat in the southern Seven Stars Sea had fallen into the Jade Heng Sword Sect's mouth.
Wang Daoyuan chuckled. "The Tian Shu Sect obtained the Golden Furnace, a sharp knife, and was just planning to carve off a few fatty chunks to bolster its own strength.
"Yet a huge slab of fat right at their doorstep fell into the hands of their old rival, the Jade Heng Sword Sect.
"Unless the Tian Shu Sect's upper echelon are all saints, anyone would be tempted."
Wen Chengtian also smiled. "Indeed, the Golden Furnace is no ordinary thing.
"When it was in Ink Flood Dragon Divine Monarch's hands, only Heavenly Bow Divine Monarch, Earth Splitting Divine Monarch, and Fellow Daoist Wang could withstand a strike from it head-on.
"Now that the Golden Furnace has fallen into Heavenly Bow Divine Monarch's hands, the Jade Heng Sword Sect has no apparent means of restraining it.
"As long as Heavenly Bow and Earth Splitting are still human, they cannot possibly harbor no thoughts of it.
"Moreover, Earth Splitting Divine Monarch's lifespan is nearing its end, while there is no outstanding figure among the Tian Shu Sect's younger generation.
"After Earth Splitting Divine Monarch achieves nirvana, the entire Tian Shu Sect may have to rely on Heavenly Bow Divine Monarch alone.
"Though Heavenly Bow Divine Monarch is young, if the whole Tian Shu Sect rests upon his shoulders alone, its