Throughout history, Spirit Islands on the Myriad Phenomena Sea had occasionally revived from desolation, while others had withered away. Yet those Spirit Islands that revived for unknown reasons had, at most, precedents of advancing into high-grade Spirit Islands—and even those were few enough to count on one's fingers. Never had a Barren Island revived and then advanced into a top-tier Spirit Island.
Peerless Island becoming a top-tier Spirit Island was the first such case in history.
Top-tier Spirit Islands were few enough to count across the entire Myriad Phenomena Sea. Once the news spread, what force would not be tempted?
One had to know that a top-tier Spirit Island was equivalent to a top-tier Realm. Both could give rise to Spirit Jade Veins; the only difference was their scale. A top-tier Realm might possess more than one Spirit Jade Vein, while a top-tier Spirit Island had only one. Even so, it was enough to set many hearts stirring.
Peerless Island's apparent strength was not great; everyone knew that. Yet due to Chu Shen's background, outside forces coveting Peerless Island ultimately found it inconvenient to make a move.
Outside forces found it inconvenient to act, but local forces had far fewer misgivings.
In fact, ever since Peerless Island had advanced into a high-grade Spirit Island, quite a few local forces had wanted a share from Chu Shen. On the surface, Chu Shen's backing was only Nine Radiance, but at the root of it, Chu Shen was a cultivator of the Myriad Phenomena Star System. What stood behind him was, in truth, the Sunlights of the entire star system.
Those Sunlights did not care about trifling gains, but when the benefits became great enough, they could not help being tempted. Since they were willing to let Chu Shen use them as his