Lu Ye truly had not known about this.
Although Peerless Island had risen from humble beginnings to become a top-tier Spirit Island, Chu Shen had handled all those matters. Lu Ye had never participated, and Chu Shen had never mentioned them to him.
Looking at it from another angle, Chu Shen himself was a Myriad Phenomena cultivator, with Nine Radiance behind him. He had no need to perform any Mountain Worship—Nine Radiance was his greatest support. That was why Peerless Island had developed so rapidly and steadily back then.
Had Peerless Island remained merely an upper-grade Spirit Island, none of what followed would have happened. But Peerless Island had leapt straight into the ranks of top-tier Spirit Islands and birthed a Spirit Jade Vein, making matters complicated.
The Myriad Phenomena Star System had wanted to directly control Peerless Island, but Chu Shen had disagreed. Perhaps the local Sunlights and Nine Radiance had exchanged words over it, but the local star system had remained firm in its determination to seize control of Peerless Island. In the end, Wushuang was forcibly occupied, and Chu Shen retreated to Chime Bell World.
Now, the Heavenly Flame Merchant Association was ostensibly responsible for managing Peerless Island, but in truth, it remained a shared asset of the local star system. That was beyond doubt. Even Chime Bell World, which had been forced out of Wushuang Island, could still obtain considerable benefits from it.
Only Lu Ye and Tang Jun had been completely kicked out.
Three Realms Island's situation differed somewhat from Peerless Island's, but the same thing had triggered both developments: the transformation of a Spirit Island.
If Three Realms Island had remained only a mid-grade Spirit Island, there would have been no need for Mountain Worship, because the Sunlights would not have looked twice at