Purple Jade Island had only a little over five thousand Demon Cultivators in total. With this deployment, only a thousand Demon Cultivators remained behind to guard the island, with Great Island Master Lionheart personally holding down the fort.
In truth, if not for the concern that Lu Ye might still have Clones lurking on the island, Lionheart would not have needed to stay. Given the strength of Purple Jade Island's Protective Grand Array, no force in the entire Myriad Phenomena Sea could shake it. Even without a Moon Jade Realm Guardian, there was no risk of it being breached.
The thorough search just now had found no trace of any further Clones of Lu Ye, but some precautions had to be taken. To be safe, Lionheart still remained behind. Purple Jade Island had already sent troops against Three Realms Island, and the battle for the Spirit Island had officially begun. Even if Purple Jade Island had other Demon Race Moon Jade Realm cultivators besides him, those unregistered Moon Jade Realm cultivators could not lend their strength during the battle for the Spirit Island.
In other words, during the battle for the Spirit Island, even if Lu Ye slaughtered Demon Race cultivators right before their eyes, all they could do was watch. Should they show any sign of intervening, Lu Ye could petition for Sunlight arbitration, just as Yu Huan had done back then. Once that happened, Myriad Phenomena Great Sun would inevitably descend to uphold the rules.
Like most Spirit Islands, Purple Jade Island had five registered Moon Jade Realm cultivators: Lionheart, Hu Guang, Bao Youyou, Yuan Che, and the now-dead Junior Brother Hu.
Now that Junior Brother Hu was dead and Lionheart had to remain behind to guard the island, only Hu Guang and the other two could be