Inside the Bamboo Lodge, Tang Jun lifted his teacup and drained it in one gulp, wetting his lips before continuing, "Over the past year, a rumor has been circulating outside. They say our Three Realms Island was incredibly lucky. When we clashed with Purple Jade, we just happened to catch their Protective Grand Array at an unstable moment, and then you broke it. If Purple Jade had still possessed its Protective Grand Array, then even if our Three Realms Island had several times more troops, we could never have succeeded."
As he spoke, he looked up at Lu Ye. "Why was Purple Jade's Grand Array unstable? Many people watched the battle from afar that day. They said that before the Grand Array was broken, all of Purple Jade Island turned into a glowing sphere. That was clearly a sign that the energy stored within the array had become too abundant, forcing it to operate beyond its limits! It was already at the critical point, perhaps even needing to tear open a gap to vent the excess energy. Yet at that very moment, you charged in. Hu Guang had no hands free to preside over the Grand Array, so the array could only collapse. One could say Purple Jade's Grand Array was destroyed entirely because of internal causes. But even if it was a top-tier Spirit Island, could the energy it accumulated truly be so abundant?"
"Then this old man recalled something else. Before you broke Purple Jade's Grand Array, you asked this old man about some matters, and I told you a few things, including the matter of Illusion Sea Island, that top-tier Spirit Island. Illusion Sea Island's Protective Grand Array was once shut down because the energy accumulated on the island was too great, beyond what the array could