After a brief moment, within the spirit jade vein, Lu Ye walked and observed.

Zixuan is a top-class Spirit Island, naturally possessing its own spirit jade vein, which is a hallmark of top-class Spirit Islands.

This wasn't his first time entering a spirit jade vein; the core of Mount Fangcun also has one, which he had previously explored.

He had observed the Merfolk Race's spirit jade veins countless times.

Though called a vein, a spirit jade vein is not quite like a real mine. Ordinary mines have many derivatives and associated minerals, which complicates extraction as those derivatives need to be removed, and the purity of the mined materials varies, requiring some means to purify the needed minerals.

But a spirit jade vein isn't like that.

The formation of spirit jade involves the gathering and condensing of stellar space energy, and when reaching a certain limit, the energy condenses into spirit jade.

Thus, the spirit jade vein of every top-class Spirit Island is the place where the energy is most concentrated on the island.

Cultivators can pre-drill roughly sized grooves inside the vein, and then simply wait quietly in those grooves for spirit jade to condense, and harvest them timely. Alternatively, one can leave them alone, having little impact.

In a unique place like the All Phenomena Ocean, one could say that as long as the ocean endures, all top-class Spirit Islands' spirit jade veins are inexhaustible, since fundamentally, the spirit jade harvested is just the condensation of energy dispersed from the ocean water.

The scale of Zixuan Island's spirit jade vein is pretty good, although compared to the vein within Mount Fangcun's core, it falls a little short.

When Lu Ye arrived here, Luan Xiao'e, He Baichuan, and Yann Miao had already arrived ahead and were eagerly observing.

For Luan Xiao'e and her junior, it was undoubtedly their first time entering a spirit jade vein, and they were deeply amazed; whereas Yann Miao had seen plenty before, as the Merfolk Race's spirit jade vein was much larger than this.

Zixuan Island's spirit jade vein scale is pretty good; however, when compared in purpose and scope with Mount Fangcun's core vein, it left some to be desired.

Apart from them, there were also several Constellations who heard the commotion and came running to watch.

Everyone originated from places like the Jade Conch Galaxy; where had they ever seen such a rare spectacle as a spirit jade vein before?

Noticing Lu Ye's presence, Luan Xiao'e turned and waved to him, "Junior brother, over here."

Lu Ye walked over, looking around for a moment before speaking, "Great Elder, how is the production of spirit jade from this vein?"

Among everyone present, the one most knowledgeable about spirit jade veins was undoubtedly Yann Miao, so Lu Ye sought her input.

Having already estimated its yield, Yann Miao replied, "About three million a year."

"Three million spirit jade?" He Baichuan asked.

"That's correct." Yann Miao nodded.

"That's not much," He Baichuan scoffed, interest waning, initially thinking such a spirit jade vein must be highly productive; yet the yearly output was only three million spirit jade.

Compared to the returns from Three Worlds Island, this vein's output seemed relatively modest despite its value.

Luan Xiao'e couldn't help but glare at He Baichuan, "Have you forgotten the days of hardship already? Three million is a significant find."

Three million spirit jade is not a small number for any cultivator under Sun Blaze; one could purchase an 8-star magic treasure and still have leftovers.

"Moreover, that's just one year's yield; Zixuan has stood here for tens of thousands of years, consider how much benefit they've taken from this place."

He Baichuan offered a sheepish smile, "I was just speaking casually."

Actually, if not for Three Worlds Island, three million spirit jade would undoubtedly be a fortune for Three Worlds cultivators.

Just consider when Lu Ye turned the tide, aiding the Four Galaxies in decisively defeating the Insect and Blood Races' Allied Forces—Four Galaxies provided a reward of only two million spirit jade. Not because they were stingy, but their reserves were limited.

And last time, when Three Worlds Island extorted Giant Blade Island, the spirit jade and resources given matched about two to three million spirit jade's worth.

Thus, three million spirit jade a year is indeed significant, but when He Baichuan compares these numbers with Three Worlds Island's current gains, it seems less impressive.

Nevertheless, given Zixuan has maintained its foothold here for tens of thousands of years, it's hard to imagine their accumulative benefits, with countless spirit jade fostering numerous cultivators.

And most importantly, this is essentially free.

For a top-class Spirit Island, a spirit jade vein is important but not the foundation, as every occupying force on a top-tier Spirit Island has a top-class domain supporting them. Their domain naturally contains spirit jade veins, definitely much larger than those in the All Phenomena Ocean.

For forces originating from top-class domains, the Spirit Island itself garners focus, as its unique cultivation environment cannot be replicated by any domain.

So the purpose of occupying this Spirit Jade Vein is not for the top powers, but just an added benefit.

From the side suddenly came the sound of discussions, many Constellations gathered at a certain spot to watch, soon someone shouted, "Senior brothers and sisters, there are spirit crystals here!"

Lu Ye and others looked in the direction of the voice and then walked over, indeed they saw spirit crystals there.

"Why are these spirit crystals arranged in such a peculiar manner?" He Baichuan glanced at it, showing a puzzled expression, because in his view, the spirit crystals here were arranged radiating outward from a certain point in the center. The closer to that central point, the brighter the color of the spirit crystals, and the farther away, the dimmer, gradually turning into a lower grade of spirit jade.

"Vein Source!" Yann Miao slowly spoke.

"What?" He Baichuan looked at him in confusion.

"The essence of the Spirit Jade Vein is the Vein Source, an elusive existence that cannot be detected with the naked eye, and even Mental Consciousness cannot perceive it. It is precisely because of the Vein Source that the stellar space energy converges at the location of the Vein Source, thereby condensing into spirit jade, and the closer to the Vein Source, the more likely spirit crystals are to form," Yann Miao explained, "A Spirit Jade Vein has more than one Vein Source, let's look for them, there should be other Vein Sources."

The Three Worlds cultivators immediately searched around and sure enough, found several other locations of Vein Sources.

Counting it up, this entire Spirit Jade Vein has around ten Vein Source points, running through the entire vein from start to finish.

Lu Ye tried to sense with Mental Consciousness but indeed could not detect any abnormal existence, the so-called Vein Source was invisible and intangible, not something that could be probed, but the spirit crystals forming near the Vein Source points were undoubtedly the best evidence.

A group of Three Worlds cultivators watched the activity within the Spirit Jade Vein for a while and then began collecting.

The condensation of spirit jade and spirit crystals is like the growth of fruit; with the continuous convergence and infusion of stellar space energy, they gradually grow larger and fuller.

If it were their own Spirit Jade Vein, of course, they would wait for the fruit to mature before harvesting, but since they conquered it, the Three Worlds cultivators didn't have such concerns, whether ripe or not, they harvested it all. Those many spirit jades and spirit crystals that weren't fully formed were smaller, but it didn't hinder their use in cultivation.

Before everyone was done, they heard that Tang Jun had arrived.

Including him, several Moon Jades were surprised and quickly came out.

From afar they saw Tang Jun surveying the surroundings.

Lu Ye hurriedly went up to meet him, "Is there trouble on this island?"

Tang Jun shook his head, "No!"

"Why did you come running then?" Lu Ye retorted angrily, thinking it over, if there were trouble on this island, Tang Jun would certainly have sent a message immediately rather than coming in person.

"There's something to discuss!" Tang Jun's expression became serious, "A big matter!"

Lu Ye blinked, vaguely realizing something, and said, "Let's find a place to talk."

After a while, in a grand hall on Zixuan Island, several Moon Jades from Three Worlds Island sat together. This hall was built in a rather majestic manner, its overall style quite rugged, reflecting the style of the Demon Race.

After everyone sat, Tang Jun spoke, "Before we discuss the matter, Yiye, give me a straight answer, do you want Zixuan Island or not?"

Lu Ye thought to himself that it was just as he had guessed, otherwise, Tang Jun wouldn't ask such a question. Though he had some insight, he still asked, "What if I do, and what if I don't?"

Tang Jun leisurely said, "If you want it, there's a way, and if you don't, there's a different approach! Let's say we want it. According to the rules here in All Phenomena Ocean, the same power can't occupy two Spirit Islands, so we'd have to move, migrating from Three Worlds Island to Zixuan Island, abandoning Three Worlds Island. Of course, we could also divide the forces. After all, we are an alliance of three domains, so we could split one domain to occupy Zixuan, which would be acceptable according to the rules."

He Baichuan said, "How can we abandon Three Worlds Island?"

Although Three Worlds Island is a high-class Spirit Island and Zixuan is a top-class Spirit Island, if he had to choose, he would definitely pick Three Worlds Island over Zixuan.

The only advantage Zixuan has over Three Worlds Island is its better cultivation environment, but in terms of financial gains, few Spirit Islands in All Phenomena Ocean today can measure up to Three Worlds Island.

The current need for the Three Worlds cultivators is not the cultivation environment, as the home island is more than sufficient. Any better environment would offer little additional help. The urgent need is to earn more spirit jade because everyone has their own domain behind them and a large demand for spirit jade and cultivation resources.

Tang Jun nodded, "Yes, I also think we can't abandon Three Worlds Island. If we want Zixuan, we'll have to divide the forces, splitting off one or two domains to occupy Zixuan."

"Not feasible, not feasible," He Baichuan immediately shook his head.

Even the united forces of Three Worlds cultivators aren't that strong, let alone after a division, and they simply don't qualify to occupy a top-class Spirit Island independently.

The ability to stably occupy Three Worlds Island is due to the fame earned from conquering Baiyue and the covert support from Cheling World, in which Lu Ye played an indispensable role. Without him, neither Three Worlds nor Zixuan could be securely held.

Therefore, dividing the forces is of no use. Whichever side has Lu Ye will be stable, while the other will undoubtedly be coveted by countless powers.

Luan Xiao'e slowly said from the side, "I also thought about this before, Zixuan has been conquered, but I'm afraid we can't hold it, so we probably shouldn't want Zixuan."