Stranger Danger

As one of the four big islands, Floating Island’s most incredible characteristic was easily its ability to float in the air.

The reason for that was the Kun Pearl.

It was said that there existed a fish in the Northmost Ocean called the Kun. The Kun was so big that it was countless thousands of kilometers long. It could both swim in the sea and fly in the sky. It was a Stranger that only existed in legends.

Floating Island was the remnant of a Kun.

A Kun was magical, so the island its body transformed into was equally extraordinary. It could float in the air and not sink.

However, the Kun was dead, and it was only a matter of time before its energies were exhausted. When the time came, Floating Island would fall and sink into the ocean.

At the very beginning, Floating Island used to float thousands of meters aboveground. It was a true sky island at the time. However, as time passed, the Kun’s energies gradually disappeared, and Floating Island began falling bit by bit. In just three hundred years or so, it had gotten to the point where it was only ten meters above sea level.

If they did not come up with a plan soon, then Floating Island would definitely sink into the sea and disappear.

Two hundred years ago, to combat this problem the founder of the Yu Clan recruited the Sages of the Profound Alliance and all the craftsmen under the realm to focus the remaining power of the Kun into one orb. It was then forged into the Strange Artifact, the Kun Pearl.

The Kun Pearl was connected to the Floating Island via a great array. By periodically injecting energy into the Kun Pearl, it could preserve the power of the Kun and prevent Floating Island from sinking.

Thanks to this, the Floating Island remained afloat for the past two hundred years. It was still sinking, but it was at such a gradual decline rate that one could almost ignore it.

Although this crisis of Floating Island plummeting into the sea was resolved, the method was not without its flaws.