Divine Ability (Star-Plucking Hand) (Seeking Follow-up Reads!)

"Hoo."

Lei Zhan slowly exhaled a breath of turbid air. His black robes were now thoroughly soaked in blood.

These nearly endless Three-Eyed Warriors were all formed from wisps of gray mist, so naturally, they could not bleed. The blood covering him was Lei Zhan's own.

"Is it over?" A trace of a smile appeared on Lei Zhan's face. He scanned his surroundings; the area was quiet and silent, save for the vast array of weapons he controlled with his divine sense, which hovered in mid-air, rotating slowly alongside the Water-Fire Grinding Disc.

"Hahaha!" Lei Zhan seemed to realize something, and the smile on his lips widened instantly. He laughed heartily, "Hahaha! This trial of the Divine Ability Hall, I, Lei Zhan... have passed it!"

Lei Zhan knew full well the difficulty of this trial. Had he not comprehended the Domain Realm of the Dao of Blazing Fire today, obtaining the Divine Ability Hall's premier divine ability, the Star-Plucking Hand, would have been a struggle.

Yet, even so, the fact that his robes were completely drenched in blood spoke volumes.

Fortunately, it was all over.

Whoosh.

Just then, a figure suddenly appeared beside Lei Zhan—it was the Yellow-Haired Great Bear.

The Yellow-Haired Great Bear looked at Lei Zhan, a rare, gentle smile appearing on its face. "Lei Zhan, congratulations on passing the trial of the Divine Ability Hall."

"I passed!" Lei Zhan whispered softly, then nodded slowly. "Senior Great Bear, I can now obtain the divine ability left behind by the first master of this cave abode."

"That is only natural. You have slaughtered every single warrior within this Divine Ability Hall, so the trial is naturally considered passed. The first divine ability left behind by my master is, of course, yours." The Yellow-Haired Great Bear scanned Lei Zhan from head to toe and asked, "Lei Zhan, do you still have any divine power left?"

"Divine power? Less than ten percent," Lei Zhan replied.

"Hmm. With less than ten percent, it will be difficult to recover from the injuries all over your body."

The Yellow-Haired Great Bear continued, "You should rest here. Once you have recovered from your wounds and replenished some of your divine power, I will take you to receive the divine ability inheritance."

Lei Zhan nodded; after such a brutal slaughter, he felt exhausted.

His depleted divine power and nearly drained soul energy both required time to recover. As for his physical injuries, for a God-Devil at the Rebirth from a Drop of Blood stage, they were merely a minor matter.

The Yellow-Haired Great Bear cautioned, "What you are about to learn is a supreme divine ability that ranks among the very best in the entire Three Realms. The inheritance of such a divine ability is incredibly complex and cannot be completed in a short time. Therefore, you must restore yourself to your peak state."

"Understood." Lei Zhan nodded, then retracted his divine ability and, without picking a spot, sat down cross-legged right where he was.

Clatter, clatter~~~

As Lei Zhan sat down, his divine sense's control over the numerous weapons was severed. In an instant, the various weapons hovering in the air around him fell like a sudden downpour.

"This little guy..." The Yellow-Haired Great Bear blinked, looking at the mess before it. When it turned back to look at Lei Zhan, it saw that he had already closed his eyes.

In less than half a day, Lei Zhan had restored himself to his peak state.

For a God-Devil Body Refining practitioner, one could achieve Rebirth from a Drop of Blood at the Purple Mansion level. As long as there was sufficient divine power, the minor wounds left by the battle would dissipate without a trace once the divine power circulated.

All Lei Zhan needed to recover was his nearly exhausted divine power and soul energy.

"Follow me." The Yellow-Haired Great Bear looked at Lei Zhan and moved its mind.

Whoosh!

Suddenly, the surrounding gray, hazy space began to tremble and even distort.

"This is... being teleported again?" Lei Zhan sensed the strange sensation appearing around him and understood immediately.

"Correct. The inheritance of a divine ability is a major event. The divine ability left behind by my master involves much, and we must be extremely cautious. We are currently entering a mysterious location," the Yellow-Haired Great Bear explained patiently. It had always held a favorable view of Lei Zhan, and after he completed the trial of the Divine Ability Hall, its attitude had become even warmer.

"A mysterious location?" Lei Zhan nodded. During this teleportation, there was a peculiar feeling, as if the surrounding space-time were in disarray; one moment it felt like a day lasted a year, and the next, it felt like time was flying by.

Time passed, perhaps for only an instant, or perhaps for a long while.

When Lei Zhan felt that strange and eerie sensation vanish completely, he looked around.

The previously distorted space-time had calmed, and he and the Yellow-Haired Great Bear were standing upon a sea of mist.

"Ahead lies the inheritance left by my master," the Yellow-Haired Great Bear said, its gaze distant as it raised a paw to point toward the far horizon.

In the distance of the void, filled with endless mist, stood a towering structure radiating dazzling golden light, much like an altar. Looking from afar, one could see layers of steps leading directly to the very top of the building.

"Is it there?" Lei Zhan gazed into the distance.

"Let's go." The Yellow-Haired Great Bear grabbed Lei Zhan's arm and began walking forward.

Every step the Yellow-Haired Great Bear took seemed like a casual stroll, yet each step easily covered a distance of several miles.

As Lei Zhan and the Yellow-Haired Great Bear drew closer, the towering structure in the distance became clearer, and the golden light grew more dazzling, until an endless pressure emanated from the structure, causing Lei Zhan's heart to tremble.

Before long, Lei Zhan and the Yellow-Haired Great Bear arrived at the very base of the towering altar.

Lei Zhan looked up at the layers of steps; at a glance, there were likely thousands or tens of thousands of them, leading to the summit.

"Go on," the Yellow-Haired Great Bear said, also looking up at the peak of the altar. "Follow the steps, walk up one by one, and receive the divine ability inheritance left by my master."

"Yes." Lei Zhan nodded.

The supreme divine ability Star-Plucking Hand, left behind by the True God of Chaos, Daoist Sanshou, was about to be obtained by him, Lei Zhan. For this, he had waited a very long time.

Lei Zhan immediately stepped onto the stairs of the altar.

Boom!

The moment his foot landed, it felt as if heaven and earth were being split open. Lei Zhan felt his entire soul, from the inside out and even to its deepest core, erupt in a thunderous roar.

In an instant, as Lei Zhan stood on that first step, he felt as though his entire being had connected with the Inheritance Altar.

Waves of profound and immense information surged directly from the altar beneath his feet into Lei Zhan's soul, integrating into his memories through an unimaginably powerful method.

The inheritance of the Star-Plucking Hand, one of the top ten supreme divine abilities in the Three Realms, had begun!

Truly profound; it is worthy of being a supreme divine ability! Lei Zhan remained immersed for a long time before finally coming to his senses. Such methods, left behind by a True God or Dao Ancestor, were far beyond what he, a mere Purple Mansion cultivator, could comprehend.

A moment later.

Hoo.

Lei Zhan took a deep breath and stepped onto the second stair. Immediately, that vast, profound, and complex ocean of information surged once again from the altar beneath his feet into the depths of his soul.

One step, two steps, three steps...

Time flowed by.

The Star-Plucking Hand was a divine ability of immense power, and it was equally complex. By extension, this meant the technique contained a vast and boundless amount of information.

If the inheritor possessed great strength and an incredibly powerful soul, the speed of receiving the inheritance would naturally be extremely fast.

However, since the recipient was only a Purple Mansion cultivator—whose soul, while exceptionally strong for his rank, was still at the level of divine sense—the information could only be transmitted gradually, bit by bit, through the stairs of the altar.

"This day has finally come."

At the foot of the Inheritance Altar, the Yellow-Haired Great Bear looked up at the handsome youth in black robes climbing the stairs step by step, his eyes filled with a trace of excitement and expectation.

Back then, after his master had left to participate in that great war, he had never returned. Following his master's final instructions, he had guarded this cave dwelling for endless years.

Endless years passed...

The ancient world was shattered, the Three Realms settled, the three thousand Great Worlds gradually stabilized, and billions of Small Worlds began to emerge, yet his master—a man who could conquer and stand tall against the heavens—had never returned to this dwelling.

Though the Yellow-Haired Great Bear felt uneasy, he still chose to wait.

Master, do you still remember Little Bear? the Yellow-Haired Great Bear thought silently. The divine ability you left behind—today, I have found a suitable successor for you.

Ten levels.

One hundred levels.

One thousand levels.

Lei Zhan climbed upward step by step. He did not know how much time had passed until he reached the very top of the Inheritance Altar.

"Is it over?" Lei Zhan suddenly snapped to awareness and looked around. He looked ahead and saw no more stairs; he looked back and realized he was already at the summit.

"The technique has been completely transmitted into the depths of my soul, fully integrated with my memories..." Lei Zhan sensed the profound divine ability with its massive amount of information within his mind, his eyes filled with boundless joy.

In his memories, clear images flashed by like a revolving lantern.

In the depths of the infinitely vast void, a hand as brilliant as jade reached through space. The hand seemed to stretch for hundreds of millions of miles, easily grasping a massive star within the void. With just a gentle squeeze of its well-defined fingers, the enormous star was instantly crushed into dust.

The images continued.

In his mind, above a boundless ocean, stood towering figures of Gods and Devils exuding powerful auras. That hand, hundreds of millions of miles long, struck down, and with a single palm, it slapped those clamoring Gods and Devils into nothingness.

A world containing dozens of hideous flame-based Gods and Devils was grasped directly by that hand... the world shattered, and every single flame-based God and Devil perished.

Scene after scene played on...

This Star-Plucking Hand... it is truly powerful. This thought flashed through Lei Zhan's mind. Catching the sun, grabbing the moon, plucking stars with a single hand... in the future, I may very well be able to achieve this.

Please keep reading, brothers!

Thanks to Hengxing Wudao for the Qidian coin tip.