How Could This Lead to Comprehending a Greater Divine Ability?

Chen Changqing: "???"

Chen Haotian: "!!!"

The Chen Family: "(òωó?)!"

At that moment.

The entire Purple Sun Peak was so silent that one could hear a pin drop.

Everyone seemed to have been struck by a paralysis spell, frozen where they stood with their mouths agape and eyes wide, staring blankly at the thousand-foot phantom behind Chen Yuanba.

They were stunned.

Every member of the Chen Family was stunned.

Even—

Even Chen Changqing's smile froze at that instant, and the corner of his mouth twitched almost imperceptibly.

What was going on now?

How could comprehending a divine ability produce something this bizarre?

Chen Changqing could not help but become a little interested.

"Ancestor... Ancestor Blesses Me?"

"Does this even count as a divine ability?"

Family Head Chen Lingfeng muttered a few words to himself, then the muscles in his face twitched violently. Clearly, he was struggling not to laugh.

Chen Lingfeng was not the only one.

As everyone gradually recovered from their initial shock...

"Pfft—"

No one knew who was the first to lose control and laugh.

Then.

Like floodwaters bursting through a dam, waves of laughter spread through the crowd one after another.

"Pfft... Hahahaha..."

"Ancestor Blesses Me... This divine ability... is too funny... Hahahahaha!"

"Big Brother Yuanba, you... you call this a divine ability?"

"Hahaha! Sorry, sorry, I really didn't want to laugh, but I can't hold it in... Pfft!"

The entire place erupted in laughter. People doubled over, laughing until tears flew from their eyes.

Those younger disciples who had been full of reverence moments ago were now laughing so hard they could not straighten their backs.

Even several usually stern Supreme Elders could not help turning away, their shoulders shaking as they desperately tried to suppress their laughter.

Chen Yuanba's face turned bright red from the laughter, and he wished he could find a crack in the ground and crawl into it.

He craned his neck and forced himself to argue loudly, "Laugh, laugh, laugh! What are you laughing at? My divine ability is incredibly powerful!"

It would have been better if he had not defended himself. The moment he did, the laughter grew even louder.

"Enough."

Just as the laughter was about to spiral out of control, Chen Changqing finally spoke.

His status in the Chen Family now surpassed everyone's, so the laughter throughout the venue was instantly silenced.

Everyone hurriedly restrained their smiles and stood properly. Yet their flushed faces still silently spoke of the joy from moments ago.

Chen Changqing's gaze fell on Chen Yuanba and lingered for a moment. With the support of his powerful comprehension, he quickly understood every mystery of this divine ability, as well as its formidable nature.

Only then did he slowly nod and ask, "Not bad, not bad! Yuanba, how did you comprehend such a Greater Divine Ability?"

That was right!

Chen Yuanba's divine ability was indeed a Greater Divine Ability!

It was also the first Greater Divine Ability comprehended among the Chen Family members!

After learning of its effects, even Chen Changqing found it somewhat unbelievable.

It could only be said that Chen Yuanba was truly a peerless genius, far beyond ordinary people!

As soon as Chen Changqing said this.

The entire crowd broke into exclamations, their eyes filled with shock as they looked at Chen Yuanba.

No way?

Ancestor Blesses Me, a divine ability that sounded rather unreliable, was a Greater Divine Ability?

Chen Yuanba had actually comprehended a Greater Divine Ability?

"Actually... I don't really know what happened either."

Chen Yuanba scratched the back of his head. A rare hint of embarrassment appeared on his dark, resolute face.

He secretly glanced at Chen Changqing, only to see him smiling encouragingly. Only then did he take a deep breath and slowly recount his thoughts.

"Before Ancestor began his lecture, Ancestor beat me until I could not even stand. I used every trump card I had and fought from beginning to end, yet I never even touched the corner of Ancestor's clothes."

A wave of good-natured laughter immediately rose from the crowd.

Chen Yuanba glared fiercely in that direction, but he did not truly get angry. He merely shook his head with a bitter smile.

"From that moment onward, Ancestor's figure filled my mind."

"A divine ability Ancestor unleashed with a casual punch was countless times more powerful than my Overlord Fist!"

"With a single casual glance, Ancestor could create all sorts of unimaginable divine abilities."

"So I kept thinking, if one day I encountered an enemy who possessed divine abilities similar to Ancestor's, how would I fight?"

"I thought and thought until my head nearly split open, but I could not find any solution."

Chen Yuanba's voice was somewhat dry. His gaze passed over the crowd and landed on the distant site of the barren mountain that Old Ancestor Chen Haotian had burned into nothingness with a single glance, as though he were watching his former pride turn to ashes alongside it.

He raised his head, and his tiger-like eyes, which had never admitted defeat, met Chen Changqing's calm gaze.

Then...

He bared his teeth in a self-mocking smile.

"I, Chen Yuanba, have never submitted to anyone in my life."

"Azure Heaven Tyrant Body, invincible in battle!"

"Among my peers, I never needed to think about such things."

"But today, facing Ancestor, I felt for the first time that I was as insignificant as an ant. That feeling..."

Chen Yuanba paused, his voice full of helplessness and self-mockery. "It was actually quite despairing."

The entire Purple Sun Peak fell silent.

No one laughed anymore.

"So, during the process of comprehending the Dao, whenever I thought of the helplessness I felt before Ancestor, I nearly gave up. Because I simply could not think of any way to contend with Ancestor!"

"No matter what I did, I could not think of a divine ability that could surpass Ancestor's. No matter how hard I tried to comprehend, I could not make sense of anything, so I figured I might as well give up!"

Chen Yuanba continued.

Then.

His tone shifted, carrying a trace of relief.

"But just as I was about to give up, a thought suddenly sprang into my mind."

As he said this, Chen Yuanba's tiger-like eyes suddenly lit up.

"Ancestor Changqing is the ancestor of our Chen Family!"

"The stronger Ancestor is, the greater his talent, the stronger our Chen Family's future will be!"

"Why did I have to compare myself to Ancestor?"

"Ancestor can restore Old Ancestor's vitality with one finger, see through the flaws in all our cultivation techniques with a single glance, and comprehend a heaven-defying method like Divine Ability Law..."

"With Ancestor protecting the Chen Family, why should the Chen Family fear that it cannot rise in this golden age?"

"With Ancestor standing behind me, why should I, Chen Yuanba, fear any powerful enemy in the future?"

Chen Yuanba's tone grew visibly more excited as he spoke.

"So in the end, I thought—if I can't defeat my enemies and can't comprehend those powerful divine abilities of Ancestor's, then I'll just ask Ancestor to possess me and protect me. That should work, right?"

The moment those words fell, the entire venue plunged into dead silence again. Everyone stared at Chen Yuanba with expressions of utter disbelief.

What the hell?

What kind of thought process was that?

Could someone really comprehend a Greater Divine Ability like this?