Chapter 1444: Talent!

The performance of Heavenly Venerable Yue Qian left everyone deeply shocked, completely overturning their understanding once again. However, they quickly calmed themselves.

After all, this was only two people—far too few to prove anything. Having one or two exceptions like this was not unusual.

Heavenly God Hao Han knew they would not admit defeat so easily, so he gestured for Heavenly Venerable Long Ming to step forward for testing. Very soon, the results came out—

Five-grade talent!

Although Heavenly Venerable Long Ming had absorbed dragon blood and similar resources, that did not mean his innate talent would change. Therefore, the talent result remained the same.

“Another mid-level Heavenly Venerable with five-grade talent…”

They sucked in a cold breath. Five-grade talent, to them, was laughable. With that level, even reaching God Monarch would already be considered impressive.

Yet Heavenly Venerable Long Ming proved once again that even with five-grade talent, one could still cultivate to the Heavenly Venerable realm! Compared to Heavenly Venerable Yue Qian, however, the shock was slightly weaker.

After all, Heavenly Venerable Yue Qian also had five-grade talent. Once this precedent existed, the following results naturally failed to cause much of a stir—unless someone appeared with four-grade talent yet possessed the strength of an upper or mid-level Heavenly Venerable. That would truly be shocking.

Next, Heavenly Venerable Jian Si was sent forward. His tested talent was slightly higher, reaching six-grade, but still nothing extraordinary. Yet he had still reached the mid-level Heavenly Venerable realm, once again stunning everyone present.

Four Heavenly Venerables in a row—all with ordinary talent.

Heavenly God Hao Han did not possess astonishing resources. With his strength alone, he could never compare to an entire divine domain. After all, these so-called geniuses were essentially supported by countless ordinary disciples. Without those people gathering resources, these geniuses would have nothing to use.

Talents needed no mission contributions to obtain endless resources. Meanwhile, those with ordinary talent had to work tirelessly on countless missions just to earn a little. This was the cruel reality.

The Xiutian God Domain simply took this to an even more extreme level, completely fixing these factions in place, easily leading to worsening relationships. In truth, relations were already extremely tense—just short of open conflict.

“Great Elder, how do you find this effect?” Heavenly God Hao Han asked calmly.

The Great Elder looked grim. He had not expected his face to be slapped so quickly. Still, he clenched his teeth and said,

“The number is still too small. You spent ten thousand years and only cultivated this few people—how dare you brag about it? If they were true geniuses, who knows how many could have been produced!”

Ten thousand years to produce four Heavenly Venerables did sound small. But objectively speaking, it was not little at all. The Great Elder was simply refusing to admit reality.

“Ridiculous. I’m just one person. I lack resources—how could I cultivate many?” Heavenly God Hao Han said coldly.

“Soon more disciples will break through to the Heavenly Venerable realm. The number will slowly increase.”

“I’ve never denied focusing resources on geniuses. What I’m saying is that ordinary-talent cultivators must not be abandoned! Don’t twist my words and act as if I hate geniuses!”

“Don’t forget—my own talent is nine-grade. If I hated geniuses, wouldn’t I be hating myself?”

Anger burned in Heavenly God Hao Han’s eyes. These old stubborn fools refused to acknowledge reality.

Was it really so difficult to adjust their strategy? Perhaps this was the arrogance of geniuses—unwilling to stand alongside mediocrity.

The Great Elder remained disdainful.

“Even so, don’t forget—proving yourself isn’t done through talent testing alone!”

“I know,” Heavenly God Hao Han replied grimly, signaling Yi Tianyun to step forward.

Talent tests alone were not enough. Ultimately, fists determined truth. Only comprehensive strength mattered.

Yi Tianyun walked to the Talent Testing Stele and placed his hand upon it, taking a deep breath. He had never precisely tested his talent before. To him, talent had never been the key—his countless life-and-death experiences were far more valuable.

“Activate!”

Energy surged into the stele. After flickering several times, the final result appeared—

Six-grade talent.

Not bad. Neither high nor low.

His parents in the Mortal Realm had good talent, but here, that meant little. Six-grade talent was already respectable.

“Six-grade talent…”

Yi Tianyun smiled. Average—nothing monstrous. That suited Heavenly God Hao Han’s philosophy perfectly.

As he turned to leave, Appraisal Eye suddenly revealed detailed information:

Talent Testing Stele:

A highly crude testing method. It merely evaluates precision of energy control. It holds little reference value.

“…Hm?”

Yi Tianyun froze. So the stele judged talent purely based on energy control?

That meant—if one controlled energy precisely enough, the displayed talent could be altered at will.

He turned back toward the stele, smiling faintly.

“What’s going on? Didn’t the test finish?” the Great Elder frowned.

“Do you think your talent was too low and want to retest?”

“Fourth Elder, it seems your disciple refuses to accept reality,” the Great Elder sneered.

“Talent is fixed at birth. Learn to accept fate!”

Before Heavenly God Hao Han could respond, a blinding beam of light erupted from the stele, shooting into the heavens—

Ten-grade talent!

Absolute ten-grade talent—practically godlike.

Among all present, only the Domain Lord had ever reached this level.

Now Yi Tianyun had achieved it.

Moments ago he was six-grade—how did it jump to ten?

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