Your Talent is Mine

TL: Etude

Collecting Star Sand required a star-related or chaos-type divine ability, and Ye Tian happened to possess a chaos divine ability related to stars.

Previously, he had cultivated a chaos divine ability called Star Extinguishing Hand, a star-related chaos divine ability ranked at 122.

Among Heavenly Monarchs, only a small fraction had mastered chaos divine abilities. Even then, the majority of them had cultivated obscure chaos divine abilities, ones that didn't even make it into the three thousand recognized chaos divine abilities.

Star Extinguishing Hand was already quite impressive among chaos divine abilities, with formidable power.

Other Heavenly Monarchs wouldn't go out of their way to cultivate a powerful star-based divine ability just for the sake of collecting Star Sand, giving Ye Tian a significant advantage.

Additionally.

He could easily infiltrate the Ten Star Sea. With his ability to conceal his aura and movements, it would be difficult for the Demon Sound Sect to detect his presence.

Previously, when he assassinated a Heavenly Monarch from the Skyfire Sect, none of their Heavenly Monarchs could locate him.

If he couldn't be detected, and he possessed Star Extinguishing Hand, his speed in collecting Star Sand would undoubtedly be terrifying.

"Hopefully, I can reap a big reward in the Ten Star Sea!" Ye Tian hoped.

Ten Star Sea.

The Demon Sound Sect had arranged an astonishing star formation, using ten stars to create a grand formation that covered the entire Ten Star Sea.

Each of the ten stars housed a palace, with each palace guarded by a Heavenly Monarch. Some of these Heavenly Monarchs were even ranked on the Heavenly Monarch Rankings. Coupled with the formidable star formation, even those ranked near the top of the Heavenly Monarch Rankings wouldn't be able to break in.

Moreover, the Ten Star Sea lay within the Demon Sound Sect's territory. Their Heavenly Monarchs could rush to support it at any time, so the sect had no fear of other forces attacking the Ten Star Sea.

Furthermore, collecting Star Sand in the Ten Star Sea was incredibly difficult and time-consuming.

As long as the Demon Sound Sect stood, the Ten Star Sea would remain secure.

However, what the Demon Sound Sect never expected was that Ye Tian had set his sights on the Ten Star Sea.

Outside the Ten Star Sea, Ye Tian's figure appeared. He used a concealing chaos divine ability to hide his presence and the Hundred-Transform Mirror to alter his soul aura.

Even if the concealment divine ability failed, it would still be difficult for others to discern his true identity.

"This formation is no joke. Entering directly would be difficult!" Ye Tian muttered to himself.

Although he could teleport in, doing so would leave spatial fluctuations, and the Demon Sound Sect's Heavenly Monarchs were not fools—they would undoubtedly notice.

"I'll wait. The Demon Sound Sect will surely open the formation to let people in or out. When they do, I'll use the Time-Space Shift Technique to enter. Even though it will cause spatial ripples, they'll blend with the opening of the formation, making it hard to detect!" Ye Tian calculated.

And so, he waited for over a thousand years.

One day.

The Demon Sound Sect's Heavenly Monarchs opened the formation, allowing the Divine Generals and Heavenly Monarchs who had collected Star Sand to exit the Ten Star Sea.

At the moment the formation opened, Ye Tian used the Time-Space Shift Technique to slip into the Ten Star Sea.

At the same time.

One of the Heavenly Monarchs guarding the Ten Star Sea frowned.

He was Heavenly Monarch Phantom Sound, ranked 801 on the Heavenly Monarch Rankings, with considerable strength. Just moments ago, he keenly sensed that the spatial fluctuations when the star formation opened were somewhat unusual.

Immediately, he extended his spiritual sense to investigate, but he found nothing.

Then, he combined his spiritual sense with the star formation to scan every region of the Ten Star Sea, but still, he found no anomalies.

"It must have been a normal fluctuation in the star formation. It's not unusual for such a grand formation to exhibit minor disturbances!" Heavenly Monarch Phantom Sound speculated.

With that, he dismissed the matter, closed his eyes, and continued contemplating one of his chaos divine abilities.

Deep within the Ten Star Sea.

Ye Tian merged into the seawater using a water-based chaos divine ability, concealing his aura completely, remaining motionless to avoid detection.

After a long time, he finally began searching for Star Sand.

Finding Star Sand wasn't easy. Only those who had cultivated star-related divine abilities could faintly sense it. Otherwise, one had to rely on close-range spiritual sense detection to spot the faintest traces.

However, the Ten Star Sea covered a vast area. Relying solely on spiritual sense to probe inch by inch would take an inordinate amount of time.

Ye Tian, having mastered Star Extinguishing Hand, a powerful divine ability ranked within the top 200 of the three thousand chaos divine abilities, had a far stronger sensitivity to Star Sand than others.

Immediately, Ye Tian activated Star Extinguishing Hand's star-sensing ability, scanning the seabed of the Ten Star Sea for traces of Star Sand.

"Sensing a range of a million miles—this will suffice!" Ye Tian thought to himself.

Whoosh! Within the million-mile sensing domain, countless particles of Star Sand appeared within Ye Tian's awareness.

"A lot of Star Sand! Each grain weighs at least one or two taels, while some larger ones weigh as much as half a catty! In just this million-mile radius, the estimated weight of Star Sand amounted to tens of thousands of catties!" Ye Tian judged.

What was the concept of tens of thousands of catties of Star Sand? It was equivalent to tens of thousands of points! With Ye Tian's speed in collecting Star Sand, gathering this amount wouldn't take much time—at most, a few months.

Earning tens of thousands of points in just a few months wasn't slow at all.

Back when he was at Tai'a Solar Star, the resources had also been abundant, but there were too many Heavenly Monarchs competing with him. Countless Heavenly Monarchs collected resources, and by the later stages, there wasn't much left.

But it was different here. There were only a few Heavenly Monarchs who could compete with Ye Tian, and the Divine Generals even less so. Collecting just a single grain of Star Sand was already a struggle for them.

"Hahaha, as long as I'm not discovered, with my abilities, I can definitely make a huge profit here!" Ye Tian exclaimed excitedly.

Standing before the first grain of Star Sand, Ye Tian activated his Star Extinguishing Hand, but controlled its power and size. Otherwise, the full version of Star Extinguishing Hand could easily grasp even an ancient star, and it could likely cover half of the Ten Star Sea.

With the Star Extinguishing Hand shining brilliantly, even a fool would be able to discover his whereabouts!

Boom! A normal-sized Star Extinguishing Hand, under Ye Tian's control, grasped the Star Sand and began carefully separating it from the water and the void bit by bit.

Once immersed in water, Star Sand transformed into starlight specks, resembling planets situated in the starry sky, merging with the void. The Star Sand became embedded in the water of the Ten Star Sea and the surrounding void. To extract it, one had to isolate it from both the void and seawater, then transfer it into one's own internal space. Only then was the Star Sand truly collected.

Ye Tian had already prepared a storage item for the Star Sand—a chaos-grade supreme treasure called the Stellar Flask. Inside it was a lake imbued with stellar power, making it the perfect container for Star Sand.

As time passed, Ye Tian stirred the Star Sand, gradually isolating it from the void, even separating it from the seawater, until it resembled a grain of sand.

Finally, after a long while, the first grain of Star Sand was extracted and placed into the Stellar Flask by Ye Tian.

In the days that followed, Ye Tian continued collecting one grain of Star Sand after another, and the amount of Star Sand in the Stellar Flask grew steadily.

A hundred catties! A thousand catties! Ten thousand catties! A hundred thousand catties! Two hundred thousand catties! Five hundred thousand catties! A million catties!

As time passed, the amount of Star Sand Ye Tian collected became enormous.

Over the course of ten years, Ye Tian gathered at least two million catties of Star Sand, earning a corresponding two million points.

Originally, Ye Tian had planned to continue collecting until he had accumulated enough Star Sand for a total of one million points before preparing to leave. (What???)

However, on this day, Ye Tian sensed something unusual.

"Another formation!" Ye Tian was astonished.

A section of the central area of the Ten Star Sea had been isolated by a new formation, and this formation was incredibly subtle, with almost no discernible fluctuations. If not for Ye Tian's strong soul, he wouldn't have noticed anything out of the ordinary.

Clearly, the Heavenly Monarch who arranged this formation had unimaginable accomplishments in the art of formations.

"Strange. The Demon Sound Sect already laid down a star formation that covers the entire Ten Star Sea. The whole sea is under their control, so why would they go through the trouble of setting up another formation in the central sea area at such great cost?" Ye Tian wondered.

"Could it be that there's a remarkable treasure in this area?" Ye Tian thought.

Thus, he began to study the formation.

After a long time, Ye Tian did manage to figure something out.

This formation only had a concealing and isolating effect, containing the power of the Dao of Space, but it didn't have strong defensive capabilities. With his current strength, he could break open a small gap in the formation and enter the inner area.

But doing so would undoubtedly expose him.

If there was an astonishing treasure inside, he would have hit the jackpot.

However, if there were no treasure, he would no longer be able to collect Star Sand in the Ten Star Sea, and that would be a significant loss.

"Never mind, I'll keep collecting Star Sand first. Once I've gathered enough, I'll decide whether to go in!" Ye Tian thought.

Year after year passed.

Ye Tian continued collecting Star Sand in the Ten Star Sea, carefully avoiding other Heavenly Monarchs and Divine Generals. He lived in constant tension, fearing that he might be discovered at any moment.

Gradually, Ye Tian collected nearly a million catties of Star Sand, and by this time, 150 years had passed.

Even though Ye Tian had taken so much Star Sand from the Ten Star Sea, there was still plenty remaining.

Only then did Ye Tian realize the enormous value of the Ten Star Sea. It was far beyond just earning one million points—it was worth billions of points, and it was a sustainable resource. Its value could increase several times over.

"I've underestimated the Ten Star Sea. If other forces knew its true worth, they would stop at nothing to attack it!" Ye Tian suddenly thought.

Some time later.

Ye Tian had nearly finished collecting all the abundant Star Sand in the Ten Star Sea. The remaining areas had less Star Sand, and it would take more time to gather it.

Having already collected one million catties of Star Sand, Ye Tian decided it was time to stop.

It wasn't that he didn't want to continue collecting, but gathering too much would surely draw the Demon Sound Sect's attention. They weren't foolish. If the production of Star Sand in the Ten Star Sea kept decreasing, how could they not grow suspicious? In fact, the Demon Sound Sect had already started to suspect something. Ye Tian could feel the regular probes of spiritual sense every few days. If not for his exceptional concealment techniques, he would have been discovered long ago.

"I have to leave. But before I go, I must check inside that formation!" Ye Tian thought to himself.