Eternal Thief

"Let me enter your heart, and I can recover much faster!"

Ace's eyes widened as if he had heard something absurd, "Did you just say enter my heart?"

"Oh, it seemed you took it the wrong way. My apology for being blunt and not explaining clearly." Violent Ocean Sword suddenly comprehended that it had made a mistake and quickly corrected it. What I meant to say was that after you comprehend the Initial Stage Sword Heart, you have already entered the domain of understanding the mysteries of Swords.

"Now you can control swords with just thought and use the sword law without wasting any of your innate Qi just as effectively as before, and most spiritual swords like me will submit to you. No sword cultivator would be able to cut you unless they have comprehended the sword heart themselves.

"You can now cut past any formation, defensive, or laws as long as your understanding of the Sword Law and prowess surpassed them. But the biggest benefit you have is you can now hold a spiritual sword like me within your heart and use my innate abilities like they are yours! Simply put, you will be Violet Ocean Sword yourself!" Violent Ocean Sword explained as simply as possible.

Realization dawned on him, and his heart raced with disbelief. He hadn't expected that it was even possible.

"So, you mean to say I will have the same power as you and the abilities engraved within you? I'll be able to use them at will and don't need to use you at all? What kind of concept is this?" Ace quickly questioned, finding far more mysterious hidden within this law state, which even Conner didn't understand.

"Yes. But you won't be able to fully display my power without reaching the same realm as me. As for this concept, only sword cultivators who have embarked on the true path of sword cultivators can accept a spiritual sword into their hearts and become the sword themselves, controlling the terrifying power that ghosts and deities fear.

"The more spiritual swords you can hold in your hearts, the more terrifying your sword law is, but at your current level, you can only hold one spiritual sword.

"I'll be honest with you; normally, a cultivator with a Sword Heart would be extremely careful about selecting a sword to let it enter his heart. Once it is decided, the Sword will turn into a Life Sword of that sword cultivator and can't be removed or changed again.

"That's also the downside of this ability. If a sword cultivator's Life Sword were destroyed, they will not only lose the Sword Heart but will also be abandoned by the Sword Law forever, meaning they would lose the ability to hold a sword!

"Some vile swords would never tell a sword cultivator with sword hearts about this because, first, cultivators with sword hearts are extremely rare. Second, and most importantly, a sword spirit will be able to grow with the sword cultivator once it can get a place in a sword heart.

"Yet if their sword bodies had limited potential, it would require a huge amount of resources to grow, which eventually slowed down talented cultivators.

"Truth be told, my previous master wasn't able to achieve sword heart despite his high attainment in sword law, and he even had a master with the Sword Heart. It's simply too difficult. But you have achieved it even without breaking into the law state first and without the teaching of any master.

"This showed how talented you are in the path of the sword, and you seemed to have unique insight into it. I can sense it after you comprehend the sword heart.

"So, if you give me the honor of being your first Life Sword, I'm willing to form the Life Bond: Only Master for Life with you! It's an honor for a sword like me to meet such a master in a lifetime, and this way, I can recover far faster and help you tremendously!

"But if you don't want a sword spirit with a broken sword body like me with low potential, I completely understand. I'll still serve you with the same life bond to the end of my life; it would be a privilege of my existence!" Violent Ocean Sword solemnly declared.

Ace was moved by Violent Ocean Sword's words and honesty. He never expected there to be such a hidden secret about the Sword Heart and about the backlash of the Life Sword being destroyed.

If it were another selfish sword spirit, they would've tried to trick him into accepting them as a life sword, and then Ace would have to do everything to protect them, even expanding resources on them to ensure they wouldn't become his weakness.

Yet Violent Ocean Sword directly revealed everything, leaving him with the choice. It was even willing to form the most secret bond within the three life bonds: the Only Master for Life.

This means that Violent Ocean Sword would never have another master after this, and it wouldn't hesitate to sacrifice itself before letting anyone else kill Ace. He never thought he would get absolute loyalty from a treasure.

Ace took a deep breath before he replied, "It should be me to feel honored to have acquired your acknowledgment. You've been nothing but honest with me from the start, but truth be told, I'm not an honorable sword cultivator.

"My sword path is the path of a thief; I only fight in a deceptive manner, not frontal confrontation. I'm a coward who will always first choose to run if I encounter an enemy that can endanger my life.

"But if you still want to follow a thief like me, I can promise you one thing; as long as I live, I'll make sure you'll never be inferior to any other sword!" He declared in earnest without any lie in his words.

Violent Ocean Sword trembled while it was still stabbed in the second steel door Ace had dismantled in the Golden Lands. The first one had already turned into dust after Violent Ocean Sword had fully absorbed it, and even this one had lost more than half of its luster.

"A path of a thief? I have never heard of this before, but if you can comprehend the Sword Heart, then this means your sword path has received the acknowledgment of the Sword Law. This also proves you are nothing but a genius to walk competently in the opposite direction from tradition yet still get the acknowledgment. So, there is nothing for me to hesitate about!" Violent Ocean Sword stated without any regret or hesitation.

The next moment, before Ace could reply, a rune lit up on the Violent Ocean Sword's hilt, and the same rune suddenly appeared on Ace's forehead.

Ace suddenly felt his connection with the Violent Ocean Sword become extremely strong, just like Moira's, and he could easily decide its fate with a thought.

The rune suddenly turned crimson before vanishing without a trace; the Life Bond: Only Master for Life was fully established!

Ace sighed with complicated emotions. He wasn't accustomed to other loyalty but wasn't ungrateful to stab someone in the back if they showed him kindness and devoted their life to him, just like Eva.

"Life Master, please grant me a name!" Violent Ocean Sword's voice rang, filled with respect and reverence.

"You can just call me Ace or Leader if you have to; I'm no noble or like to be called in such a manner. We are partners from now on. I'll call you Avos from now on, simply meaning Ace's Violent Ocean Sword!" Ace declared!

The Violent Ocean Sword suddenly seemed to have shimmered in dark blue sheen the moment Ace gave it the Avos name as an extremely sharp violet aura escaped from it before quickly vanishing!

Ace's eyes shimmered with a hint of elation as he sensed how terrifying the Violent Ocean Sword was for the Mortal Sky Heaven. He asked, "Alright, now you can enter my heart. What do I need to do?"