Eternal Thief

The moment Ace declared his command, Cyrus sprang into action. 

Readily, with a bell-like chirp, he opens his beak and sends out his blue flame toward a seemingly stunned purple feather. 

Ace also noticed that after he destroyed the soul contract, the purple feather's consciousness seemed to have suffered a terrifying backlash, and it was probably destroyed.

'The higher a soul contract, the more dreadful the backlash.' Ace's eyes shone with understanding. 

In the end, the purple feather was still a treasure that only contained a wisp of will from a being beyond the mortal sky. So, if he destroyed it, then what was left would be nothing but an empty husk. 

On the other hand, out of nowhere, dark blue mist seeped out from the space and started to envelop the Platinum Orb and Realm Space Core, just like what happened in the Sun Secret Realm. 

'Since I didn't get the treasures of the ninth layer, I need to take them myself once the system took the realm space core. All the formations will stop working at that time. 

'Furthermore, I need to be extremely careful once the Moon Secret Realm merged back into the union. This time, I won't be able to leave to the other side since there is no other exit at all like the Sun Secret Realm or the system would've told me already.' Ace thought gravely. 

At this moment, the God Envoy's faint, broken voice rang while it was being fully enveloped by Cyrus's flames, "Y…u mak…ing…a…terri…mist…" (You're making a terrible mistake!)

Ace snorted, "I know, but nothing I can't handle." 

Thereby, the purple feather was fully enveloped by Cyrus before he sucked it back into his tiny belly, and he appeared back on Ace's shoulder. This time, his tiny eyes were filled with sleep as if they would shut down at any moment. 

"I want to sleep, no more study!" Cyrus lethargically muttered. 

Ace couldn't help but smile gently before stroking the little guy's head, "Alright, you can sleep and take a small break." 

He carefully sent him back into the thief's space and put him in Alina's house while leaving her a note so she wouldn't be worried or distrust his sleep. He knew once Cyrus woke up, he would be far stronger just like the last time he digested the golden feather. 

The very next moment, both the realm space core and the platinum orb separated, and then they vanished from space. Thereby, a terrifying tremor appeared as the entire moon secret realm started to tremble. 

At this moment, the system's voice rang, 

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[The Platinum Orb and the Independent Realm Space Core have been successfully retrieved!]

[Host can use the only exit of the Moon Realm to retreat instantly. This option is only available until the Moon Secret Realm is fully integrated with the Mortal Sky!]

[Time for Integration: 01H:59M:59S]

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[Congratulations, host, for completing the third requirement of Heaven's Stealer Mission!]

[Please open the mission panel while encasing in the Dismantle Qi to view your rewards and the next Mysterious Condition of the Heaven's Stealer Mission!]

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Ace smiled with deep ecstasy after he received the confirmation of mission clearance. 

But he knew it wasn't a time to celebrate because he needed to get out of this place safely. However, first, he was going to try getting the treasures of the ninth layer. 

Since the realm space core had been removed, the space where he was right now started to crack, and Ace knew now was the chance to move.

He looked at the fate map, which was still in its treasure blueprint state because he had yet to leave the Moon Secret Realm. He instantly ran toward the treasury location mark on the map…

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Outside the cathedral, the massive army of the demonic beast started to run amok hysterically the moment the first tremor appeared, and those vicious beasts started to attack anything in their view. 

On the other hand, the top 100 rankers of the union were alarmed because this situation was completely unexpected. They were not sure what was happening, but the formations around the cathedral suddenly stopped working, and now the demonic beasts were attacking them like mad. 

However, their expression turned extremely pale, and someone noticed a ghostly phenomenon. 

"L-look, t-the sky! It's cracking!" 

That voice alarmed everyone, and they looked up in unison and saw, like a mirror, the purple sky seemed to be cracking as the white mist seemed to seep in from those cracks. 

It was like the sky would burst apart at any given second, and everyone seemed to have thought of a ghastly possibility since this all started to happen just a few moments later after the heretic entered the trial space! 

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Outside the Moon Secret Realm, the silver Moon Mountain suddenly started to shake violently as the cloud rings around it churned before they started to dissipate fast! 

Absolute panic struck everyone's heart, especially the people of Sun Mountain because they couldn't forget this nightmarish phenomenon even if they wanted to. They had experienced the same thing before the destruction of the Sun Mountain, and now it seemed it was the Moon Mountain turns! 

The High Union Elders were completely out of their wits as they all flew towards the Above Mountain Palace, which was usually forbidden. 

However, now wasn't the time for following the rules since they could only turn to the strongest person in the Union, the Union Leader!

But they were soon met with horrifying screams booming like thunderclaps as they approached the Above Mountain Palace. 

"Those trash failed! They failed! Just why is it so hard to get rid of a child? Even that moon envoy turned out to be rubbish!" 

That lunacy reverberating voice belonged to none other than the Union Leader!

However, right at this moment, a mirthful voice suddenly rang, completely overshadowing the Union Leader's voice. 

"Hahahahha… the day has come! Brother, the seals are losing. Let's get the hell out of here. It's time to pay for our thousands of years of suffering!" 

Another maddening voice rang, "Hehehehehe… old swindler, you better wash your neck. Let's see if you still dare to be that arrogant in front of us!"

One after another, different voice declared their hatred for the Union Leader as if they wanted to rip him apart, and their voices were filled with maddening fury and rage. 

"You lot dare!" The Union Leader's panicked voice rang before the entire Above Mountain palace shook as a terrifying aura suddenly exploded! 

But a few moments later, the shaking stopped, and thereafter, the Above Mountain Palace, the symbol of authority that levitated over the Union for countless years, suddenly started to fall!