Eternal Thief

Once the system accepted his command, billions of grade-7 Qi stones and Soul crystals started to vanish from his thief's space, and a massive torrent of Qi broke free into his martial and soul spaces. 

Right now, his martial space was filled with the dark lightning sea as the dark soul hovered cross-legged in the center, and above it was the dark void and martial sword core. 

Furthermore, after this breakthrough, Ace felt a peculiar restriction on him was gone, and now he could fly without using any particular skill or law with just Qi. It was as if the laws had acknowledged his existence and no longer retained his free movements. 

While he was making leaps in his cultivation and about to start another heavenly punishment to enter the final realm of the mortal sky, the old three forbidden countries were now turned into a large island around 300 miles in diameter, and the three trinity mountains were at its center. 

Now that the deadly clouds were finally gone, the fleeing population stopped at least what had left of them. Still, because of Ace's intervention, the population of the secret realm was 80% intact, while the people on the outside were all gone except for the law awareness realm. 

However, even those law-awareness realm cultivators were at the end of their rope and couldn't help but look at the existence sitting in the sky with awed and dread. 

They couldn't fathom just how powerful that mysterious person was, and they had all seen the gigantic dark hooded phantom behind him.

Now, that person was floating there without any aura, like a statue. 

At this moment, the Lightning Lord of the Blood City approached the Demon Lords and said gloomily, "Black Demon Lord, do you think it's one of the ancestors?" 

The Black Demon Lord frowned uncertainly, "No idea, but who could've had such a power besides the three ancestors? I gathered that thunder earlier was the legendary heavenly tribulation!" 

The Lightning Lord's purple eyes dilated as he said in disbelief, "But how is this possible? I once heard from the Ancestor that only at the pinnacle of law comprehension could someone draw attention to such a legendary presence, and even she wasn't entirely sure about it. 

"Furthermore, do you think the four-headed figure that emerged from the clouds could appear from the heavenly tribulation? It was something far more terrifying, and that person who got rid of it was even more so. I hope it's one of the ancestors or one of their allies who are here to help them." 

The Black Demon Lord sighed with a hint of fear, "First, the thief, and now this calamity. We have lost our secret realm as well. It's like…" His dark eyes suddenly went wide with horror as he looked at the sky and yelled, "What the hell are those devil bastards up to?!"

His loud voice drew everyone's attention, and they looked up and saw the devil lords flying towards the figure in the sky, and some of their race's elders were following them.

The Lightning Lord couldn't help but curse in anger, "That sly bastard Blood Devil wanted to approach that person first. If he's not one of the ancestors, he might earn his favor. Come on, we can't let that happen!" 

'This person is no ancestor. I need to approach him and invite him to our clan. But why aren't any of the three ancestors coming out? Don't tell me this person is their friend and helping them, and that's why they are still not showing themselves. More reason to pay my respect to such a person!' Blood Devil Lord's eyes shone cunningly as he raced towards the person sitting in the sky. 

He completely forgot about the terror a few minutes ago, and now he wanted to curry favor with this mysterious existence that was clearly in the eighth realm in his view. 

Blood Devil Lord was highly ambitious and shrewd, and he knew the three ancestors didn't have any way to enter the eighth realm, but then they suddenly had one. 

After learning about the situation outside, he finally understood they had earned their cultivation method from the union, and he even wanted to go there and earn for one himself. 

But alas, he can't leave the realm without the ancestors' permission. This was a paradise and a prison for people like him who could challenge the authority of the three ancestors, and they sent them here before they could reject them. 

That's how most of the experts of the secret realm, like the Blood Devil Lord, looked at it. 

However, now the secret realm was suddenly destroyed, and they were free to do as they pleased, and Blood Devil Lord was even more confident than anyone. He looked at Ace like this was his chance and wanted to plead allegiance to him temporarily. 

It was like all those years of suffering and endurance had finally borne fruit! 

But alas, the ambitious devil or anyone else with the same thoughts as he didn't know just how wrong they were, and at this moment, all of their advances halted. 

The clear sky started to become dark as clouds began to gather together, and an aura hundreds of times more terrifying than minutes ago descended. Making even the law awareness realm cultivators who could at least move before being locked in their places and those who were in the flight plummet from the sky like dead flies. 

Horror was written on everyone's face as they looked at the sky; more and more jet-black clouds were gathering, and this time, they covered every nook and cranny of the massive island, even beyond. Every living being had been locked in their place without any leeway to move. 

'Rumbling…'

A mighty rumbling rang, piercing everyone's ears, announcing its presence, and those who were lower than the law awareness realm directly lost their consciousness. 

Ace sensed it all with his newly increased 250-mile radius thief sense, and he looked behind and smiled coldly, seeing the five-color thunder starting to emerge in the clouds. 

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[The Seventh Heavenly Punishment [Ruination Calamity Despair Thunder] has been detected!]

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[Warning: The Heavenly Punishment sensed Host's Qi Sea Core and Heavenly Dark Law Soul!]

[Warning: The Heaven is seething with rage!]

[Warning: The Heavenly Punishment has been strengthened!] 

[Warning: The Heavenly Punishment has been strengthened!] 

[Warning: The Heavenly Punishment has been strengthened!] 

[Strengthened Heavenly Punishment: There is a 100% chance of a Heaven's Terminate Manifestation to descend on Heaven's Stealer!] 

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[System recommends fighting without holding back; use any means necessary you have, or your life will be forfeited today. Please find an isolated place, or the Heavenly Punishment will annihilate all the living in a 500-mile radius around the host!]

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