After Ace decided, he retracted the Thief's House back to his Thief's Space and reappeared in the desolated forbidden region of the Spirit Inferno Domain.
Not only was this place barren, but the spirit Qi was extremely thin, and no sign of life could be seen, which made it even more perfect for his breakthrough. Although he wanted to undergo the heavenly punishment after cultivating the Universal Ascension Black Physique at its first realm, he had no choice now since he was able to refine the 99 required weapons.
Furthermore, if he wanted to gather material quickly and without leaving any traces behind, the quickest way was to steal, and he needed to be more powerful to do that, so he decided to take his chances this time.
Moreover, since he only needed to undergo Heavenly Punishment for the cultivation of his soul path, he was sure that he could handle it since his body was still quite powerful. Not to mention, he had grown tremendously ever since he had come to the Mortal Ascension Heaven. But at this moment, the first thing he did was to open his status panel to see the fruits of his progress!
[Status Panel (Personal Information)]
-Bloodline: Nirvana Thief (1st Nirvana)
-Dominion: Mortal Ascension Heaven (2nd Heaven)
[Innate Ability/Talent(s): 5]
-1. Endless Nirvana (Bloodline Talent)
-2. Absolute Darkness Affinity (Bloodline Talent)
-3. Avatar of Holy Twilight (??? Divine Talent from B.E.L.L)
-4. Beast Ruler (Divine Talent)
-5. Absolute Pickpocket (Sleight of Hand) (Divine Connate Ability)
[Eternal Provenance Treasure: 1/2]
-Name: Eternal Thief Fate Compass
-Current Grade: Ascension Grade-1 (Upgradable)
{Next Grade: Ascension Grade-2}
-Status: Incomplete (10% Complete)
Live Fate Map (Ascension Grade-1)
[NOTE: Next ability(s) unlocked at 20% Treasure Completion]
-Completion Scheme: 1 (Available)
[Thief Point(s): 18,100,000]
[Status Panel (Cultivation Section)]
-Soul Path: Law Soul Assimilation (99%) / Ascension Solider (10-Star)
-Primordial Qi: Ascension Spirit Qi
-Martial Path: Ascension Grade Physique (Grade-0)
-First Order of Darkness (B.E.D): Lawless Darkness
-Lawless Darkness: The authority to break any restriction, laws, rules, mandates, or orders!
[Prime Law: Darkness (9.99% Comprehended)]
-Rule(s) of Darkness Order Acquired: 1
Desolation: 9.99% Authority
-Desolation (Rule): Desolate represents the emptiness and destruction within Darkness! There is no place for Light or Life within!
[Complete Auxiliary Law(s): 14]
-Sword: 100% (1 Mystic Ability)
-Heavenly Thunder: 100%
-Fire: 100% (1 Mystic Ability)
[Incomplete Auxiliary Law(s): 4]
-1. Black Tempest: Advanced
-2. Dark Revelation: Advanced
-1. Soul Words (Dark Charm Manual) (NO Progress)
-2. Art of Mind Stealing
-Current Realm: Golden Treasure Hunter (9th Realm)
-Remaining Realms: Mind Stealer (10th Realm)
[Forbidden Spell(s): 0]
[Cultivation Technique(s): 5]
-1. Heaven Stealer Cultivation Technique (Vol.2): Architect of Thieving Heart (Soul/Spirit
-2. Heaven Stealer Cultivation Technique (Vol.2): Universal Ascension Black Physique (Martial/Body Path): NONE
-3. Heavenly Runes of Ascension (Basic): Ascension Grade-3 (Completed)
-4. Heaven Sundering Sword (Secret Cultivation Technique): 1st Realm (Sword of Mortal
-5. Heaven Stealer's Dismantler Principles of Ascension (Basic): From Ascension Grade-1-3
1. Treasure Dismantler Principles: Ascension Grade-3
2. Alchemy Dismantler Principles: Ascension Grade-1
3. Runic Dismantler Principles: Ascension Grade-2
After the system's upgrade, his status panel underwent a massive change, and his personal information and cultivation information were separated into two different sections. After looking through the progress he had made ever since he came to the Mortal Ascension Heaven, Ace smiled in satisfaction and closed the status panel. Thereafter, he sat down cross-legged without caring about his surroundings since he knew that even if someone dared to enter his heavenly punishment, they would be seeking their own death. For others, they might need the safest location to break through a major realm, but for Ace, it was completely the opposite.
Once he calmed his mind, Ace instantly started the breakthrough process, starting to circulate
his spirit Qi according to the Architect of Thieving Heart's Law Soul Assimilation Chapter.
In this realm, Ace needed to absorb the Spirit Qi into his soul until he reached the 100% margin and made his soul compatible with the Spirit Qi, creating a Law Soul before he started the assimilation process of his Law Body and Law Soul.
Once he completed the assimilation process, his body would turn into a Primordial Spirit Body, and he would enter the next realm of the Architect of Thieving Heart, the Law Heart Spirit Integration, and become an Ascension Warrior! Furthermore, once he successfully becomes an Ascension Warrior, the inner space inside his cultivation heart will open again, but it will turn into a World Seed, and he'll awaken the Law Sense of Law State cultivators.
But he wasn't too optimistic about it since it would only happen if the Law Heart Spirit Integration followed the same rules as Spirit Soul Integration or Spirit Body Integration of
the Mortal Ascension Heaven!
Nonetheless, Ace peacefully focused on his breakthrough. He had already felt the next realm days ago, but he was suppressing his cultivation for obvious reasons. However, now that he stopped suppressing, his Heavenly Spirit Qi poured into his cultivation heart like a tilde wave.
As he started the breakthrough process, suddenly, an ethereal hooded phantom appeared behind Ace, instantly releasing the terrifying pressure of a peak Ascension Solider. It was none other than Ace's true soul!
But unlike before, his true soul was now blacker than black, and the flames in its eyes had
vanished. Its hooded face was now like an endless abyss, and any trace of light seemed to
The next moment, his true soul suddenly started to merge with Ace's body, creating an
overlapping image. At this moment...
Terrifying thunderclaps rumbled through the forbidden region, and eerie dark clouds started
to cover the skies as if the apocalypse had arrived!