Eternal Thief

Chapter 1152: Exiting Seclusion



The Spirit Inferno Domain was extremely large and ruled by the Artifact Inferno Guardian Sect, a second-grade sect.

However, this didn't mean there was only the Artifact Inferno Guardian Sect was the only place that existed; in fact, because of the Spirit Inferno Domain's size, the Artifact Inferno Guardian Sect couldn't oversee everything all at once, especially with their main focus on forging.

So, the Artifact Inferno Guardian Sect naturally had its subordinary first-grade sects (Grand Sects) under it that handled the Spirit Inferno Domain, and then there were elemental-grade sects, which had subordinary powers below the first-grade sects.

Even the Beast Calamity Mountain, under the rule of five grade sects' Sect Alliance City, was just a small part of the Spirit Inferno Domain's outskirts, and they were so far away that those five grand sects were still unaware of the existence of Artifact Inferno Guardian Sect nor the Guardian Sect put them in their eyes since they were too weak, and they already had their plate full of peak level first grade sects who were waiting for their single command to prove themselves and earn their goodwill.

The territory of the Artifact Inferno Guardian Sect was called the Artifact Inferno Guardian Region, and there were four Guardian Sect Cities located in four directions of the Artifact Inferno Guardian Sect.

These Guardian Sect Cities were managed by the four main clans of the Artifact Inferno Guardian Sect, who were in charge of handling all the material matters for the main sect. These matters ranged from collecting tribute from their subordinary first-grade sects to gathering exotic resources from all over the Spirit Inferno Domain.

Furthermore, these cities also nurtured at least 80% of the new sect disciples for the main sect. Every 25 years, when the main sect opens its gates for new recruitments, over 90% of the new disciples belonged to these four cities, while the remaining came from their subordinary powers, as they were also given fixed allocated slots to those subordinary sects for their excellent services and merits.

No one without a deep background check was allowed in these cities, not to mention into the main sect, and bypassing their security measures was a pipe dream.

The Western Guardian Sect City was located in the western direction of the Artifact Inferno Guardian Sect and was under the Weston Clan, one of the four most powerful clans of the Artifact Inferno Guardian Sect.

Furthermore, the Western Guardian Sect City was furthest away from the sect entrance, exactly opposite it, and the forbidden region was also a few thousand miles away from this city.

If someone travels a few hundred miles in the forbidden region direction, they would be able to see the silhouette of towering walls piercing the clouds. These walls separate the forbidden region of the Spirit Inferno Domain, and no one can bypass them because those walls are riddled with formations that restrain flights and even space-type abilities.

One could only imagine just how much the sect had invested in those walls to keep others from entering the forbidden region.

However, today, a dark streak of light suddenly pierced through the so-called impossible fly thought formation, flew past the towering wall, and entered the Spirit Inferno Domain from the forbidden region.

If the sect had heard about this incident, they would've been shocked because no one came out from the forbidden region in this matter, and they had to take the main path that had the sect checkpoints. But today, the impossible had finally transpired.

The dark streak of light quickly started to descend toward the dense forest filled with tall red trees, leaving behind a faint trail of darkness.

Soon, the dark streak landed on the forest, revealing a dark, hooded, tall figure with ethereal wings on his back before they began to fade away.

Under the inky hood, a pair of astute dark blue eyes were solemnly looking toward the void as if there was something invisible there.

"Who could've thought that there was a freaking wall in that place. Well, it saved me the trouble of going back and dealing with those checkpoints. Now, I just have to wait for the crimson platinum to manifest before I'll take it.

'Meanwhile, let's explore this place. I can already sense the fire spirit Qi in this air, which is far less potent than in the forbidden region here. So, this place should be where the inhabitants might be.

'I can't recklessly infiltrate the second-grade sect without knowing anything about it first. Especially since most of my abilities are limited to the Ascension Solider realm...'

Ace thought with deep anticipation in his eyes. It had been almost two years since he had entered the thief's house for seclusion, which means six years had passed in the thief's house with a time multiplier.

But six years were enough for Ace to completely absorb his gain, get himself accustomed to the Heavenly Spirit Qi, and step into the initial realm, the Law Soul Assimilation, of his Heaven Stealer Cultivation Technique (Vol.2) Architect of Thieving Heart.

Now, Ace could clearly feel the power surging through his body directly from his heart, and every beat was pumping Heavenly Spirit Qi in his meridians. This feeling was completely different from before because now there weren't two different Qis in his body, and these Qis were far more powerful.

However, he still couldn't gain access to his inner world within his heart because, according to the Architect of Thieving Heart, he needs to reach 100% I Law Soul Assimilation/10-Star Ascension Solider before he could open his inner world again and start his 'First Transformation of Thieving Heart!'

He doesn't have anything to start the Universal Ascension Black Physique, and his reason for leaving the forbidden region and wanting to infiltrate the Artifact Inferno Guardian Sect was exactly because of it!

Lastly, to make quick progress in the Architect of Thieving Heart, he needs to steal as much as he can. The more he steals, the quicker his progress with the soul cultivation technique. Even though he was limited in the Universal Ascension Black Physique or Martial Path department, that wasn't the case for the soul path, and he was planning on fully utilizing his advantage!

"You Sutton Bastards, even as a ghost, I'll never leave you alone!"

A high-pitched, shrilled scream suddenly startled Ace at this moment!