Eternal Thief

Ace has no more misgivings after the system reveals all the details about the Spirit Fulcrum Lantern. The next moment, he flips his hand, and Cyrus appears on his palm.

“Where are we? Oh, I can’t see you?” Cyrus excitedly asked as he looked around. He saw only pitch-black darkness, and despite his spiritual vision, he couldn’t see anything. If not for Ace’s presence, he would’ve started to panic.

Ace also noticed and felt Cyrus’s sudden discomfort and was surprised since it was his first time bringing others into the dismantled spirit Qi. He asked curiously, “You can’t see me? Even with your vision?”

Ace knew a cultivator’s vision couldn’t be restrained by ordinary darkness. The more powerful a cultivator, the more difficult it was to restrict their vision, and Cyrus was by no means weak. The little guy could still keep up with his cultivation progress which means Cyrus still hadn’t reached his true cultivation realm that he was supposed to be born with.

“No, this place is very strange. It’s like I’m inside the ‘nest,’ but this place is not warm!” Cyrus replied with a hint of distress.

Ace raised his eyebrow when Cyrus compared the confinement of the Dismantle Spirit Qi to the thief’s space, ‘I learned something new about Dismantle Spirit Qi.’

He didn’t ask any more questions since he knew the little guy wouldn’t be able to explain even if he asked, and he didn’t think Cyrus would see through Dismantle Spirit Qi, even Heaven was helpless against.

“Don’t worry, it’s one of my abilities. I summon you here to ask for your help. Once I’m done with this matter, I’ll deal with yours and Chuchu’s matter. It won’t be long before you don’t have to spend time in the ‘nest’ and can observe everything I can.” Ace promised with a gentle tone.

Cyrus instantly calmed down, and his beady eyes shone with excitement. “I believe you, big bro. What do you need Cyrus for? I’ll do everything to help you!”

Ace’s smile grew as he didn’t hide anything from Cyrus and told him about fire spirits, flame essences, and even Empyrean Flames. This information was good for Cyrus’s own knowledge, and Ace wanted to warn Cyrus to be careful when he used his spirit fire.

After all, even Elder Dewey and Elder Homer knew about Chuchu’s growth-type spirit fire, and Ace was sure that Cyrus’s spirit fire was also growth-type.

But Ace was surprised that the little guy didn’t seem too shocked. In fact, Cyrus didn’t even react as he innocently exclaimed, “What? Big bro, didn’t know about this?”

Now it was Ace’s turned to be shock as he suddenly had a bad feeling as he asked, “Don’t tell me you’ve already known?”

“Of course, I know! When I reach the law state, I’ve awakened my inherited memories of Spirit Fires and my Nether Spirit Fire!” Cyrus proudly replied, very pleased with himself.

Ace’s eyes spasmed when he heard it and asked, “Then why didn’t you tell me?” He was startled yet aggrieved that Cyrus didn’t tell me such crucial information, but knowing Cyrus, he knew the little guy’s thoughts were unique, so he didn’t blame him.

As he expected, Cyrus replied, “I thought big bro knew it! After all, you know everything!”

Ace pulled with a wry smile, saying, “Even I don’t know everything. This world is filled with mysteries that are far above our wildest imaginations. Even Gods might not know everything.”

“Sorry…” Cyrus quickly apologized as if he had done something wrong.

“No need to apologize. It wasn’t a big deal since I’d already learned it. But in the future, if you have more such knowledge, discuss it with me.” Ace smiled gently as he rubbed the little guy’s head, and Cyrus instantly felt happy and promised, “I will!”

Ace nodded, not doubting Cyrus for a second that he would hide anything from him. His expression turned serious, “You said you knew about all the spirit fires I’ve told you. Does this mean you also know about Empyrean Flames?”

‘Even the system refused to tell me about the Empyrean Flames, yet Cyrus knows about it?’ Ace thought with a hint of uncertainty.

“Oh, I know!” Cyrus quickly proclaimed as he revealed, “That time when I ate some of that sparkly thing (Life Lightning Quartz), it suddenly appeared in my head. It said that my Nether Spirit Fire has the potential to become Quasi-Empyrean Flames called the Nether Sun Flames as long as I eat a lot of delicious things like that!”

Ace was astounded when he heard this unexpected news, and his heart raced, “Wait, not Empyrean Flames, but Quasi-Empyrean Flames? And do you know what Quasi-Empyrean Flames are? I mean, how are they different spirit fires?”

Cyrus innocently replied, “Isn’t it the same Quasi-Empyrean or Empyrean Flames? As for how they are different, I don’t know. I just know that if my spirit fire becomes Nether Sun Flames, I can burn anything! Well, I can still burn anything, but it’s kind of different, I guess.” Cyrus was immediately excited when he talked about burning everything.

Ace sighed helplessly and was somewhat disappointed, but he didn’t dwell on it since this discovery about Cyrus’s spirit fire, which has the potential to become a Quasi-Empyrean Flames as long as he eats ‘food’, which should be fire-type resources, excites him to no end. After all, Ace had just discovered the Empyrean Flames, and there were only 101 in existence, so Cyrus’s background has to be terrifying. If he can help Cyrus evolve his Spirit Fire into Quasi-Empyrean Flames, he will have a way to create one for himself!

But at this moment, Ace knew it was too far away, and he didn’t ask anything further since it would only muddle his thoughts.

“Don’t worry; I’ll help you evolve your spirit fire into the Nether Sun Flames to the best of my abilities.” Ace quickly promised before he placed the Spirit Fulcrum Lantern in front of Cyrus and said, “I want you to send just a wisp of your core flame into this lantern. Just a wisp, no more, no less!”

“Alright, and thank you, big bro!” Cyrus said happily, and without hesitation, he opened his small beak.

The next moment, a tiny ethereal purple flame, completely different from Cyrus’s blue spirit fire, appeared. The moment this tiny flame appeared, its insanity illuminated the darkness.

Ace was shocked and felt a chill running down his spine the moment that tiny purple flame appeared. He felt absolute dread from it.

‘So, this is Cyrus’s core flame!’ Ace’s eyes shone excitedly as he let the purple flame touch the Spirit Fulcrum Lantern.

The next moment, the lantern suddenly shone with countless dark runes before a suction force appeared, and it directly absorbed the tiny purple flame. Thereafter, the dormant lantern suddenly glows in purple light and appears more ghostly.

Ace knew he had succeeded, but he glanced at the Spirit Fulcrum Lantern only once before he looked at Cyrus with worry. He sensed Cyrus’s aura was somewhat weak. “Are you alright?” “I’m fine. It was nothing. I want to sleep.” Cyrus said, somewhat lethargic. “Alright, you can rest all you want, and I’m sending you some things. Eat them before you sleep.”

Ace quickly said before sending Cyrus to his nest, which was actually a small, lavish house built on a massive crimson tree he found in a forbidden area of the Spirit Inferno Domain. It released natural fire law, and Cyrus liked it very much, so Ace decided to move it into his thief’s space for Cyrus and Chuchu and create a house for him in the tree crown, making the little guy excited to no end.

Ace also sent Cyrus every fire-type resource he had amassed so he could absorb them and alert Chuchu to take care of him.

Only then did he sigh in relief and look at the Spirit Fulcrum Lantern excitedly, ‘Let’s see what kind of Growth Type Spirit Fire I can create. It must be extraordinary since Cyrus’s spirit fire can potentially become a Quasi-Empyrean Flames. I hope the materials I’ve gathered are enough!’ƒreeωebnovel.ƈom