Eternal Thief

The sky trembled.

Ace floated midair, his eyes narrowing as the world around him bent and twisted, warping under immense pressure.

It was different this time—this wasn’t just another heavenly punishment like the Elemental State. The very essence of reality seemed to quiver, and the laws he had spent years

comprehending were flickering as if they were fragile flames on the verge of being snuffed

out.

This suppression was unlike anything Ace had experienced before, and his expression became dignified and solemn.

At this moment, the system’s static voice rang.

[The First Heavenly Law Punishment [Heavenly Law Destruction Thunder] has been detected!]

[Warning: The Heavenly Punishment sensed Host’s Primordial Foundation and Cultivation Heart!]

[Warning: The Heaven is agitating with rage!]

[Warning: The Heavenly Law Punishment has been strengthened to the maximum!]

‘Heavenly Law Destruction Thunder?’ Ace grimaced as he looked at the mass of dark clouds condensing into an eerie black vortex.

At this moment, the air crackled, and for a brief moment, silence enveloped the world. Then, abruptly, a piercing tear resounded across the sky.

Black lightning, wrapped in fracturing law symbols, tore through the heavens. Each bolt was jagged and unpredictable, dancing like the claws of a beast, eager to rip apart the very fabric of existence. This wasn’t lightning meant to harm his body-it was a force far more dangerous.

The Law Destruction Thunder had arrived!

Furthermore, Ace had never seen anything like those law symbols before, and he realized just how terrifying this first heavenly law punishment was going to be.

Ace’s eyes gleamed with understanding, and a hint of shock flashed past his eyes. He suddenly realized that this punishment, unlike the previous Heavenly Punishments, was aimed at his mastery of the laws themselves.

He felt the weight of Heaven’s fury as if the entire world was personally offended by his defiance, by his existence. The air became thick with raw, chaotic power, and the earth below him warped as the laws governing it started to unravel.

“Well then, let it begin!” Ace whispered to himself, his voice low but resolute. He stood up in the air, opposing the ghastly pressure like he always did, killing intent swirling in his eyes.

He was no longer afraid because he had accepted his fate. Running from it would only make him die much quicker and make it easier for his Eternal Enemy!

At this moment, the thunder descends!

The first bolt of Law Destruction Thunder shot toward him, its path erratic and filled with malice. As it approached, the symbols of the law surrounding it began to shimmer, trying to disconnect Ace’s grasp on his own power.

He sensed the assault not just in his body but in his cultivation heart, where his comprehension of laws began to tremble.

With a sharp breath, a dark symbol of a sword suddenly shimmered on his glabella, and a massive phantom sword appeared behind him. Ace raised his hands with an icy glare, and two pitch-black swords, one short and one long, appeared!

For the first time in Mortal Ascension Heaven, Ace summoned his life swords, which were also his sword cores forged with heavenly thunder.

Each of his swords blazed to life, and the moment the thunder’s presence was noticed by the swords, they were shimmering with mystical runes, the essence of laws swirling around them in perfect harmony. He didn’t attack, though. Instead, he allowed the black lightning to strike him directly.

The impact was violent. The lightning tore through his body like a ravenous beast, but Ace didn’t flinch. He welcomed it.

The next moment, the swords in his hand suddenly released a powerful hum as they trembled. They suddenly started to absorb the Law of Destruction Thunder.

Furthermore, at this moment, he could feel his understanding of the laws deepening with those runes imbued within the thunder, especially the Heavenly Thunder Law. It seemed to start to change! But the risk was immense.

Ace’s expression tightened slightly. The lightning was trying to tear apart his connection to the laws and destroy his heart, but he knew that as long as his will was resolute, he’d survive -just like he always did!

At this moment, his swords hummed, each vibrating under immense pressure. The runes on the blades had a dark hue and were turning dark.

But it wasn’t as the dark runes across their surfaces flickered and the laws they were tied to began shifting. For a brief moment, Ace felt his mastery slipping as if the thunder was erasing his years of cultivation.

Another thick bolt came, this time aimed at his soul, which was merging with his body.

The strike hit with such force that Ace’s vision went black, and he found himself floating in a void. There was nothing-no sound, no sensation, no laws. It was as if existence itself had ceased.

Ace was shocked because it had never happened before; this was a completely new thing, and he became agitated!

In the silence of the void, Ace felt the pull of the world again, trying to strip him of everything he had worked for. His comprehension of laws and his very foundation began to crumble in

this empty expanse.

But Ace gritted his teeth. He wasn’t one to be defeated by Heaven’s wrath.

With an unyielding will, he summoned his inner strength. His sword began to glow,

illuminating the darkness.

Killing intent swirled in his eyes as he declared as he slashed his swords, “If the heavens seek to destroy my connection to the laws, then I will make them one. Heaven Sundering Sword: Sword of Mortal Heart!”

When Ace used the Heaven Sundering Sword, his mind raced as he poured every ounce of his comprehension into this attack-the fusion of laws. His understanding of lightning, darkness, space, and every law he knew with his Spirit Qi suddenly converged into one, melding into a unified, impenetrable strick.

In an instant, the surrounding void shattered. Ace’s eyes snapped open, and the world returned, the clouds above still rumbling with power.

‘It was an illusion or soul attack?!’ Ace was shocked but knew it was far more real since he could still clearly feel what he had done in just a moment.

The Law Destruction Thunder continued to rain down, but now he was different. His swords hummed in perfect unison, no longer separate entities but a singular force, resonating with a deeper understanding of the very world that was trying to destroy.

Furthermore, the sword phantom behind him also seemed to have undergone a profound change, becoming twice as large and more vivid as if his Sword Heart had evolved.

Ace’s eyes went wide with delight and disbelief as he instantly understood what it meant, ‘My Sword Heart has breakthrough to the Intermediate Stage, and I can finally understand the Second Realm of Heaven Sundering Sword Technique!’