Eternal Thief

With a deep curiosity, Ace opened the Heavenly Rune Crafter Panel, which he hadn’t had for a while now. It had become somewhat lacking after he got the Heavenly Formation Coins, which can cast any heavenly array instantly.

Although Ace still hasn’t seen any formation’ of heavenly grade, the heavenly arrays were enough to rival any formations. However, Ace didn’t get any new arrays or talismans after his ascension, only the knowledge of the Heavenly Runes of Ascension.

Nonetheless, this knowledge gave him a tremendous edge over the others, and he could create any array, formation, or talisman as long as he had the knowledge; he even succeeded in forging because of it!

But now the system had suddenly upgraded the Heavenly Rune Crafter Panel into the Primordial Runic Platform Panel, so Ace wanted to see what kind of difference it made.

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[Primordial Runic Platform]

-Primordial Arcanist Rank: Apprentice

-Primordial Arcanist Trademark: Coin

-Primordial Arcanist Colophon: Thief Symbol

-Primordial Arcanist Instrument: Heavenly Formation Coins: 9/11

{Talisman Section}

{Array Section}

(Formation Section} (NEW)

(Unknown Section) (LOCK)

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Ace was surprised to see that the ‘Rune Crafter’ had been replaced with the entirely unfamiliar title ‘Primordial Arcanist, and the formation section of the panel that was locked before was now unlocked!

He quickly opened all of them one by one to see what had changed.

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[Talisman Section]

-Primordial Talisman Rank: Ascension Grade

-Primordial Talisman Available: 0/999

[Array Section]

-Primordial Array Rank: Ascension Grade

-Primordial Array Available: 0/99

[Formation Section]

-Primordial Formation Rank: Ascension Grade

-Primordial Formation Available: 0/10

Ace was baffled when he saw that not only was nothing available in the three sections, but even the two sections with talismans and arrays were now empty.

“System, what is going on? What are you up to?” He asked with a deep frown.

“[Host, now that you are qualified to become a Primordial Arcanist, who can not only control every rune, including but not limited to forbidden runes, but also create a new school of runes!] “[Now, you already possess the most basic knowledge of primordial runes, which are the origin of all the runes in this world. But it is still not enough to become a true Primordial Arcanist because a Primordial Arcanist can see through any runic knowledge with a glance and make it its own!] “[Host didn’t have any talisman, array, or formation available in the Primordial Runic Platform because they already exist in the Heavenly Runes of Ascension. The host just hasn’t discovered them yet.]

“[So, please work hard and discover all talismans, arrays, and formations combinations within those primordial runes. Once you discover an actual combination, that talisman, array, or formation will be available in the Primordial Runic Platform!]”

Ace was astounded when he heard this unexpected explanation from the system, and it finally dawned on him. But the next moment, he frowned because he hadn’t discovered anything despite already comprehending the basic version of the Heavenly Runes of Ascension.

But he knew the system wasn’t tricking him, so he was probably still missing something or looking in the wrong direction. After all, if this Primordial Arcanist can see through all the runes and make them its own, Ace must adapt to this mindset.

At this moment, Ace couldn’t help but think about how the Heavenly Formation Coins could be used to cast all the Heavenly Arrays with different sequences and combinations, and his eyes brightened the more he thought about it.

“The Heavenly Formation Coins are the key! Furthermore, two new coins are available for purchase, making them 11 in total. Could it be I need 11 coins for ascension-grade runes and the key to become a Primordial Arcanist?”

Ace quickly opened the system shop without hesitation.

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[System Shop: Techniques/Spells Shop]

-1. Heavenly Runes of Ascension (Intermediate)

-Cost: 50,000,000 Thief Points

-2. Heaven Stealer’s Dismantler Principles of Ascension (Intermediate)

-Cost: 150,000,000 Thief Points

[System Shop: Items Shop]

-1. Thief House Recruitment Tokens: 1

-Cost: 10,000,000 Thief Points

-2. Heaven Fooling Coin: 3

-Cost: 50,000,000 Thief Points

-3. Heavenly Formation Coins: Grade-9 Runic Soul Treasure

-Available: 2

-Price: 5 Million Thief Points (Per Coin)

-4. Heavenly Formation Coins Upgrade: All Coins

-Cost: 110,000,000 Thief Points

[NOTE: This upgrade can only be bought after you have obtained all the available Heavenly Formation Coins from the System Shop!]

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Ace was speechless when he saw the prices of new items in the shop, especially the cost of upgrading the Heavenly Formation Coins. Not to mention, Ace also needed the intermediate sections of the Heavenly Runes of Ascension and Heaven Stealer’s Dismantler Principals of Ascension!

If he added everything up, this purchase would cost him 320 million TP, and at this moment, the happiness of getting almost 500 million TP was dashed away in an instant.

This system is becoming more and more unscrupulous with its prices. Not only that, I always got these things as a reward for free, but now I have to pay to buy them while the system only unlocks them while still demanding hundreds of millions of TP!?’ Ace cursed in his mind, but he was also helpless since he couldn’t do without them, and TP was something he could always get

more.

Ultimately, he clenched his teeth and brought everything, including the two coins and their

upgrade!

The next moment, 320 million TP instantly vanished from his total thief point count, and new knowledge started to be drilled into his head. It only took him a few minutes to refine everything, but his focus was more on the eleven Heavenly Formation Coins.

At this moment, the system’s voice rang.

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[Heavenly Formation Coins (11) has been successfully upgraded to Primordial Arcanist Coins!]

-Primordial Arcanist Coins: 11

-Grade: Ascensions Grade-10 (Forbidden)

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‘I knew it! These coins are the key to progress in this Primordial Arcanist!’ Ace’s eyes shimmered when he heard this notification.

He instantly flipped his hand, and one after another, pentagon-shaped translucent black coins started to appear, forming a revolving circle of 11 coins.

Ace could already tell that these coins had completely changed and now possess their own spirituality. Furthermore, the runes he engraved on 9 of them in the Mortal Ascension Heaven had now vanished, and they were all replaced by none other than the language of Ancient God! Ace was shocked when he looked at the symbol engraved on one of their sides, and he instantly read it, this symbol meant, ‘Arcanist!’ while on the other side of the coins were his new owl

symbol! Just what is the true background of this language of Ancient Gods? It seemed I needed to pay attention to it more since even those sages were researching it, not to mention that damn prophecy was also in this language. My mother seemed to be some protégé in the language of Ancient Gods, and her clan is famous for this as well…”

An icy glint flashed past Ace’s eyes when he thought about this point, and his mood became somber. He stowed away those coins since he already had a pretty good idea of what he needed to

do now.

After a while, Ace was finally able to put those thoughts back and used the Advanced Grade Item Upgrade Token on the Millennium Change Wizard Mask, making it an Ascension Grade-4 Spirit Treasure. With it, now even an Ascension Lord might not be able to see through his disguise, which was nothing but good news for him!

Once he switched to another disguise using the newly advanced Millennium Change Wizard Mask,

he finally came to the final reward he was looking forward to using the most: the Primordial Evolution Item Token!

At this moment, Ace solemnly whispered in his thief’s space, “Avos, buddy, I hope you’re ready to showcase your true might. You won’t need to be bored anymore!”