Eternal Thief

At this moment, he asked the system, “System, what is that fruit? Apprise it for me!”

The system didn’t disappoint this time; a system interface opened before him with the result.

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[The Star Encompassing Tree and Star Encompassing Fruit]

-Description (1): A unique natural treasure that grows once in 100,000 years in a location with great providence and heaven’s presence.

-Description (2): Once the tree is fully mature, it’ll wilt immediately, leaving behind the Star Encompassing Fruit, which must be eaten within an hour before it turns to the natural spirit Qi and returns to world laws!

-Grade: Ascension Grade-10 (Forbidden)

-Use(s):

-1. If a Mortal can eat Star Encompassing Fruit, they can directly become a Law Comprehension Realm Cultivator with a perfect foundation!

-2. If an Elemental State Cultivator can eat the Star Encompassing Fruit, they can directly become a Law State Cultivator without undergoing any tribulation! -3. If a Law State cultivator eats Star Encompassing Fruit before undergoing Heavenly Law Tribulation, it can decrease the Early Law Tribulation by 89%, Intermediate Law Tribulation by 49%, and Late Law Tribulation by 9%!

-4. If a Law State cultivator can eat the Star Encompassing Fruit in Ascension Soldier, Warrior, Master, Grandmaster, or Ascension Lord Realm. In that case, they can expand and add one extra Auxiliary Law in their Inner World! -Recommendation for Host: This use is only possible for Host because of Cultivation Heart: If you can refine the entire Star Encompassing Tree with its Fruit before it matures, you can directly bypass one major realm and break through to the next realm. Right now, if you refine the Star Encompassing Tree with its Fruit, you will become an Ascension Master, skipping the entire Ascension Grand General Realm and its Heavenly Punishment!

-Furthermore, your Cultivation Heart will also become sturdier. At the same time, your inner world of Primordial Darkness will integrate with all the great providence and heaven’s presence it has absorbed while maturing, making it more real and stable while significantly increasing your future potential and growth!

-Warning: If you take this step, please be warned that the subsequent Heavenly Punishment will increase 10-fold!

===== ‘A forbidden grade treasure!?’ Ace was shocked when he saw the grade of Star Encompassing Fruit and read its description.

Although he could feel that this treasure was extraordinary, he never expected it to be a forbidden-grade treasure. However, when he read its uses, he was astounded and finally understood why this treasure was graded as forbidden.

Nonetheless, the most shocking part was still the last use, which was apparently only for him, and after reading its details, his eyes widened.

‘I can skip an entire realm and its heavenly punishment?! Not only that, but the Primordial World of Darkness and my cultivation heart will reap many benefits! But the warning is also apparent…’ Ace was slightly apprehensive, but the advantages have far outmatched the disadvantages.

‘Is this the bright golden opportunity?’ Ace was skeptical as he looked at the Live Fate Map, which was still bright golden despite getting that mysterious stele.

However, Ace was extremely curious about this place and what it meant by great providence and heaven’s presence. But no matter what, he wasn’t the one to shun away from this kind of opportunity.

Especially when the opportunity promised a huge power boost like this; he didn’t even know if this was possible for him before. But now that he knew, he didn’t want to run away from this opportunity.

After all, his goal was to gain more power, and the Star Encompassing Fruit promised him just that, and it happened to be still immature. However, he could tell that the fruit was very close to maturity, and those people were clearly here for it.

Ace then glanced at those people of the Runic Alchemy City, and they were in complete chaos as they were clearly planning on getting rid of him.

Then his eyes locked on Leia, who was with Jake, and they both happened to be looking at him.

Ace’s eyes flashed with a hint of realization, ‘That woman is the bright amber fate point? What kind of opportunity she will bring me? Just this bright golden opportunity has turned my views on these fate encounters… I can’t avoid her… but will she survive if I trigger the Heavenly Punishment?’

After thinking about this point, Ace cleared his throat and spoke while using his Qi. Still, he changed his voice to appear old and hoarse, “People of Runic Alchemy City, I’m about to undergo a Heavenly Law Tribulation right here and now, and since I’m going to take this treasure, I’m warning you before because you came here first.

“However, since I’m here and you guys are not, this treasure has no fate with you. So, leave before you are caught in my Heavenly Law Tribulation, and if you guys think that you can handle it, think again because my Heavenly Law Tribulation is Late Grade! If you want to die, then stay, but don’t blame me for not warning you all!”

When Jake’s group heard Ace’s voice, they wanted to curse at him, but when they listened to what he was talking about, especially the last part about triggering the ‘Late Heavenly Law Tribulation, they paled!

Because they knew only those peak Great Ascension Lords, one step into the Ascension King Realm could trigger that tribulation! This means that the mysterious man was a Half King, a title granted to very few old monsters of King Sects, and only a true ascension king or half-king can fight against them!

Even in the entire Runic King Crown Palace, there were only three half-kings, and even the Runic Flame Duke, Jake’s father, wasn’t at this level yet!

Killian and Helmir were horrified as they looked at the hooded figure. They knew they weren’t a match for this person if he was a Half King, and his sudden appearance so close to the Star Encompassing Tree started to make more sense now.

“Young Noble, we need to leave!” Killian solemnly stated.

Although he didn’t know if the other party was stating the truth or not, he didn’t dare to take any chance to call off the other party’s bluff since Jake’s life was more important.

Jake didn’t refute, but he was unwilling. However, he also had the same train of thought since this ‘Half King’ didn’t need to warn them at all, yet he did, which meant he probably didn’t want to offend the Runic King Crown Palace thoroughly.

Furthermore, if he was really a Half King and was about to undergo the Late Law tribulation, this could only mean two things: he was either at the end of his lifespan or he was confident in himself. He knew something about the Star Encompassing Fruit that they didn’t.

Lastly, they also thought that the supposedly mysterious perpetrator who leaked the news and Ace’s actions greatly matched someone like that. Moreover, if he didn’t pass the tribulation, he’d perish, but if somehow he managed to pass this law tribulation, he’d become an Ascension King… and just thinking about it made them shudder! “Let’s go; there are still a few days left before the fruit is fully mature.” Leia also sent a spirit transmission while taking a deep breath. She looked at Ace with a hint of confusion in her eyes, but she was also feeling something amiss, “Once we are far enough, you need to contact your father and let him and the palace handle him! We don’t need to take any unnecessary risks!” Jake’s eyes instantly lit up when he heard Leia’s cunning plan and quickly calmed down; he looked at Ace and bowed, “Thank you for your warning, senior, and good luck with your tribulation! Everyone, let’s go!”

Ace was slightly surprised by Jake’s words and couldn’t help but look at the posh young man who seemed to have authority over this group.

‘Who is he? Well, whatever, since they heed my warning, the Amber Fate Point will be safe. But if they are scheming something…’ His eyes flashed with a chilly glint, ‘Don’t blame me for seeking your own doom!’

Ace then stopped paying them any attention and asked the system, “System, tell me how I should refine this tree?”