Eternal Thief

Ace’s Nascent Primordial World had once been like a newborn universe, possessing land, sky, laws, astral light, destruction, and creation. Yet everything within it remained fundamentally immature.

The mountains were not truly mountains, the seas were not truly seas, and the sky was not truly a sky, for they were manifestations of laws and Primordial Spirit Qi.

However, right now, Ace’s Nascent World was like a seed that had already germinated. It had broken through the shell and revealed its potential, but it had not yet become a tree.

That was precisely what the World Formation Realm represented: Formation!

Not the creation of something from nothing, but the transformation of a chaotic possibility into a stable existence.

For ordinary cultivators of the Mortal Ascension Heaven, the breakthrough from Ascension Master to Ascension Grandmaster was an incomparably important transformation.

At the Ascension Master Realm, a cultivator formed their Nascent World, and at the Ascension Grandmaster Realm, they began constructing the true foundation of their future Inner World.

Their laws would no longer merely exist inside their world; they would begin becoming the world itself as the World Core, the Prime Law, stabilized and established their hierarchy.

The boundaries would become stronger; the land, sky, elements, life force, and fundamental energies would begin separating into proper systems. The Nascent World would cease being a fragile manifestation of the cultivator’s cultivation.

It would become a genuine World Embryo!

Only after reaching the later stages of World Formation could a cultivator gradually allow their Inner World to develop independent cycles; a complete world would require even greater realms.

Thus, Ascension Grandmasters weren’t true world creators yet, but they were world formers, for they were forging the skeleton upon which a future world could eventually grow.

The Abyssal cultivation system followed a similar principle. Although Abyssal cultivators used different energies and laws, their World Formation Realm also represented the transition from an unstable nascent inner domain into a properly structured world foundation.

Abyssal cultivators would establish their Abyssal World Core, strengthen their world boundary, stabilize their laws, and create the first true internal cycle of their world.

The difference was that Abyssal worlds naturally leaned toward chaos, devouring, death, corruption, and destructive evolution. Heavenly worlds leaned toward order, law, structure, and harmonious growth.

Neither was inherently superior, but both had one limitation. Their worlds were still ultimately constructed according to the laws and fundamental principles of the Heaven or Abyss from which their cultivators originated.

Their foundations had boundaries, their paths had limits, and their worlds grew within an existing framework.

But Ace was different, as his foundation had never truly belonged to either side, for his Primordial Foundation existed before the current distinction between Heaven and Abyss could restrain it.

Therefore, his World Formation was destined to be completely different.

’RUMBLEEEEEEEEE!!’

Ace’s Nascent Primordial World expanded, but not outward; instead, it became deeper. Its very foundation began sinking into an incomprehensible depth as the entire world suddenly became silent.

The celestial phenomena in the sky stopped, while the endless astral lights froze, and even the raging Destruction Law quieted.

For one brief instant, everything became completely still, and then the system’s voice rang.

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[Congratulations, Host! You are only a step away from becoming an Ascension Grandmaster (Primordial World Formation)!]

[To advance as an Ascension Grandmaster (Primordial World Formation), select your fourth Auxiliary Law to integrate with your Nascent World to start World Formation!]

[Please note: The chosen Auxiliary Law must complement your Prime Law. The harmony between these laws will determine the future strength and foundation of your Inner World. You can only select an Auxiliary Law from the Laws you have already comprehended up to 100% proficiency! The stronger the Auxiliary Law you comprehend, the greater the benefits to your Inner World upon its competition!]

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[Please choose the Auxiliary Law within 60 Seconds of the system. You will randomly select an auxiliary law from the Auxiliary Law List you have already comprehended!]

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[List of Complete Auxiliary Law(s): 16]

-Despair: 96% Compatibility

-Shadow: 98% Compatibility

-Charm: 91% Compatibility

-Sin: 100% Compatibility (Highly Recommended)

-Evil Occult: 99% Compatibility (Recommended)

-Dark: 99% Compatibility

-Desolation: 96% Compatibility (Recommended)

-Sword: 78% Compatibility

-Lightning: 55% Compatibility

-Wind: 31% Compatibility

-Heavenly Thunder: 99% Compatibility (Recommended)

-Orbit: 42% Compatibility

-Fire (5% Primordial): 100% Compatibility (Highly Recommended)

-Psyche: 10% Compatibility

-Sound: 1% Compatibility

-Corruption (NEW): 85% Compatibility

-Space (NEW): 99% Compatibility (Recommended)

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Ace had been waiting for this exact notification, but he was slightly surprised to see that some of his complete laws’ compatibility with him had changed.

Furthermore, the appearance of the two new laws wasn’t surprising because the Law of Corruption was the law he had picked up on his trip to the Corpse Clan, while the Law of Space had reached completion because of his deeper understanding of the Absolute Pickpocket.

Moreover, Ace had also picked up multiple laws in recent years, but they were still in their initial phases and weren’t complete, so they hadn’t appeared here yet.

But what astounded him was the Law of Fire compatibility reaching almost perfection with his world, not to mention the primordial status it carried, which was unexpected.

Although it wasn’t as high as the Primordial Law of Destruction, it was still far better than ordinary Law of Fire, and he knew the reason behind it was the newly evolved Spirit Fire.

’There are two highly recommended auxiliary laws: the Law of Sin, which should be because of the law legacy I received and the deeper understanding I had, and the Law of Fire because of the Fire Spirit.

’If it were before, I would’ve considered the Law of Sin much stronger than the Law of Fire since it’s a combination of seven sins, but now I had seen what kind of terror the Law of Fire brings, especially with the Spirit Fire, and once it became fully primordial.’

Ace mused with a hint of difficulty before he made his decision with resolution and stated, ”System, I chose the Law of Space!”