King of Ten Thousand Years

The statue of the Thief King seemed to come to life, radiating an overwhelming, suppressive aura.

”Two people?”

The voice of the Void Thief King came from within the statue.

”Only one person can inherit my treasure! And that person will also have to shoulder my unfulfilled last wish!”

the Thief King said coldly.

Luo Tian took a few steps back.

’The Void Thief King’s last wish is either revenge against the three great Overlord powers or conquering the Broken-star Realm. There isn’t much of a difference.’

Luo Tian didn’t want to make an enemy of the Three Sects, nor did he want to become a Pirate Leader.

A trace of surprise flashed in the eyes of the Thief King’s statue. ’To think Luo Tian would give up on his own accord!’

He didn’t care.

Between the two people before him, he had favored Lü Hongyi from the start!

He sensed a familiar bloodline aura from Lü Hongyi; she was clearly his descendant!

”Your descendant, Lü Hongyi, pays her respects to you, Ancestor!”

Lü Hongyi respectfully knelt and kowtowed three times.

”My treasure and my final wish are now entrusted to you!”

The Thief King’s voice was loud and resonant.

BOOM!

Brilliant, multi-colored light erupted from the statue and surged into Lü Hongyi’s body!

”Ahhh...”

Lü Hongyi couldn’t help but cry out in pain.

’An inheritance infusion?’

A crack opened between Luo Tian’s brows, and the azure Celestial Eye appeared!

”Hm?”

Within the multi-colored light, the Thief King’s remnant will had not yet dissipated.

The Thief King sensed a gaze pierce through everything, fall upon him, and lay him completely bare!

’That kid...’

The Thief King’s remnant will realized he had underestimated Luo Tian.

’Perhaps Luo Tian has even greater potential and might be able to fulfill my last wish...’

The multi-colored light gradually fused into Lü Hongyi’s body.

Lü Hongyi’s eyes were tightly shut as ripples of multi-colored light pulsed from her body, crashing outward like tidal waves.

Luo Tian retreated to a safe distance, murmuring, ’The Void Thief King’s remnant will is transferring memories and his inheritance. This will probably take a few days...’

Luo Tian retreated to one side, took out a Three Elements Fruit to eat, then sat down cross-legged to recuperate.

「Two days later.」

Lü Hongyi opened her crimson eyes, her entire body exuding a profound and unfathomable aura.

”It seems what the Void Thief King infused into you was more than just his inheritance...”

Luo Tian remarked faintly.

Lü Hongyi nodded slightly.

In addition to the inheritance, the Void Thief King had also infused her with memory fragments, indirectly influencing her consciousness and personality.

Lü Hongyi even had moments where she felt the illusion that she *was* the Void Thief King.

”Now, let’s divide the spoils.”

A smile touched Luo Tian’s lips as he looked behind the Thief King’s statue.

There was a small mountain there.

A small mountain piled high with Spiritual Essence Coins, Spirit Crystals, Spiritual Ores, Divine Weapons and Tools, and more!

Luo Tian couldn’t even begin to estimate how many treasures it contained.

But that wasn’t important.

Forty percent of the Treasure of the Thief King was a fortune beyond what Luo Tian could currently imagine.

”Divide the spoils?”

Lü Hongyi’s pupils contracted as a powerful aura erupted from her body.

Having received the Thief King’s inheritance, she was stronger than before.

Her temperament had also been subtly influenced by the Thief King.

In fact, from Lü Hongyi’s perspective, ’This is all mine. Why should I share it with anyone else?’

BUZZ!

A sharp, twisting pain suddenly wracked Lü Hongyi’s body, and something terrible began to stir deep within her Soul.

This was a sign of the backlash from her intent to violate the Heart Soul Blood Oath.

’Enduring the backlash is worth it for this treasure...’

the thought arose again in Lü Hongyi’s mind.

At that very moment,

”Lü Hongyi!”

Luo Tian suddenly roared. A pale blue stone appeared in his hand, leaking a forbidden Cold Power that instantly plunged the surroundings into a world of ice and snow.

This was the Ice Dragon Celestial Cold Stone. If the power contained within it were to be released, Luo Tian could drag Lü Hongyi down with him, and both would be annihilated!

A layer of frost immediately formed on Lü Hongyi’s body.

Her very consciousness seemed to be eroded and frozen by the chill. An intense sense of crisis jolted her entire body, and the wicked thoughts in her heart slowly receded.

”Fine! We’ll divide the spoils!”

Panic and alarm flashed across Lü Hongyi’s cold, beautiful face.

Luo Tian immediately put away the Ice Dragon Celestial Cold Stone.

Lü Hongyi’s powerful aura vanished, replaced by a curious expression. ”No matter when or where, you’re always so composed, as if everything is within your calculations. You also possess so many astonishing trump cards. Could you be the reincarnation of some Great Power?”

Lü Hongyi returned to her former demeanor, exuding a seductive allure with her every move.

”Stop dawdling and let’s divide the spoils!”

Luo Tian had no interest in wasting words with Lü Hongyi.

The two of them walked up to the small mountain of treasure and stood stunned for a moment.

They had simply never seen such immense wealth before, and the incredible shock left them reeling for a long time.

It took a full day for the two of them to take inventory of the fortune.

”It doesn’t seem to be as much as I imagined...” Luo Tian said.

According to rumor, the Void Thief King’s fortune surpassed that of any of the Three Major Sects.

”Ten thousand years ago, the Void Thief King’s wealth made every Martial Artist in the Broken-star Realm green with envy. However, he was extremely ambitious and recklessly expanded his forces, hoping to establish a fourth Overlord Level power...”

Lü Hongyi began to explain.

As a descendant of the Void Thief King who had also received a portion of his memories, she knew many of the inside details.

At the time, the Void Thief King planned to use this Secret Realm as a foundation to build the fourth Overlord Level power.

This consumed a great deal of his fortune.

And the Void Thief King’s ambitions didn’t stop there. He also wanted to extend his influence beyond the Broken-star Realm.

He poured his fortune into this endeavor ceaselessly.

But it was precisely these actions that made the three Overlord powers feel threatened, so they joined forces to kill him.

”Er, so in other words, the Void Thief King squandered at least half of his fortune trying to achieve his ambitions, and then he died...”

Luo Tian took a deep breath.

Even so, the remaining fortune was still astonishing.

Next, the two of them began to divide the spoils...

For a moment, Luo Tian was at a loss, unsure of what to pick.

’No matter how much wealth I take, I’ll have to hand over a portion of it to the Sect when I get out...’

Luo Tian was reluctant and conflicted.

”Heh, I know of something that might be exactly what you need!”

Lü Hongyi pulled a jade pendant shaped like a moon disc from the pile of treasures.

”This was once the Void Thief King’s personal possession, but its true purpose is known by very few...”

Lü Hongyi handed the Jade Pendant to Luo Tian.

Luo Tian directly consulted the Celestial Book and learned of the Jade Pendant’s ability.

It was a special type of Spatial Storage Item!

Its main advantage was its powerful concealment. To outsiders, it looked just like an ordinary jade pendant with nothing unusual about it.

Even an expert at the High Tier Celestial Pool Realm would find it difficult to detect!

”This special Storage Item is incredibly valuable. Do you want it?”

Lü Hongyi said with a beaming smile.

The storage item was extremely useful to Luo Tian, but not so much for her.

Since Luo Tian was to take forty percent of the profits, Lü Hongyi hoped he would take some items that were valuable but not particularly important to her.

”It’s mine!”

Luo Tian accepted it without hesitation.

With this Jade Pendant, he could store his most valuable treasures inside and avoid detection from the Sect Elders and higher-ups.

”I also want the Void Thief King’s body technique...”

The Void Thief King’s combat strength was immense, but his most memorable trait was his elusive, unpredictable body technique.

Half the wealth he had accumulated came from plundering, and the other half came from theft.

Even the Tai Yuan Sect had once had one of its Sect Treasures stolen by the Thief King.

This showed just how powerful the Thief King’s body technique and speed were; it was no exaggeration to say he stood at the very apex of the Broken-star Realm.

”The body technique...”

Hearing this, Lü Hongyi’s expression froze.

The Thief King’s body technique was arguably the core of his inheritance.

She was extremely reluctant to share this technique and would much rather keep it for herself.

But in the end, Lü Hongyi agreed. She said, ”The Thief King’s body technique is extraordinary; there might not be a single body technique in the entire Broken-star Realm that surpasses it. If you want it, it will count as ten percent of the total Treasure of the Thief King!”

”Deal.”

Luo Tian agreed.

He had already cultivated his Wind Manipulation Technique to the Perfection stage.

And since he wouldn’t have to hand over the Thief King’s body technique to the Sect, it was a definite win for him.

「One day later.」

Lü Hongyi wrote out the body technique from memory. It filled a total of three thousand pages!

Luo Tian swept his Spiritual Sense over the pages and began to read.

The body technique was called *Moon Shadow Escape Heaven*.

It was a King Level Body Technique that the Void Thief King had created for himself by combining several top-tier Celestial Level Body Techniques.

’So complex... but so powerful!’

Luo Tian marveled after reading through it.

He had seen King Level Swordsmanship before, but this body technique seemed even more profound.