Eternal Thief

Ace entered the cultivation chamber in his courtyard and activated all the formations before setting up his own formations.

But he still felt unsafe and surrounded himself with a dismantled Qi barrier. Which was now actually Dismantle Spirit Qi after he bought the Heaven Stealer’s Dismantler Principles of Ascension (Basic) from the system shop and upgrade the Heaven’s Stealer Disassembler Gloves to the peak of Ascension Grade using the Heaven’s Stealer Disassembler Gloves Ascension Upgrade Token!

Ace hasn’t started practicing the Heaven Stealer’s Dismantler Principles of Ascension (Basic) yet since he hasn’t had any Ascension-grade treasures to dismantle.

But he didn’t forget that the Dismantle Qi could even avoid Heaven’s detection, so he was confident that its upgraded version, the Dismantle Spirit Qi, would be enough to block any kind of formation or detection abilities.

Previously, he had also used the Dismantle Spirit Qi to steal from the Chief Disciples so no one would detect him, especially the Sect Master.

Once the preparations were done, Ace took out a black antique lantern that seemed ghostly. It was the Spirit Fulcrum Lantern that Ace snatched from Grim Winged Serpent!

Looking at the ghastly lantern, Ace’s eyes flashed with a hint of excitement. He still

remembered the last time the system took a million TP to appraise it, but it couldn’t reveal all the details, so now that the system had been upgraded, he quickly opened its details again.

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[Appraisal Item: The Spirit Fulcrum Lantern (No.7)]

-Description: One of the pieces of a mysterious treasure with an unknown origin! Please gather the remaining pieces to unravel its secrets!

-Grade: Transcendent

-Detectable Ability (1): Spirit Fire Bane

Description: Can capture and contain Spirit Fires as long as it comes in contact with them up to Transcendent Grade!

Current capacity: 1/33

-Detectable Ability (2): Spirit Amalgamation

Description: Triturate Spirit Fires to produce new and powerful spirit fires including but not limited to Limited Type, Growth Type, and Quasi-Empyrean Flames up to Transcendent Grade!

-The requirement to Amalgamate Limited Type Spirit Fire (Limit: Transcendent Grade): Limited Type Spirit Fire, Qi Stones, and Soul Crystals.

(NOTE: The higher the spirit fire grade, the higher the Spirit Stones and Soul Crystals required to finish the amalgamation!)

-The requirement to Amalgamate Growth Type Spirit Fire Seed (Limit: Transcendent Grade): A wisp or fragment of any growth type spirit fire or a complete growth type spirit fire as a base, Mature Spirit Fires, Qi Stones, and Soul Crystals.

(NOTE: To amalgamate a growth-type spirit fire seed from a wisp or fragment of a growth-type spirit fire, the recourse needed will be ten times more than using a complete growth-type spirit fire, depending on the growth-type spirit fire grade used as a base!)

-The requirement to Amalgamate Quasi-Empyrean Flames Seed (Transcendent Grade): A wisp or fragment of Transcendent Grade Quasi-Empyrean Flames or a complete Quasi- Empyrean Flames as a base, Transcendent Grade Growth Type Spirit Fires, Transcendent Spirit Stones, and Transcendent Soul Crystals.

-Detectable Ability (3): Fulcrum Detection

Description: The Spirit Fulcrum Lantern can detect its other counterparts from vast distances, bypassing all barriers as long as the counterpart is in the same space!

-Owner: Can’t be tame until all the counterparts are gathered together!

‘It has changed, and this change is massive!’ Ace was shocked when he read the new details of the Spirit Fulcrum Lantern!

The first part was about it being part of a mysterious treasure, and the most shocking thing was that despite being only a piece, it was at Transcendent Grade!

The next thing that caught Ace’s attention was that its abilities were now fully revealed, and its limits were also set to the Transcendent Grade.

However, when he saw the new details of the Spirit Amalgamation, he was flabbergasted because an unknown spirit fire type, ‘Quasi-Empyrean Flames,’ had appeared, and to create it, all the materials needed to be of Transcendent Grade.

As for the new ability ‘Fulcrum Detection’ and details about its owner, he wasn’t surprised by them so much.

“System, what are these Quasi-Empyrean Flames?” Ace quickly asked about this unknown type of spirit fire, which seemed quite imposing.

“[Host needs to increase your authority if you want the details about the Quasi-Empyrean Flames and Empyrean Flames. The system can only divulge that there are only 101 Empyrean Flames in the Nine Everlasting Heaven and Ten Eternal Abysses!]”

Ace was floored when he heard this unexpected response. Although the system didn’t tell him anything, it still revealed a crucial piece of information.

‘Only 101 empyrean flames exist in the entirety of Nine Everlasting Heaven and Ten Eternal Abysses? This means these Empyrean Flames should be terrifying, not to mention a treasure that everyone sought. Yet the Spirit Fulcrum Lantern can create Quasi-Empyrean Flames, and it’s not even complete, then didn’t this also mean, if I can complete this lantern by finding its other pieces, it might be able to create a complete Empyrean Flame!?’

Just thinking about it made Ace’s heart race, but he quickly calmed down since he knew this was just a dream. Not to mention, when creating an Empyrean Flame, he didn’t even have the resources to develop a Quasi-Empyrean Flame, and he didn’t even know where the other Spirit Fulcrum Lantern pieces were

Dwelling on this was meaningless at this moment, and it would only affect his mind state, so Ace quickly returned to his calm self. However, he remembered this information in his heart, and if he got the chance, he would complete this Spirit Fulcrum Lantern.

Ace then examined the details of creating a growth-type spirit fire and asked, “System, what does it mean by a wisp or fragment of a growth-type spirit fire?”

“[Host already knows that the limited spirit fire has limited potential with corporeal form while a growth type spirit has ethereal form, and they can grow by absorbing other resources and spirit fires until they reach their true potential and if master of growth type spirit fire manages to break the growth type spirit fire limits, the growth-type spirit fire’s growth potential will increase again. It all depends on a spirit fire’s master, no matter the race.]

“[But the host didn’t know that a spirit fire also has its own essence called the Flame Essence, which is the core of a spirit fire, just like a cultivator’s foundation. The master of the spirit fire draws spirit fire generated by the Flame Essence. Moreover, depending on the rank of a spirit fire, especially if it’s a limited type of fire spirit, the spirit flames a flame essence can generate are limited. Once all of it is used, the flame essence needs some time

before it can be used again.]

“[However, if someone still used spirit fire in flame essence’s exhausted state, it would use the essence of a spirit fire, which is called the Core Flames. Core Flames are mighty and destructive, but they are limited.]

“[If someone uses the core flame of a limited spirit fire, it will directly damage the limited spirit fire, and the damage is exacerbated and unamendable. A growth-type flame could still recover by absorbing resources and other spirit fires’ flame essences unless all the core

flames are used.]

“[Lastly, a Growth type Spirit Fire’s core flame can keep burning if their masters don’t extinguish them, and there are even chances of a new limited type spirit fire born from it.] “[The same principle applies to Quasi-Empyrean Flames, which can give birth to a growth type spirit fire while a limited type spirit fire would be extinguished after some time and didn’t have such ability. This kind of spirit fires that are not innately born and nurtured by the world’s Qi are known as World Spirit Fires!]

“[The Wisp or Fragment required in the Spirit Fulcrum Lantern is exactly the core flame of a growth type spirit fire! As long as the host imbued wisp or fragment of a core flame of a growth type spirit fire or Quasi-Empyrean Flames, the Spirit Fulcrum Lantern can create a

new one!]”

Realization dawned on Ace at this moment; he didn’t expect the spirit fires to be so complicated yet fascinating at the same time. This information revealed the core of a spirit

fire and its magical properties.

‘So, as long as I can find a wisp of core flames, I can get a new growth-type spirit fire, and since it is recoverable, it won’t harm the master of a growth-type spirit fire.’

Ace’s eyes shimmered as he instantly knew where he could find this wisp of core flames, and it just happened to be a core flame with a dark affinity. In fact, this part was too easy!