Eternal Thief

Chapter 1522: Trial of Sin! (10)

”I know hunger! I might’ve been born from it, but...I am not its slave!”

At that moment, his six Sin Laws flared within him—Sloth’s serenity, Pride’s dominance, Wrath’s fire, Envy’s adaptation, Lust’s creation, Greed’s transformation, encircling him like guardians.

The vortex’s pull faltered, meeting resistance for the first time.

Ace closed his eyes, and then he breathed deeply, steadily, and whispered, ”Hunger will never end... but it doesn’t have to rule.”

Something shifted as the sea stopped raging, and the next moment, the fractured sun froze mid-collapse. Inside Ace’s inner world, a seventh star ignited — pitch-black and gold, devouring and radiant at once.

The Law of Gluttony revealed itself, whispering its mystical truth...

The first mystic ability was called the Devourer’s Reflection, which allows the user to absorb any energy, emotion, or attack directed toward them— not to hoard, but to transform it into sustenance for growth.

The second mystic ability was the Hollow Feast. The ability to manifest the true essence of hunger—a domain where every force, ally or enemy, is stripped to their raw essence.

Last but not least, the Perpetual Maw! The embodiment of Gluttony. The infinite cycle of taking and giving. The user can consume anything—even law itself, once they meet the realm requirements. However, the act creates equal renewal elsewhere.

As understanding dawned, Ace’s aura erupted, not violently, but infinitely. His inner world trembled as the seven stars aligned into a perfect circle, forming a mysterious sigil with seven points that pulsed with mystical rhythm.

At that moment, Ace could feel the Law of Sin, which he had gained years ago, was now fully integrated with his very soul, and it was also undergoing a mysterious change.

Nonetheless, Ace didn’t have time to pay it any heed because the monstrous Gluttony-being roared and lunged, countless mouths gaping wide.

However, Ace didn’t resist and simply raised his hand as he whispered, ”Perpetual Maw!”

The creature’s essence met his, and for a heartbeat, the entire space seemed to be inverted, and something unimaginable happened!

Devourer and devoured became one. The hunger that consumed everything... found itself consumed!

Silence followed, and then...peace.

The sea stilled. The sun reformed, golden and whole. The vortex vanished, and when the light faded, Ace once again stood before the seven pillars.

All seven now dimmed — silent, spent — their light residing within him.

He exhaled softly, eyes closed, as the final echo of the trial faded into the void.

Within his soul, the complete Law of Sin shone — not chaotic, but harmonious.

He murmured, voice calm and confident, ”Sloth restrains. Pride commands. Wrath destroys. Envy adapts. Lust creates. Greed transforms. And Gluttony...sustains.”

A faint smile curved his lips, ”The Seven Sins... are not curses. They’re the truths of being alive.”

At that moment, Ace’s entire demeanor seemed to have changed, and he was like a thief who had drowned in guilt but now stood reborn, no longer burdened by Sins, but embodying its ultimate balance!

However, the stillness didn’t last. Just as Ace thought the Trial of Sin had ended, a low crack echoed through the obsidian plain. His eyes snapped open, and what he saw made his heart lurch.

The seven dimmed pillars, once inert and silent, began to fracture. Hairline cracks spread like a web across their surfaces, glowing faintly with shifting hues of gold, crimson, violet, pink, emerald, ashen-gray, and sapphire.

The air trembled under a mounting pressure, and an ancient, indescribable aura unfurled from the fractures.

”This...?” Ace’s voice came out low, uncertain.

His gaze sharpened as a faint trace of the Law of Sin flickered within his eyes, responding instinctively to whatever was awakening before him.

The next moment, the world roared.

BOOM!

All seven pillars shattered at once, exploding into cascades of radiant light particles that filled the void like drifting embers. The ground quaked, the air rippled, and for an instant, Ace felt as if he stood inside the heart of laws themselves.

Within that storm of dissolving brilliance, seven glyphs materialized — enormous and vivid, each one radiating the pure essence of its Sin:

Sloth, calm and silent as the abyss.

Pride, gleaming with sovereignty.

Wrath, blazing like molten chaos.

Envy, twisting and adaptive as flowing emerald fire.

Lust, pulsing with pink-gold warmth and life.

Greed, ashen and devouring as endless night.

Gluttony, radiant black-gold, consuming yet sustaining.

The seven glyphs hovered around Ace, orbiting slowly, humming with resonance that made even his soul tremble. He could feel their intent. It was not conflict, not resistance, but union.

Under his astounded gaze, the glyphs began to move.

They circled faster and faster, their trails of law energy weaving into one another. The space distorted, and threads of color intertwined as sin blending with sanctity, corruption fusing with purity.

At that moment, they merged!

A single sigil began to take shape in front of him. It was devilish yet holy, radiating both dread and warmth. Its geometry was intricate and alive, pulsing like a heart made of law itself.

Ace’s eyes widened, ”This sigil...!”

It was the same mysterious mark that had appeared within his inner world when he had just completed the Law of Sin.

But now, as the glyphs fused into it once again, he could feel that this was no mere coincidence. This was evolution.

Ace’s mind raced, ’Since the Law of Sin was the fusion of seven emotional laws... could this be its ascension? But into what...?’

For the first time in a long while, even his normally unshakable composure faltered. His instincts buzzed like an alarm that something monumental was occurring, something that transcended what any ascension state cultivator should ever touch.

He thought briefly of calling out to the System to analyze the phenomenon, to make sense of the impossible, but the thought vanished as a pressure unlike anything he’d ever felt slammed into his soul.

It was the authentic aura of Sin!

This was not the raw corruption he had first encountered. Not the enlightened harmony he had achieved after mastering all Seven Sins. No, this was something far beyond both.

It felt ancient, primordial, otherworldly. The kind of power that predated every law he had comprehended till now, or didn’t meet the requirements to come even close to unraveling their mysteries. It was a concept so fundamental it could only exist in dreams.

Ace’s body trembled, not from fear, but from the sheer immensity of it. His inner world began to quake, and the seven stars that represented the sins resonated violently as if greeting their superior counterpart!