Eternal Thief

The Union Lord was sitting cross-legged in a dark space while faint golden Qi was emitting from his body, making him look holy. Furthermore, silvery rune symbols were shimmering where he sat. It was a blue altar. 

At this moment, the blue altar suddenly released a terrifying aura, and the next moment, within Union Lord's head, an extremely ancient voice sounded, "Did you succeed?" 

Union Lord's eyes remained shut and expression tranquil as if he was sleeping, and he replied to that voice with his inner voice, "No." 

"Then why did you contact me? You do know the risk of contacting me?" The ancient voice asked with a hint of coldness. 

"I had no choice. I'm in a bind despite getting rid of the Union pests. The whereabouts of the treasure have been stolen, and I have no way to track down the thief. I think that thief is also like me." Union Lord transmitted. 

"You mean to say someone else is capable enough to do the same as me? Impossible only I know the information about the treasure!" The ancient voice rang in stupefaction.

The Union Lord replied, "I'm afraid so. After some investigation, I found that there's a mysterious organization named White Crown…" 

Before he could continue, the ancient voice abruptly blurted, "What Crown!? Are you sure?" 

Union Lord's surprised voice rang, "I'm sure. Do you know about them?" 

"Curses!" The ancient voice cursed as if it lost all its dignity, "If the White Crown you're talking about is the same one I'm aware of, then this is indeed very troublesome. But how did they know about the secret treasure? What did you find? Tell me everything!" 

The Union Lord conveys, "From one of the ten outer invaders, one of them was once in contact with the White Crown. According to him, when he accidentally fell into a space storm and ended up in the mortal sky, he was on the verge of death when he met with a mysterious existence in his dream who saved him.

"Thereafter, that existence promised to guide him back to his homeland if he followed its instructions. I don't know the details since he refused to reveal them, for he's under oath. But from what he told me, the mysterious existence was the one who told him to establish the White Crown. 

"Once he was done, the mysterious existence guided him towards the Union under the pretext of his way back home. But what happened after he established the White Crown, he doesn't know because the custodian detained his soul, and he turned into an energy source. I can bear witness to this.

"When I tried to investigate their traces from the natives, all I found was the White Crown was active in the Azure Wind Continent of humans. But they never seemed to interfere with local powers and were always mysterious. 

"No one had heard about them for over 50 years now, and their whereabouts are closer to non-existent. Until around 30 years ago, a native had a strange encounter with two people who were being chased by the White Crown, and according to him, they were rogues and might've stolen some very precious treasure from the White Crown…" The Union Leader recollected all the information. He beat it out from the Soul Flame Sect Elder Jonathan since he was the only one who ever came in contact with Ace twice, and both times, he was beaten like a dog. 

The ancient voice rang again after hearing Union Lord's recounting the legend of Sky Stealer, and the voice seemed a bit shaken with fear, "This is simply too absurd. You said the name of that child who had become the thief is Ace White, and his parents' names are Owen White and Stella White?" 

"Indeed." Union Lord replied. 

"Not I can't be! But by any off chance, if this is true, then this matter is not something we can interfere with!" The voice grimly stated. 

"Why? It seemed you know that boy's origin, and why are you sound afraid?" The Union Lord was in total disbelief. 

"If you know what I know, then you'll be doing the same. Still, that treasure is not something I can give up on. Since that boy had become a thief, then we can safely assume he was abandoned by the White Crown, and he's not worthy of his lineage."

The voice seemed to be soothing Union Lord or himself, no one knows, and after he made up his mind, he said, "Very well, even if the White Crown abandons that boy, he might really be left with some life-saving treasure or hidden technique which helped him wreak havoc in the mortal sky. Even if he's a trash or cripple, he's the trash of White Crown. 

"You are indeed not enough to take him down if he had even one of their hidden technique. But this is the mortal sky, and trash is trash…" The voice turned confident and ruthless, "I'll help them clean their trash then. But just to be safe, I won't kill him with my hands. But I'll leave him on the brink of death before letting someone else finish him off, and I'll be fine. Prepared these materials and opened the seal of the ascension altar. It's time for you to serve your purpose!"

"Very well, but you do know that once we start, this vessel would only have 1000 days before we need to leave." The Union Lord solemnly stated. 

"I know, don't worry, no matter what technique that thief had, in front of my abilities, he's nothing but a flea begging to be crushed!" The ancient voice sneered with disdain. 

The Union Lord was about to transmit something when, all of a sudden, the entire dark space trembled, and the altar where he was sitting instantly stopped working. Thereby, the Union Lord abruptly opened his eyes, and his expression turned ghastly pale, and the next moment, he vomited a large amount of blood. 

He had no idea where this abrupt earthquake came from. No, it was simply too powerful to be an earthquake because he could sense a terrifying Qi far more powerful than his own. 

Just as he was collecting himself, a mountainous aura filled with murderous intent weighed down on him, making his internal injury worse. 

The next moment, an arrogant and imposing voice rang like thunder in a hundred-mile radius, "The strongest person on this central continent, Union Lord, I know you're hiding here. I, Sea King Pen, come here to issue you a death challenge!"