Chapter 553 Standing before you is the world's strongest thief, and also a conman.

The arrogance on the young Emperor Ming's face gradually vanished, replaced by terror!Even more terrified was Ming Yan!"Crown Prince!""No!!" So what if he's at the half-step Celestial Realm?Faced with a complete Celestial Cripple Technique, a Celestial Cripple of the Thirteenth Heaven.The so-called Ming Clan powerhouses are nothing but moths drawn to a flame!The Heaven Thief is a thief.A cowardly thief.The thief's greatest skill is hiding.Hiding the stolen jewels, including himself.For countless millennia, the mortal realm has been repeatedly engulfed by the flames of war from the Celestial Realm, yet not a single wisp of that flame has reached him, the Heaven Thief.Because he's so adept at hiding, so skilled at concealing himself, probably no one in Heaven even knows he exists!Until three thousand years ago.That battle was simply too fierce.Almost all thirteen kingdoms mobilized, fiercely fighting for control of the lucrative human realm.The sorcerers of the thirteen kingdoms unleashed their combined power.Everything in the world would be exposed!The Heaven Thief seemed finally unable to hide any longer.Until Zhuge Tianming found him first and helped him conceal the secrets of heaven!He escaped, but only so he wouldn't have to hide again.Three thousand years ago.Zhuge Tianming, a Celestial Realm expert, found the cowardly Heaven Thief and talked with him for a day and a night about his innermost thoughts.The Heaven Thief drank himself into a stupor, sobbing uncontrollably at the table.He was probably the most complex person in all the heavens now, having lived too long, seen too much, and endured unimaginable hardships.For the immortal, the most important ability must be—forgetting.Forgetting the past.Forgetting all joy and sorrow.But the Heaven Thief could not do it.He could forget most things, but he couldn't forget the celestial beings who had descended upon the mortal realm time and again.The era of the Feathered Emperor.The era of the Deceitful Ones.Further back, the era of the Five Ancestors.And then, three thousand years ago, the era of the Human Realm.He had witnessed far too much devastation.But a heartless man like him naturally didn't care about such things.The lives and deaths of all living beings were irrelevant to him.But what about himself?Was he really destined to hide forever?When would this endless hiding ever end?Zhuge Tianming said only one thing, and it broke him down."It's almost over.""The heavens, manipulated by the thirteen kingdoms, are already riddled with holes.""The celestial realm, the mortal realm, all living beings.""All timelines, all threads of destiny, have been utterly distorted by them.""This world is sliding into the abyss of chaos and destruction.""If no one can stop the thirteen kingdoms' rampant arrogance, the mortal realm may never see another era.""When the damage to the threads of destiny and timelines exceeds a critical point, the heavens will activate their self-repair mode.""The celestial realm and the mortal realm, everything created by his hand, will vanish, be reborn, and enter eternal night.""You will be the same.""The path of cultivation is one of either progress or regression.""The same is true for this world.""Without resistance, without solving the problems, everything will end, including you and me." Eternal Night!This word entered the mind of the Heaven Thief for the first time.He was struck dumb, his defenses completely shattered.He had originally thought that everything in this world was irrelevant to him.He could simply hide.When the beautiful plum blossoms have all fallen from the trees, the veins of life become clearly visible.Only when winter vacation is about to end do we realize how wonderful and memorable this seemingly boring time was.When Doomsday is truly approaching, the Thief of Heaven finally sees his true self.He was so dependent on this world.He was so cowardly, constantly running away from the yearning to rebel within him."I'm not hiding anymore!" The Thief of Heaven roared, looking up!His form of stealing the heavens grew even more surging!All things in this world were in his hands!What Underworld Imperial Tutor!Nonsense!He stared ferociously at the world below, recalling the most crucial question he had discussed with Zhuge Tianming.This was also the question Shen Ji had always cared about!Why couldn't Shen Ji achieve transcendence in his era?Because of the lack of divine realm beings?Because of the lack of young geniuses?These are all reasons, but they are not unsolvable. There is only one most important question that Shen Ji cannot solve no matter what method he uses!It has nothing to do with people. It's all related to the ruins!In the entire world, perhaps only the Heavenly Thief could accomplish this!Now,fourteen of the fifteen ruins have already appeared.The Ghost Lord hasn't stopped; he had already received the Heavenly Thief's orders.No one will bother you, at most Zhou Shu's group.Take the coordinates of the ruins and go steal them!They've traversed the Ruins of Life, the Ruins of Time, and the Ruins of Death, but one last ruin remains.The most important ruin—the Ruins of the Source of the Dao!This ruin is essential for completing the Transcendence Technique, but it doesn't exist!To forge this ruin requires a vast source of the Great Dao, or rather, the energy of the heavens!Not the power of those who ascend to heaven.Not the power of those who receive the revelation.Even the Heavenly Cripple couldn't provide that kind of energy by sacrificing themselves.Just a little short.Always just a little short.Not from the same source as heaven, but heaven itself!This power is known as the Source of the Great Dao!Only the Celestial Being possesses that power!But how did he obtain this power? Suppressing the group before him wasn't a problem, but could he still soar into the heavens and stand shoulder-to-shoulder with the Tyrant to seize the Heavenly Net?The answer is no.There's only one way to obtain the power of that Heavenly Net—steal!But stealing has a prerequisite.To steal a phone, you need a phone in front of you.To steal the Source of the Great Dao, you need to make that power appear before you!This is the moment.The Heaven Thief suppressed his inner tension, staring intently at the Underworld Emperor beneath him!"Mere Crown Prince of the Underworld!""Die!" The power stolen from heaven and earth by the Heaven Thief's form transformed into a colossal hand, slamming down upon the Underworld Emperor.Without any mercy.The difference in their cultivation levels was too great; once it landed, certain death was certain!The Imperial Tutor, Ming Yan, upon seeing this, let out a terrified roar."No, no! No!! Crown Prince!!!" But the Underworld Emperor himself showed no panic. His eyes flashed with a vicious glint as he said, "Insects!""Dare to harm this Crown Prince? Then all of you die!"With that, he swiftly crushed a token in his hand!The Decree of Heaven!The moment the token shattered, the King of the Underworld Kingdom in the Heavenly Realm immediately received the message.This token could only be crushed when the Crown Prince was in mortal danger!How long had it been?!The King was furious, but now was not the time to vent his anger. He quickly went behind his throne.The Heavenly Path was difficult to open.The power of Heaven could not attack the mortal realm, because Heaven was not dead, and everyone still had to abide by the rules set by Heaven.To attack the mortal realm from Heaven, there was only one method.Using the power of Heaven itself to fight against the rules set by Heaven itself!The Heavenly Net was initially torn into thirteen star charts by the thirteen kings.Later, a tyrant appeared, and he had only one thing to do: seize the Heavenly Net.The thirteen star maps were torn apart again, splitting into hundreds of pieces.Each piece contained the Source of the Great Dao.Each of the thirteen kings then used several of these maps to suppress the tyrant.The tyrant dared not break the net recklessly and could only be suppressed.At this point, the Source of the Great Dao had become an extremely rare resource.It should never be used lightly unless absolutely necessary.The King of the Underworld could not abandon his crown prince.The young emperor of the Underworld possessed unparalleled talent and ability, destined to become a pillar of the Underworld in the future.He had to be saved no matter what!The Heavenly Decree shattered.Even though the King of the Underworld was reluctant, he took out a star map and carefully mobilized the Source of the Great Dao within it, afraid of using too much!Then, he stepped beneath the Underworld, above the Alliance Realm.Finally, he threw the Source of the Great Dao into the earth, believing that the Heavenly Cave would open wide in the next second! This was the King of the Underworld's greatest source of confidence, completely unconcerned about the safety of the young Emperor of the Underworld on this journey.Even if, hypothetically, someone in this world could truly threaten the young Emperor of the Underworld's life,so what?He would forcefully open the Heavenly Canopy, unleashing his power as king in the heavens, enough to instantly obliterate the entire Alliance Realm!Those weak and rebellious traitors were nothing but ants before him, crushed with a single blow!At the same time.Cang Fu also received this news.His expression turned solemn, his heart pounding with tension.The most crucial moment had arrived.The King of the Underworld was personally opening the Heavenly Canopy.Once the Heavenly Cave opened,there would be no hope for human survival!Zhuge Tianming, can you stop all of this from happening!?In the world.The Heaven Thief, watching the trembling Heavenly Canopy, finally released all the tension he had been holding in.He roared with laughter: "At this very moment!!"The array he had prepared beforehand blazed with divine light!The Thief of Heaven's power surged dramatically, seemingly poised to break through the fourteenth heaven!But without turning back, he charged straight at the celestial canopy, raising his hands to unleash a colorful Thief of Heaven form!The celestial canopy rippled like colorful waves, its surging power reverberating throughout this realm!Separated by a single canopy, the King of the Underworld's expression shifted slightly.Where's the opening?The power of the Source of the Great Dao was clearly being slowly depleted.But why hadn't the heavens been opened?!The King of the Underworld was momentarily stunned, but he immediately went to summon someone to investigate."The Grand Tutor!" He only managed to shout before his body trembled, realizing that the Grand Tutor had already retired and returned to his hometown!Within the Alliance Realm.The Thief of Heaven felt an unprecedented surge of pride.Stealing things!A thief who can't steal a phone through clothing is ridiculed by his peers!For the strongest thief under heaven, stealing from the heavens through a single canopy is no challenge! Above the majestic heavens of the Alliance Realm, bursts of laughter, utterly maniacal, echoed!At this moment, the Thief of Heaven finally released the sorrow and pain that had been pent up within him for millennia!I finally overcame my fear and wrote down the answer my heart had longed for for so many years.He laughed maniacally, his face contorted, veins bulging, his voice shrill and hoarse, as if he were a madman!"At six years old, I stole medicine to save my parents.""Today, I steal from Heaven to save humanity!"