Riana was flabbergasted by Ace's words, "S-Sky Stealer? We've... met?"
She was extremely confused and more afraid because this person was overwhelmingly powerful than her, and she was clearly not on equal terms to talk with him, yet he was willing to reveal himself. This made her nothing but appalled.
"Oh, this might help you understand." Ace suddenly chuckled before revealing his face.
Riana's heart skipped a beat when she saw this person's handsome yet scar-riddled face as his long white hair draped on his shoulders. She instantly remembered this face as she had been hunting him for quite some time after their first meeting.
"Y—you... are you really someone from the other side of the world boundary?" She had to ask, as everyone was presuming Ace was someone from the other side of the Qi radiation wall after he suddenly vanished.
But his existence was forgotten and buried under the sudden events that took place in the Sky Heart Plains. But Riana was always curious about the other side of the world boundary. She was one of the few who even tried to travel through it, but she failed miserably and barely escaped with her life.
When Ace appeared, she saw another hope to escape her density, so she searched for him desperately, yet she failed, and the imperial family didn't let her continue this quest for long either.
But now, that same man had appeared right in front of her and in the place where she had least expected him to be. Not only that, but his power was unfathomable.
Ace grinned before he nodded, "If that's what you called the other side, then I'm indeed from that place. But sadly, that place is not nothing but a graveyard."
A hint of coldness crept into his eyes when he thought about the Curse of Destruction that killed every living being in cold blood.
After observing her all night and even witnessing that compass leading her to the same pathway as the temple, he couldn't watch anymore. He didn't want her to alter the others by entering that pathway, as he knew she was seeking her death by going there.
So, here they are, and once the protection of the white light vanished, even her late-stage Law Comprehension Cultivation wasn't enough to hide under Ace's scrutiny. He was really astounded when he found it was Riana, of all people.
"Lord Sky Stealer seems to know quite a lot. So, do you want to know what I got from the Secret Realm and how I achieved this strength?" Riana asked while trying her best to keep her wildly beating her as calm as possible.
She was finding this man in front of her even more terrifying. She couldn't help but feel the imperial family was really nothing but all talk, as they couldn't even tell when someone was watching their every action and unraveling their secrets.
"Well, that is one of many things I wanted to know. But what I want to know about is that white light and Holy Mother. You seemed to have been planning this for a very long time, and I know you didn't intend to join the imperial family.
"I know how they deal with people who can outshine them, but here you are, not only able to betray them but even discover their most hidden secret. So, you have someone to rely on, and the only power that could achieve all this is Otherworldly Power!
"If I'm not wrong, you are in contact with someone from outside the Mortal Sky Heaven. Don't try to deny it, for I can sense that white light is not an elemental power but imbued with a unique law."
Ace's words made Riana pale with terror. She took a step back as if she were seeing a devil who could read her mind.
Ace didn't mind as his expression grew stern and certain the moment Riana reacted in this way and declared while releasing his sword intent.
"Lastly, since that power leads you here, and now you are at the stage where you can break free from this heaven, you are here for the Ascension Altar. So, if you can tell me everything, especially how you were planning on ascending, I might just let you live and help you with your problem!"