"Well, well, they actually set their sights on my Seven Star Market!" Su Yuan chuckled softly.

Clearly, he hadn't noticed that among the invitees, there was actually someone from a cross-realm organization. This was his first encounter with such a transdimensional force.

Putting aside their strength for now, Su Yuan couldn't help but drool at the sight of the vast treasures in the vault. "So many treasures!" His eyes gleamed as he surveyed the items.

Although he now had a Golden Immortal under his command, that Hidden Star Golden Immortal had voluntarily joined the Seven Stars Sect. While the immortal undoubtedly possessed many valuable items, Su Yuan, as a "Great Being," couldn't possibly go begging for treasures from Hidden Star.

Thus, he remained relatively impoverished, his wealth still at the local level. Only the sentient cauldron spirit Su Qian of the Myriad Treasures Heaven-Earth Cauldron had the shamelessness to squeeze some resources out of Hidden Star, using them to create slightly more presentable "premium goods" for the Seven Star Market.

Compared to this treasure vault, Su Yuan had to admit his Seven Star Market seemed rather shabby! No wonder Zheng Jicheng thought the Seven Star Trading Association was all show, not even believing their claims of having a Golden Immortal guardian. If Su Yuan weren't privy to the inside story, he wouldn't believe it either.

Su Yuan didn't rush to act when faced with the mountain of treasures. He waited patiently for the right moment.

Zheng Jicheng soon returned to his own world, made some preparations, and headed back to the Seven Star Market—this time carrying a special tracking treasure given by the beautiful leader of the Sacred Hall Realm Pirates.

The Sacred Hall Realm Pirates immediately pinpointed the Seven Star Market's location. Their leader mobilized immediately, leading three immortal arks and most of their members toward the ark housing the market.

Su Yuan waited until long after the Sacred Hall leader had departed before materializing right in the middle of their treasure vault. He examined the vault entrance—completely undisturbed. The tightly woven formation showed no signs of detecting an intruder, making Su Yuan smirk. "Seems they're quite confident in their formation!"

Turning back to the countless treasures, his grin threatened to split his face. "Jackpot! Absolute jackpot!"

With a flip of his hand, the Floating Light Sun-Moon Vessel appeared in his palm. The little fox materialized on his shoulder, looking around in shock. "Wh-where is this? The aura from all these items is incredibly powerful!"

"Hahaha! This is the accumulated wealth of a realm-spanning pirate group over countless years! Let's start relocating everything!"

"J-just take it all? Won't they notice?" Xiao Li cautiously glanced toward the door, mimicking Su Yuan's earlier action.

Su Yuan smirked. "No problem. They're overconfident—this vault probably hasn't had issues for billions of years, so they didn't arrange internal alerts. Well, they must have security measures, just placed outside the vault. Would normal people put alarms inside their treasure chests? Of course not! This vault is just a bigger treasure chest."

"Let's begin!"

"Okay!" Xiao Li was equally excited. She opened her mouth as if inhaling, and her true form flew out, enlarging hundreds of times. The vessel's suction force intensified, drawing countless treasures into its opening like a flowing river.

After a while, Xiao Li rubbed her belly. "Su Yuan, I'm full! The secret realm space is packed!"

Without hesitation, Su Yuan sent her back to unload into another large secret realm space he'd prepared in his cave dwelling, then brought her back for more. They repeated this process a hundred times before finally finishing.

The entire vault was nearly emptied! Only a single jade box remained at the center.

Standing before it, Su Yuan was surprised to see the box connected to the entire void island's formation patterns through intricate lines. "Unexpected—there's actually a protective formation on an item inside the vault itself." He stroked his chin thoughtfully.

Xiao Li examined the patterns and shook her head. "Too complicated. Can't understand it."

Su Yuan fully activated [Daoist Techniques Naturally]. To his eyes, countless dense formation patterns appeared on the jade box's surface. "Metal Law, Fire Law, Spirit Law, Illusion Law... This person's studies are quite scattered," he remarked, raising an eyebrow.

"Su Yuan, I think you're the scattered one! This person only mastered four—that counts as specialization!" Xiao Li retorted.

"You don't understand. I'm the specialized one—I only comprehend the Star Law. The others are just supplements to the Star Law... just that there are rather many supplements, making it seem scattered," Su Yuan explained honestly.

"I don't believe you!" Su Li pouted.

Su Yuan sighed and ruffled her head. "Long fur, short sight. Read more books later—don't just settle for being an administrator!"

Xiao Li swatted away his teasing hand, grumbling, "Reading speed can't keep up with book production speed—how despairing! No reading, no way!"

Su Yuan had no comeback. Returning his attention to the jade box's formation, operation routes began appearing before his eyes until the complete protective formation gradually revealed itself. He started understanding how the four laws interacted, deducing thousands of possible changes for the next moment.

By comparing his deductions with the formation's actual changes, he continuously refined his reasoning. When his predictions infinitely approached a single possibility that matched reality, four law energies simultaneously coiled around his hand, combining into a "key" that enveloped his palm.

With this, he effortlessly reached through the formation, placed his hand on the jade box, and gently lifted it out. "Sleight of Hand! The effect of that term I encountered before has been achieved!" he murmured inwardly.

He'd once encountered a special term that allowed free passage through formations to retrieve treasures, but he hadn't chosen it, believing he could eventually achieve the same through his own cultivation. Now, he'd finally done it!

The moment the jade box left the formation, ear-piercing alarms blared throughout the vault as external formations activated.

Su Yuan smirked. "Bye now!" His figure vanished instantly.

Three True Immortal elders rushed into the vault, only to stand dumbfounded at the completely emptied interior. Their despair peaked when they saw even their leader's most prized treasure at the center was gone.

"Who could have done this?"

"We're finished! Absolutely finished!"

"The leader will kill us!"

"The formation isn't damaged at all! Who could have entered and stolen everything?"

Meanwhile, aboard the Sacred Hall Realm Pirates' immortal ark heading toward the Seven Star Trading Association, the beautiful leader who had been meditating suddenly paled. She turned toward her base's direction, her face darkening like a pot's bottom.

"Bastards! Someone touched my treasures!" She immediately contacted the base's guards, and the news she received made her heart sink completely.

Gone! The entire vault was emptied! That was the accumulation of countless years!

Although she kept many treasures in her storage ring, that particular item couldn't be stored there due to special properties. Now it was lost to her forever!

Taking deep breaths to calm herself, she realized this wasn't the time for blame or turning back—the theft was done, and returning would achieve nothing. The thieves must have planned meticulously for years—there'd be no traces left.

Her only option now was to continue to the Seven Star Market and recoup her losses there.