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Overnight, the Imperial City treasury was burgled, losing numerous magical treasures and several rare and exotic treasures.
Upon investigation, the thief's entry and exit left no trace; experienced and composed, it was clearly the work of a habitual criminal.
An analysis of the types of treasures lost, along with the exotic flowers and plants corresponding to cultivation realms, concluded the perpetrator was a Kalpa Passing Stage cultivator, thus ruling out the possibility of an Earth Immortal being involved.
Moreover, the ease with which the thief traversed the heavily guarded secret passages and formation secrets of the Imperial City Secret Realm indicates that there was not just one perpetrator, and that the Imperial City had an inside accomplice. This was a malicious case long in the making.