Lightning Is the Only Way

When Gravis came to the part where he started madly looking for power in the Lightning Tower after Jaimy's assault, Lasar and Old Man Lightning finally understood why Gravis' lightning felt so strange and powerful.

"So, let me get this straight," Old Man Lightning said, interrupting Gravis. "Due to your Elemental Synchronicity, you were able to split the Life Energy from lightning, therefore creating lightning with 100% Destruction Energy?" he asked.

Gravis nodded. "Yes. On top of that, since the lightning didn't have a will, I could move it around however I wanted without completely dying."

Old Man Lightning and Lasar watched Gravis with open mouths. "That's incredible!" Lasar said. Gravis realized the dream that every previous Sect Master of the Lightning Sect had. No one had ever reached pure Destruction Lightning before. To normal cultivators, it just wasn't possible to split the Life Energy and Destruction Energy inside lightning.

It was possible to siphon a small amount of Life Lightning from natural lightning, therefore creating pure Life Lightning, but it wasn't possible the other way around. On top of that, those methods stopped working as soon as too much Life Lightning was siphoned out of Natural Lightning. The highest achievable amount of Destruction Energy was only 60%, and that was incredibly expensive.

Old Man Lightning looked at Lasar with seriousness. "Later," he transmitted to Lasar. Then, Old Man Lightning turned to Gravis again. "And that's when you were influenced by the temperament of lightning and killed your Guild Master?"

Gravis sighed and told them what had happened. He didn't embellish any details and just told them how it happened.

"In the weeks that followed, I tried to find a way to repay my debt. Sadly, there is no way to bring Gorn back, so the next best thing was making the Lightning Sect rise. That would still not be enough, but it's the best I can do," Gravis said.

Old Man Lightning rubbed his beard in thought as Lasar sighed in emotion. This was a tragic accident. Lasar, of course, realized that Gorn was also at fault. After all, he definitely knew about the dangers of feeding someone so much lightning when they were this unstable.

In actuality, Lasar didn't see the matter as critically as Gravis. It was an accident, and accidents happen. Yes, something like this shouldn't go unpunished, but it didn't require something as ridiculous as making the Lightning Sect the most powerful organization. He thought that the Guild Master of the Lightning Guild in the southern Middle-Continent had overreacted.

Yet, would Gravis be okay with this? Definitely not! It was the heaviest blow that he had ever received, and minimizing the issue wouldn't help. Gravis wouldn't accept not paying for this debt, even if Lasar said that it was fine. The only thing he could do was accept that Gravis would repay them.

a

I have enough power, it won't be an

you have enough strength, then what? How exactly

wasn't sure how to answer. He thought about this for a while, but every answer he came up with, had a flaw. Destroying the leadership of the other Sects? That was not in Gravis' nature, and it would also only be a short-term solution. Watching over the Lightning Sect? That would take too long and would damage Gravis' cultivation path. 'Yeah, how

I were to tell you that you could do that right now?

shock at Old Man Lightning. "How?" he

ignore the obvious." Then he pointed at Gravis' dantian. "Your

Destruction Lightning with mine, but I won't

Then, when those people reach the Magic Gathering Realm, they can use their own Destruction Lightning

had worked so hard to achieve

fully absolve him of his

that he rarely did. "Thank you," he said

should be the ones thanking you. Not everyone is ready to share the benefits of their suffering with others. If you do

said, also with

he was the current Sect Master. Though, he knew that he hadn't really contributed anything. Yet, as

some seconds of silence as the people thought about the future path of

smirk, "since all your debts with us

at Old Man Lightning, thinking about what he

solemnly. "Do you want to join our Lightning Sect?"