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 while, showing a

I have enough power, it won't be an issue,"

have enough strength, then what? How exactly would you do it?" Old

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

you could do that right now? You can make us into the most powerful Elemental Sect without even increasing your strength.

with shock at Old Man Lightning. "How?" he

he pointed at Gravis' dantian. "Your Destruction Lightning. As long as our Sect has

Lightning with mine, but I won't stay in this world for much-"Then, Gravis

Destruction Lightning to our Lightning Tower, we can get some supreme geniuses in the Body Tempering Realm to condense a Destruction Lightning Seed. Then, when those people reach the Magic Gathering Realm, they can use their own Destruction Lightning to help their juniors cultivate theirs. As long as we have a single person

worked so hard to achieve them, so why should people that didn't work for them benefit from the

thing he felt was relief. Finally, he could repay one of the two remaining debts. In Gravis' mind, that didn't fully absolve him of his guilt towards Gorn, but it was the best he could do. There was nothing else that he could do. With that finished, he

smiled with happiness, something that he rarely did. "Thank you," he said genuinely to

Man Lightning also smiled warmly. "We should be the ones thanking you. Not everyone is ready to share the benefits of their suffering with others. If you do that, you have more

said,

that every Sect Master had would finally be realized while he was the current Sect Master. Though, he knew that he hadn't really contributed anything. Yet, as the

seconds of silence as the people thought about

all your debts with us have been paid, let

Lightning, thinking about what

Man Lightning began speaking solemnly. "Do you want