Lightning Is the Only Way

After a lot of talking and planning, the decisions were made. Old Man Lightning informed the elders about everything that he and Gravis had talked about. All in all, Old Man Lightning and Gravis planned for several hours since there were a lot of details that needed to be ironed out.

While those two talked, the elders looked uncomfortably at Old Man Lightning. The meeting was officially still going, so they couldn't just leave. Yet, they also couldn't continue talking since one person was talking with an external one that officially wasn't part of the meeting.

After Old Man Lightning and Gravis finished talking, Old Man Lightning informed the elders about everything. In the beginning, they also thought that Gravis' plan was insane, but after they heard all the details, the emotional shock they felt was just as bad as Old Man Lightning's.

They had never compared themselves to other lower worlds. They knew nothing about the other worlds, so it was nearly impossible to compare themselves to them. They always thought that they were rather powerful. After all, a lot of people were ascending from this world. Sadly, they had ignored the things that they could have achieved, like the special elements.

The elders had still held hope for ascension, but after hearing Gravis' assumption that people who ascended via the Tree Stage would be the bottom of the barrel, they felt disheartened. The elders all took it differently.

One of them was incredibly regretful. It was like his dream of reaching the top was mercilessly destroyed. The oldest elder of the bunch had already made his peace with the fact that he would never ascend. To him, there was no difference. His goal had always been to make the newer generation as powerful as possible so that as many disciples would surpass him as possible. This goal hadn't changed.

The other elders were in the middle. They had mostly accepted that they wouldn't ascend, but in the back of their minds, they still had a faint hope. This knowledge came crashing down, completely destroying even the faintest trace of their dream.

It was cruel to destroy someone's dream, but they deserved to know the truth. Most elders accepted the new knowledge quickly and started ironing out more details.

track. It took a couple of days for the changes

polarizing. The disciples with less money said that it would only be fair

more for the Lightning Sect, so they deserve some special treatment. They

Sect was able to commission more missions without any financial loss. Just as Gravis had expected, the missions were intensely fought over. After all, this was some excellent tempering,

went down again, while the remaining ones' quality increased. Disciples that could be considered lazy also started doing jobs that they wouldn't have considered earlier. Jobs like cleaning the Sect, taking inventory of stock, selling wares, and similar stuff were abundant. After all, every disciple could be considered an elite in this world. Why would

to afford missions. These jobs were only done by people without enough

richer get richer while the poorer disciples suffered. Yet, there was a decisive difference. The richer disciples only got richer by tempering themselves successfully. This meant that they would soon reach a higher Stage or Realm, and therefore, wouldn't have any interest in the missions they have done before. After all, these

stream of disciples rising through the ranks was created,

for those disciples. Yet, the elders knew that there could be a supreme genius hidden behind a cloak of trash. There were cases of cultivators suddenly

Lightning Sect completely changed. They went from an average-sized organization into a conglomerate of hot-blooded youngsters. Deaths happened every single day, while the quality of the

these things only happened months or years into

of no concern. Not because it was irrelevant, but because something way more important happened. Around 13 days after the meeting,

one Sect had two people at the Self Stage. Right now, the Lightning Sect shone in the Core-Continent like the moon, while the other Sects could only shine like stars. The only thing outshining the

Lightning told Lasar everything that they had planned, and just like Old Man Lightning, Lasar grew excited. His ambition and drive, which had been rekindled by Old Man Lightning's breakthrough, grew even hotter. He was excited about the future of