Lightning Is the Only Way

The group quickly walked to the treasure chests after some more talking. Finally, they could get their just reward for surviving this trial! Everyone went up to one treasure chest and opened them at the same time. When they saw what was in there, their eyes widened in excitement.

"Are these the pills that only the Heaven Sect has? You know which ones I mean, right?" Joyce asked, unsure. If that were true, she would be able to barely believe it. Those pills were what every cultivator yearned for in their dreams.

Manuel picked one up, looked at it closely, and smirked. "Yep. Sure enough, these are the Ascension Pills," he said with an excited voice. "Only the Heaven Sect knows the recipe for these pills, and they don't sell them!"

Nero and Gravis had no idea what those two were talking about. "What do they do?" Gravis asked.

Joyce shoved the pills from her treasure chest into her Spirit Space with excitement. "They are the only pills in the world that can help a cultivator temper their Spirits!" Joyce said and then ate one. After some seconds, her smile intensified. "They're awesome!" she shouted.

Gravis remembered that the spies from the Heaven Sect that he had fought back when he entered the Core-Continent had eaten some pills to reach the Seed Stage. Were these those pills?

Nero smiled helplessly. "Don't bait us into asking. Just tell us how much one pill gives you," he said.

Joyce pouted and looked at Nero. "Way to destroy my fun," she commented and then turned to Manuel. "One pill increased the Magic in my mind by about one month of tempering!" she said.

Manuel's eyes widened. "One month?" Then, he turned back to the pills in his treasure chest. After some calculating, he spoke again. "So, these pills can allow us to reach the halfway mark to the Tree Stage?" he asked, incredulously.

One couldn't fault Manuel for his disbelief. They were not even halfway through the initial Stage, yet they were about to advance two Stages? This would save them a little bit more than 20 years of bitter cultivation!

When Gravis heard all this, he rolled his eyes. 'Of course, Heaven gave us a reward that was basically useless to me. After all, I am already at the Self Stage,' Gravis thought and looked at his own pills. 'But Heaven has made a major miscalculation with these rewards,' Gravis thought with shining eyes.

He wanted to smirk in triumph, but Heaven might realize that he actually had a use for these pills. 'My plan just became way easier.'

stood up. No one asked Gravis for his pills, even though all of

suggest not taking these pills, for the time being, Nero," Gravis

stronger I am, the harder it will be. I will wait until I have a level two

his brows. "Why? At that time, you can only temper yourself against Sapling

need strength to reform the Darkness

Darkness

Darkness Sect's upper echelon, so it's the perfect time to

with you at the Seed Stage, you will be able to

I will take up the mantle of the Sect Master, and I will

the Wind Sect of

nodded. Nero was a man

was an inscription that just read

had entered as average cultivators. Yet, everyone was leaving as monsters. Their Will-Auras and Battle-Strength couldn't be classified as Ascender's

being in this world, and when he decided to reach the Unity Realm, he would be able to contest with

turned around and left. Gravis was the last to leave because he had been watching the Formation Core for a bit. It just intrigued him.

the inheritance? You couldn't

as for the inheritance, not everything is a straight-up fight. On top of that, when there is a fight, it's not against many enemies at once. With one

elder in white robes said, waving his arms to calm the present elders. "We've been over this many times. We can't predict who will win, and the teams we are rooting for might've already died. After all, the inheritance doesn't allow for

only say that because you know that your Light Sect has no chance whatsoever. Don't infect us with your defeatist

the brute from the Fire Sect. "We can do more than just heal. If you underestimate

the mediator for every conflict, but as soon as something went against their interests, they would be the first to betray everyone else. After all, they believed

red elder shouted while taking