Lightning Is the Only Way

"I admit, my Sect might not be able to resist you," Sect Master Urgnah said, "but the Sect Alliance belongs to the Heaven Breaker Sect, and that's a power you can't fight!"

"Heaven Breaker Sect, huh?" Gravis asked with a smirk. "Is that the hidden overlord of the Sect Alliance? The one that you pay so many resources to?"

The Sect Master became surprised that Gravis knew that they were paying the Heaven Breaker Sect. Only the Sect Masters and Vice Sect Masters knew this! How did he know!? However, that didn't matter right now.

"So, you know," the Sect Master said with narrowed eyes. "Then you also know that you can't just do whatever you want here."

Instead of backing down, Gravis chuckled a bit. "I think you got something wrong."

"What?" the Sect Master asked with indignance.

"The Heaven Breaker Sect is only interested in resources. They don't really care about Law Comprehension Areas since they should have plenty of those themselves. Additionally, Law Comprehension Areas can't just be transported and handed over."

"So, let's assume that you go to the Heaven Breaker Sect and tell them that someone is encroaching on your authority. The first thing they would ask is how powerful I am. So, you say that I am a Peak Immortal, and immediately, they would feel like you're useless. How can you not deal with a Peak Immortal?"

Sect Master Urgnah gnashed his teeth.

"Next thing," Gravis said. "You tell them all about me, and then they believe you. The next thing they would ask is what I have stolen. After all, they are interested in their own tribute more than anything. What will you say? You can't lie, so you will say that I stole nothing."

Gravis chuckled a bit again. "And you know how that will end, right?"

Sect Master Urgnah didn't like what he was hearing.

"They will say that they don't care," Gravis said with a smirk. "They would say that you should stop annoying them with this unimportant stuff and to contact them again when I start stealing so much stuff that it affects their tribute."

"However, obviously, I'm not going to do that," Gravis said. "I'm only here to comprehend Laws, nothing more. I'm not even disallowing your Sect from sending disciples here. For the next 20,000 years or so, I will be traveling from Law Comprehension Area to Law Comprehension Area, just comprehending Laws."

"I'm not interested in your ores. I'm not interested in your Immortal Stones. I'm not interested in anything physical. I only want to comprehend Laws, nothing more."

the Sect Alliance and fight me. I wonder how that will go, and I also wonder who the first dead Sect Master

had them in their hands! Gravis was right when he said that the Heaven Breaker Sect wouldn't care about this. So, the only remaining path would be to gather

with nervousness at his Sect Master.

some seconds, the Sect Master sighed. "Fine, you win," he said, "but you said that this territory is now yours. What of the time when you are done comprehending the

I have no more use for this Law Comprehension Area and will hand it back to you. A Law Comprehension Area for a Law I already know is of no use to me

another Sect comes and challenges the defender of

I will obviously defend it myself," Gravis

nodded and already

fine, but if you manipulate the surroundings to increase the chance that it happens, I will count that as being disturbed.

this possibility down. So, there was truly nothing they could gain from

said. "You don't need the key to the Law Comprehension Area,

"I can come and go as I want without

no idea how Gravis had been able to grasp such an ability, but there was nothing he could do about it right now. The Sect Master was annoyed that some Peak Immortal that wasn't even part of the Sect Alliance was able to do whatever he wanted in a

Cultivator was entirely

to Gravis' throat and could kill him if he so chose to, but for some reason, Gravis was the one in control. The

able to suppress the one with less power. Obviously, the Sect Alliance had more power. However, they just couldn't use

being able to control

Sect Master became more interested in Gravis as

a question," he

Gravis said with a shrug as he moved

stay in control against a force so much more powerful than yourself? Also, how are you so incredibly powerful as a Peak Immortal? If you

angry or frustrated. He sounded more

of responsibility,"

mean?"

leaving me with

close ones that you can use to

home, which you can

to comprehend Laws until I know far more Laws than anyone else. The absence of responsibility allows

first question: That's the same answer. You are weighed down by responsibility, making you more vulnerable. I can threaten you and your Sect,