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."

call the Sect Alliance and fight me. I

helplessness, but there was nothing he could do. Gravis 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 the Sect Alliance, but Sect Master Urgnah would need to be in the vanguard since it

Sect Master.

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

leave, obviously," Gravis said. "After that, I have no more use for this Law Comprehension Area and will hand it back to you. A

Master nodded. "What if someone from another Sect

territory, so I will

Sect Master nodded

happens, I will count that as being disturbed. Who knows, maybe I will just concede the fight and hand the territory over. After all, the new owner would be just as helpless about

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

Master said. "You don't need the key to the

"I can come and go as I want without the

had 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

Alliance could obviously kill this singular Peak Immortal. After all, fighting one Cultivator was entirely different from fighting

a dagger to Gravis' throat and could kill him if he so chose to, but for some reason, Gravis was the one in control. The Sect Master had Gravis' life in his hands, but he couldn't kill

suppress the one with less power. Obviously, the Sect Alliance had

being able to control a

Sect Master became more interested in

have a question," he

with a

Sect Master asked. "How are you able to stay in control against a force so much more powerful than yourself? Also, how are you

angry or frustrated. He sounded more like he had given up and just wanted

of responsibility,"

you mean?" the Sect Master

to run a Sect, leaving

have any close ones that you can use

have a home, which you

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

your Sect, and even if you can ignore this threat, I can use the same thing against others, and they might