Lightning Is the Only Way

For the next ten years, Gravis prepared himself even more. There was something else that he needed.

After doing what he had planned, Gravis waited for the ten years to be over.

'Now, everything is hinging on this tournament,' Gravis thought. 'The tournament will be held inside the central palace of the Nine Elements Sect, and I need to be ready for everything. Let's hope that the Nine Elements Sect doesn't go back on their word.'

Gravis waited near the arena where the preliminary tournament had been held. Ten years passed by in a flash, and some of the people had already gathered.

The Immortal Emperor arrived punctually, but what surprised Gravis was the fact that there was no one else accompanying him.

Gravis looked around and noticed that only six contestants had gathered. Gravis guessed that the other contestants were no longer interested in the tournament. After all, they had only joined the tournament to prove themselves to the Nine Elements Sect. Now that they were Elite Disciples already, they didn't need to participate in the tournament anymore. Their goal had been accomplished.

"Everyone's here," the Immortal Emperor said. "Follow me," he ordered.

The participants bowed in politeness and followed the elder. All of them flew to the Nine Elements Sect and directly entered it. They didn't even go through the entrance but simply flew over the high walls. Usually, something like this would be met with lethal retaliation, but nobody stopped them since an elder was with them.

Gravis had already seen the inside of the Nine Elements Sect, but the others hadn't. The other participants looked with amazement at the wonderland beneath their feet. It was like they had entered paradise.

Some of them even regretted that they had declined the invitation from the Nine Elements Sect. How powerful would they become if they could cultivate here?

"Look, all these people are flying!" a disciple of the Nine Elements Sect said as he pointed at the group.

"So?" another disciple to the side said. "Immortal Kings are allowed to fly in the Sect. Instead of envying others, you should work harder on yourself," she said.

"But I'm only in the Nascent Nourishing Realm," the disciple said helplessly.

"Then, hurry up!" the other disciple said.

"I'm trying!"

After flying over the Nine Elements Sect, the elder and the contestants landed at the entrance of the central palace. Another elder was guarding the entrance, and she nodded at the elder that escorted the contestants.

The elder nodded back and gestured for the contestants to follow him. From now on, they would no longer fly. Flying in the outside of the Sect and flying in the central palace were entirely different concepts. Not even elders were allowed to fly in the central palace.

They slowly walked along the humongous corridors, which were filled with valuable treasures. The walls were filled with portraits, and every portrait showed a previous Sect Master.

There were thousands.

Immortal Emperors could live for 250,000 years, but even if every Sect Master had only been a Sect Master for 100,000 years, these thousands of pictures would already show how ancient the Nine Elements Sect was.

that had probably stretched

already beyond

Why?

Sect was easier than staying

years could have destroyed the Nine Elements

end of the corridor, Gravis looked at

person in the

showed a red-haired woman with a

Elements Sect. Sadly, she had died

more, but they were the last ones in the

hair was in the next picture, and a young woman with blue hair was in the

the Nine Elements Sect, she has been the Sect Master. This means that the

and became the current Ancestor. The last picture of the blue-haired lady should be the

back at the

remaining ones have hair-colors that correspond to other

hair. Yet, the newest Sect Master and Ancestor have blue hair. Does this mean that there is some kind of faction rivalry in the Nine Elements Sect? Is this

Element, and the Frost Element is the opposite of the Inferno Element. If all of this is faction-based and not individual-based,

only responsible for protecting the Sect from life-threatening danger and Cultivation. The Sect Master should be responsible for dealing

probably chooses the new one. Therefore, it's possible that the current Ancestor has nothing to do

better idea about who was involved with Stella's current situation. If the Nine Elements Sect decided to

to be very capable, and when he won the tournament, there was a genuine possibility that Gravis could ask for Stella's hand.

that Stella wanted to see him. It could be that she wouldn't want to get involved with him due to their situation back then. Yes, Gravis had only done that to help Stella, but was

nervous about the Nine Elements Sect, but

to do with Gravis, Gravis would lose in the tournament on purpose. However, he would need to meet Stella before that, or he wouldn't know if she was still interested in him

CRRRR!

arrived in front of some gigantic gates. The

The hall was gigantic!

However, Gravis wasn't surprised. This was simply the effect of a Formation Array that used the level

knew the Law, but they probably had had someone in

still shocked by

entire hall was built with Major

That was absolutely insane!

Sect couldn't even compare

some Sect Master in the past wanted to immortalize themselves in this Sect by building this

here,"

middle of the