Lightning Is the Only Way

Stella and Gravis walked through the Purist Sect as Stella showed Gravis all the different buildings. Usually, she would have pulled Gravis along with her arms, but she didn't want to appear inappropriate in public. After all, the Purist Sect was now her home.

She also answered a lot of questions that Gravis had had about the Purist Sect.

For example, why was the Purist Sect so simple?

The reason was that the philosophy of the Purist Sect said that nothing but strength mattered. In their eyes, only strength could gain respect. Wasting resources to appear powerful and rich would only show the weakness of a person. After all, if they were powerful, they wouldn't need to appear powerful. Only people that couldn't rely on their own power needed to demonstrate their power.

The appearance of the Purist Sect reflected this mindset, reminding the disciples of it. The Sect demonstrated that, even though they were the most powerful power in the eastern continent, they didn't need to appear powerful.

The thoughts of others wouldn't change their power.

Another question of Gravis had been why there were no Formation Arrays.

The answer was basically the same as the answer to the previous question.

The Purist Sect relied on their own power, and they didn't need Formation Arrays as a shield. If someone managed to create a Sect more powerful than the Purist Sect, it would be the fault of the Purist Sect if they were overtaken. After all, weakness was wrong, while strength was right.

That was at least how the Purist Sect viewed it.

The reason why there were no guards in the Purist Sect was also similar.

Everyone in the Purist Sect was powerful, and they didn't fear any invaders. There was no reason to employ guards if every single person on the street was one of the most powerful Cultivators on the continent.

Stella also pointed out that the Elder from earlier had said that only Immortal Emperors were allowed to fly and teleport. He didn't say that they had to be part of the Purist Sect.

Allowing any person with strength to teleport around in one's home showed how confident the Purist Sect was.

Another interesting piece of information was the hierarchy of the Purist Sect and how it was decided.

Apparently, the hierarchy in the Purist Sect wasn't decided by Realm but by the power of one's Form Law.

Everything in the Purist Sect revolved around the Form Law. All the Cultivation lessons concentrated on it. Power was decided on it. Money was decided on it.

'Interesting,' Gravis thought when he heard that. 'So, in essence, only Battle-Strength matters in the Purist Sect, not Realm. No wonder their average disciples are so powerful.'

There were multiple ways to join the Purist Sect.

For example, even Body Tempering Cultivators could join.

The Purist Sect held a continent-wide tournament every single year, which sounded crazy in Gravis' ears.

Every single year?

trials that tested their

someone managed to condense a Will-Aura, they

all, Gravis himself also only managed to condense a Will-Aura barely before he became 16, and he had gone through an insane amount of tempering in the

Purist Sect was made to allow the participants to condense a

death rate of participants was terrifyingly high, at over

condense a Will-Aura, they could join. If they survived but didn't manage to condense one,

big question was, how was the tournament held? After all, even a hundred kilometers took Body Tempering

was billions

in the Purist Sect but

Sects of the Purist Sect

Sects gave the task to their subservient Sects, which would give the

Nourishing Cultivators would oversee the tournaments. This was the lowest the strength of the overseers could go. After all, testing the

setup had a big chance of fostering corruption. The Sects could favor participants and could allow them to buy

that danger, the Sects could obviously see it too, which was why they would thoroughly check all the

lowest Sect would choose everyone

the next higher Sect would look at the selected ones and take those they

these chosen candidates and take the

it was the

opportunity was gargantuan

had the chance to immediately join the most powerful organization for

had the chance to join an organization with over a hundred

in status was insane

of a 15-year-old teenager that went through hell. Maybe your family was killed, and you lived the last couple of years

to join a Sect, the thing every youngster wished

that could fly.

gathered, and even the Sect

Why?

someone even more powerful arrived that demanded the respect

was that? Who was

by this mysterious Elder, and you were the only

to a different, even more powerful Sect, and other teenagers from somewhere else came to you.

more powerful person appeared that chose

an even more powerful person

this was a surreal experience akin to a

tournaments decided

this wasn't the only way to join the Purist

to join the Purist Sect was to go

one win in