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

a Will-Aura, they

all, Gravis himself also only managed to condense a Will-Aura barely before he became 16, and he had

Purist Sect was made to allow the

rate of participants was terrifyingly

manage to condense one, they would still have

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

was billions of kilometers

solution was that the tournament wasn't held in

Sect were

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

Nourishing Cultivators would oversee the tournaments. This was the lowest the strength of the overseers

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

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

participant managed to survive, the lowest Sect would choose

at the selected ones and take those

the High-Rank Sects would look at these chosen candidates

it was the Purist

opportunity was gargantuan

chance to immediately join the most powerful organization for billions

the chance to join an organization

status was insane beyond

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

get picked to join a Sect, the thing every

powerful Elder that could fly. Everyone

all the Elders gathered, and even

Why?

someone even more powerful arrived that demanded the

was that? Who was

mysterious Elder, and you were

Sect, and other teenagers from somewhere else came to you. All of them were more powerful than everyone you had

more powerful person appeared that

an even

a mortal, this was a surreal

decided one's

the only

was to go to any city

one win in this