Lightning Is the Only Way

"What do we do with the situation regarding the Ancestral Water Sect?" a person in white robes asked the other five people in the room.

"Difficult," another person said. "They keep acting against us in untraceable ways, making it difficult for us to find an official reason to attack them. If we do, the Alliance will put heavy restrictions on us."

"Can't we just ask the Eternal Fire Sect for support? They should be willing to help their subsidiary Sect when they are in a crisis," another person asked.

"Are we in a crisis?" a woman asked.

Silence.

"No," the other person said.

"Then don't say stupid things. Your will has already weakened to a considerable degree due to your position as the Teaching Elder. Never forget that, as Cultivators, we need to go through mountains of swords and oceans of fire to become powerful. Don't search for help when you don't need it yet. Also, don't forget that all of the Sects are subsidiaries of the Eternal Fire Sect," the woman said.

"Yes, Sect Master. I apologize, Sect Master," the Teaching Elder said.

SHING!

Suddenly, a new person appeared in the room.

The people jumped up in shock and readied themselves for battle, but when they saw the person, their eyes widened.

"S-Sect Master!" the woman said with deep respect.

Everyone in the room immediately bowed deeply.

This was the Sect Master of the Eternal Fire Sect.

He had never visited their Sect before!

Why had he come!?

The Sect Master looked around the room and inspected the people. "You have proven yourself to be… very original in terms of using your resources."

The Sect Master had difficulty finding something positive to say about this trash subsidiary Sect of theirs.

The people in the room felt even more shocked.

The Sect Master of the Eternal Fire Sect was praising them!?

Finally, acknowledgment!

"You are hereby allowed to fully integrate into the Eternal Fire Sect," the Sect Master said. "The Elders and higher will become Elders-In-Training, and your inner disciples will become our inner disciples."

Everyone's eyes nearly fell out of their head in shock.

Really!?

Were they dreaming!?

them even started crying. "We are eternally grateful to the Sect Master for such a magnanimous

really have a choice in the matter,' the

people in the Sect and your wealth. In a week, an Elder will come to accept everyone into the Eternal

still bowed

Sect's dream for such

hard under the Eternal Fire Sect so that they would finally accept all

they would have far more options for tempering, more Law Comprehension Areas,

currently owned was nothing in exchange

SHING!

teleported

he left, everyone cheered in

days of trouble were

announcement to everyone in the Sect, and the Sect

all join

Fire Sect was the most powerful Sect for billions of

week

Elder was already more

gathered everyone and

neutral eyes hid pity

that the Eternal Fire Sect is some holy land? No, the Eternal Fire Sect has only become this powerful due to our cruel training and

Elder glanced at the hundreds of thousands

them will be dead within the next ten millennia. They do not realize that their power is incomparable to our

as food for tempering. Only the very few talented disciples will be able to truly join the ranks of the inner disciples,' the Elder

Elder also glanced at the upper

huh? If you manage to keep up with the training, you will be Elders, but from what I'm seeing, you will

that being part of such

it actually was

it was only a blessing for the

everyone else,

nearly had no enemies was arguably even more difficult than not being

generation had to be just as powerful

to become so powerful that they could establish

meant that the next generation had to go through a similar amount of

the one following

one following

nearly no enemies, they had to be their own

irreplaceable on the path to supreme

more powerful the Sect and the fewer enemies they had, the

to get through this hell would have access to resources that

disciples didn't know that they were happily

even if they knew, they would probably

rewards were

It was normal to

was

transported away, but the buildings and Formation Arrays were