Lightning Is the Only Way

Gravis and Stella traveled back to the Myriad Sect to prepare for every eventuality. Chances were high that the remaining two members of the Shining Purity Sect would attack them soon. However, even if they did, they wouldn't be a real danger.

The Myriad Sect had already won the war before it had even started.

Meanwhile, the remaining members of the Shining Purity Sect were trying to come to terms with their new reality.

They only had three Ancestral Gods, one level four Star God, and one level two Star God left. Sure, there were also some level one Star Gods outside on missions, but they wouldn't make a difference.

All the other Sects had several level two Star Gods.

The entirety of their power and future now solely relied on Austin.

"If you had simply accepted to become a level five Star God, nothing like this would have happened!" One of the Vice-Sect Masters shouted while pointing an accusatory finger at Austin. "We would have already conquered all the other Sects by now!"

Austin looked with even eyes at the Vice-Sect Master.

However, even though Austin appeared calm on the outside, he was the one that had been most shaken by the event.

He had destroyed his Sect.

"Stop trying to find someone to blame!" the actual Sect Master shouted at the Vice-Sect Master. "If that girl hasn't lied, she came from a new Sect, the Myriad Sect. They should have arrived only recently. They should have overtaken the territory of our neighbors."

"But if he had just-"

"And then what!?" the Sect Master answered with fury. "Then even our last remaining level two Star God would have been destroyed! This would have made things only worse!"

The Vice-Sect Master only grew angrier. "But if he had more power, he might have been able to see through whatever illusion had been put up! I've seen it near the end! He has attacked someone from our own Sect! That was also why there was no Judge!"

"And you think that would have made a difference?" the other Vice-Sect Master asked with a scoff. "Not even we have been able to see through the illusion. We three are all Ancestral Gods, and we haven't noticed anything! Don't try to blame Austin for our own shortcomings! The demise of the Shining Purity Sect is our fault."

The first Vice-Sect Master gritted his teeth.

However, instead of arguing, he looked to the side with a bitter expression.

He had realized that he couldn't blame this on Austin.

This was on them.

Silence.

The silence dragged on for minutes.

Everything they had worked for had been destroyed in a single day. They had built up the Shining Purity Sect for over 500,000 years!

Now, everything was gone.

This was the destructive effect that Star Gods had on their environments.

Without The Heaven Company or someone more powerful overlooking a fight, entire Sects would be decimated by a single attack.

It just needed a single slip-up for an entire Sect to be destroyed.

"What now?" the second Vice-Sect Master asked the Sect Master. "What do we do now?"

The Sect Master remained silent for a while.

Then, he sighed.

has been depleted. The gathered Karmic Luck of 500,000

Vice-Sect Masters

we build a new

have the time?" the Sect Master

Silence.

Sect

regret. "Our work has been destroyed. We can't join the Eternal Fire Sect as

Vice-Sect

Entering as Inner Disciples?

high that they

important to get a good

only had average Battle-Strength. If they could jump a level, it wouldn't

they couldn't jump

only left two other methods to become a powerful

of the methods

paid enough God Stones, they would be able to buy their way into a good position where they wouldn't have to constantly fear other

of wealth

fact, one person needed

Crystals, not

a God

Energy of one billion God Stones. However,

Law of Matter, a level nine Law, to combine

Crystal was often sold for two billion God Stones precisely due

was the use of

be absorbed incredibly fast, or they could be used to

Areas. Yet, instead of straight-up handing them over, they infused their God Crystals with the Laws

they could hand over that God Crystal to the other Sect. This would allow them to lease out a Law Comprehension Area safely. They wouldn't need

Eternal Fire Sect had no issues with giving someone a good position if they could pay

far more than some

very difficult for early Ancestral Gods to get

of them couldn't possibly

only left the

Karmic Luck.

one Sect had more Karmic Luck, they would sometimes be informed about an upcoming ambush by coincidence. Their own

own fighters would probably

Luck wouldn't make a difference. However, if they were about equal in power, Karmic Luck could decide

Sects get their Karmic

From disciples.

The more outstanding the disciple, the more Karmic

in one's organization. Part of the Karmic Luck of the disciples would gather in the Sect, and the Sect would have

Star Gods had already created a terrifying amount of

Sect. After all, in comparison to the entire Eternal Fire Sect, some 20 Star Gods were nothing. The Eternal Fire Sect had hundreds of

was where the Sect wars came into

annihilation war in which every living being of the other Sect

would simply join

as the war was won by one side, they

Submit or die.

they decided to submit, they had to sign a contract that forced them

disciples would be treated very, very

up, most of the disciples would simply decide to stay in their

for 40,000 years, and it was basically their

Sects in the surroundings, they would have hundreds of Star Gods and millions of Peak

also joined the other Sect to take