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

two Vice-Sect Masters

we build a new Sect?" one

have the time?" the Sect

Silence.

the Sect Master

said with regret. "Our work has been destroyed. We can't join the Eternal Fire Sect as Elders-In-Training anymore. If

two Vice-Sect Masters didn't

Entering as Inner Disciples?

high that they

Karmic Luck so important to get a good position in

a level,

they couldn't jump

to become a powerful member of

methods

way into a good position

of wealth

one person needed

not God

was a

of one

needed a Divine God that knew the True Law of Matter, a level nine Law, to combine

was often sold for two billion God

was the use

could either be absorbed incredibly fast, or they could

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

Law Comprehension Area safely. They wouldn't need to fear a sudden attack. They didn't even need to show the

someone a good position if they could

was worth far more than

was very difficult for early Ancestral Gods to get their

them couldn't possibly pay

only left the

Karmic Luck.

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

fight, their own fighters would probably win

than the other Sect, Karmic Luck wouldn't make a difference. However,

the Sects get their

From disciples.

Luck. The more outstanding the disciple, the more Karmic Luck the

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

created a terrifying amount of Karmic Luck for

all, in comparison to the

was where the Sect wars came into play in

wasn't an annihilation war in which every living being of the other Sect

would simply

as the war was won by one side, they would put the survivors of the other Sect

Submit or die.

they had to sign a contract that forced them to remain in the new Sect

new disciples would be treated very, very

was up, most of

Emperors would have already remained in the new Sect for

one Sect consumed all the other Sects in the surroundings, they would have hundreds of Star Gods and millions

of that, the Ancestral Gods often also joined the other Sect to take