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 Sect?" one of them

you have the time?" the Sect

Silence.

Sect

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

Vice-Sect Masters

Entering as Inner Disciples?

they wouldn't be

get a good

three Ancestral Gods only had average Battle-Strength. If they could jump a level, it wouldn't be an issue

couldn't jump

that only left two other methods to become a powerful member of the

methods was God

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

the amount of wealth

one person needed ten God

Crystals, not God

a God

had the amount of Energy of one billion God Stones. However, that

God that knew the True Law of Matter, a level nine Law, to combine the one billion

Crystal was often sold for two billion

use of

fast, or they could be used to create powerful Virtualization

of straight-up handing them over, they infused their

Area safely. They wouldn't need to fear a sudden attack. They didn't even need to show the locations of their

no issues with giving someone a good position

far more than some

difficult for early Ancestral

three of them couldn't possibly pay

that only left the

Karmic Luck.

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

fighters would probably win due

was more powerful than the other Sect, Karmic Luck wouldn't make a difference. However, if they were about

did the Sects get their

From disciples.

would increase one's Karmic Luck. The more outstanding the disciple, the

was to get more disciples in one's organization. Part of the Karmic Luck of the disciples

Gods had already created a terrifying amount of Karmic Luck

even that ridiculous amount of Karmic Luck wasn't enough to buy one's way into the Eternal Fire Sect. After all, in comparison to the entire Eternal Fire Sect, some 20 Star

where the Sect wars came

which every living being of

the survivors would simply join

as the war was won by one side, they would

Submit or die.

they decided to submit, they had to sign a contract that forced them to remain in the new Sect for

the new disciples would be

of the

already remained in the new Sect for 40,000 years, and it was

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

the Ancestral Gods often also joined the other Sect to take a piece