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.

is there to do?" he asked helplessly. "All our Karmic Luck has been depleted. The

two Vice-Sect

build a new Sect?"

time?" the Sect

Silence.

the Sect

can't join the Eternal Fire Sect as Elders-In-Training anymore. If we want to join

two Vice-Sect

Entering as Inner Disciples?

high that they wouldn't be able

Luck so important to get a

they could jump a level, it wouldn't be an issue to become an Elder in

couldn't jump

two other methods to become a powerful member of

the methods was

their way into a good position where they wouldn't have to constantly fear

of

fact, one person needed

Crystals, not

was a

had the amount of Energy of one billion God Stones. However, that wasn't

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

God Crystal was often sold for two billion God Stones precisely due

the use of a

they could be used to create

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

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

someone

worth far

Ancestral Gods to get their hands on

of them couldn't

that only left the second

Karmic Luck.

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

own fighters would probably win

than the other Sect, Karmic Luck wouldn't make a difference. However, if they were about equal in power, Karmic Luck could

did the Sects get their Karmic

From disciples.

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

of the Karmic Luck of the disciples would gather in the Sect, and the Sect would have

over 20 Star Gods had already created a terrifying amount of Karmic Luck

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

where the Sect wars came

war in which every living being of the

simply join the other

long as the war was won by one side, they

Submit or die.

forced them to remain in the new Sect for 20% of

time, the new disciples would be treated

time was up, most of the disciples

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

Sect consumed all the other Sects in the surroundings, they

also joined the other Sect to take