Lightning Is the Only Way

Gravis almost thought he hadn't heard Manuel's words correctly.

Cut off all contact with Gravis?

Why!?

"Manuel," Gravis said slowly.

"I have to!" Manuel shouted with gritted teeth. "I can't sacrifice the Myriad Sect for a meaningless show of loyalty. The entire Myriad Sect wouldn't be able to help you, and we would only die. I'm doing this, so you have someone to return to when all of this is over!"

Stella looked with horror at the Myriad Sect and with fear at Gravis.

Leave Gravis?

Never!

"What is a Sin Aura? How did I condense one?" Gravis asked with clenched fists.

The Elder from the Eternal Fire Sect looked at Gravis coldly.

"Have you recently killed a great number of weaker Cultivators?"

Gravis' mind immediately went to the Shining Purity Sect.

Gravis' face became white as he realized that he had done exactly that.

How had things suddenly changed in this way? He was used to doing stuff like this, and it didn't feel any different from what he had done in the past.

How had that suddenly become a problem?

The Elder noticed Gravis' expression, and he knew that Gravis had done just that.

The Elder took out an emblem and looked at it for a while. After a short time, his brows furrowed.

"The Shining Purity Sect," he said.

"It doesn't exist anymore."

When the Myriad Sect heard that, they all fell silent.

Hearing these words only increased their frustration and helplessness.

enemies, which meant that Gravis had

deep breath as he looked at the Elder from

Elder coldly looked at

a Sin Aura is?" he

Gravis shook his head.

you go far below zero Karmic Luck. Senseless slaughter decreases your Karmic Luck, and if you do enough of

Sin

used, and when it was used, it was when someone referred to someone that acted

to a very powerful beast. Of course, for Cultivators, a beast was just a beast. There was

Sin Monster?" Gravis

that they have been created by Heaven to punish the Cultivators that commit senseless slaughter. They

be hunted by them?"

don't know much about them, but we think

have to kill

"They are far beyond your power, and you will

Divine Gods

like the world around him had transformed into

to the floor. "So, I

don't know," the Elder said. "We have heard of Cultivators that managed to get rid of their Sin Aura a couple thousand years later. Not much

only remained silent as he looked into

looked with

I come into contact with my friends and family?" Gravis

every living being around you, and whatever they kill will reduce your

shouted. "They kill someone,

Elder said. "There's nothing you

Gravis gritted his teeth.

similar to

interacting or getting close

he had been freed from when he had been weak was now haunting

wanted to feel like he had been unjustly targeted, but it just

wanted to feel like it wasn't his fault, but he knew that it was his fault, this time. Back in the lower world, Gravis had

killed so many Cultivators. In essence, this was not

even thought about what he had done while doing it. He was used to killing large swathes of

It was just normal.

had destroyed the Shining Purity

was how used he was to the destruction

that everything Gravis had thought as normal turned out to throw him into an

of the Sin Aura?"

know," the Elder