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.

of their enemies, which meant that Gravis had done these things

Elder from the Eternal Fire Sect. "What am I supposed to

Elder coldly looked

know what a Sin

Gravis shook his head.

Sin Aura is when you go far below zero Karmic Luck. Senseless slaughter decreases your Karmic Luck, and if you do enough of it, you will condense a Sin Aura. When that happens, you will

word Sin Monsters felt

rarely used, and when it was used, it was when someone referred to someone that acted incredibly cold-hearted. The mortal definition of the word monster didn't really exist

a very powerful beast. Of course, for Cultivators, a beast

a Sin Monster?" Gravis

Eternal Fire Sect said. "We believe that they have been created by Heaven to punish the Cultivators that commit senseless slaughter. They are different from Beasts and humans, and

will be hunted by

them, but we think they

I have to

them," the Elder said. "They are far beyond your

Gods fear

world around him had transformed

looked to the floor. "So, I will

rid of their Sin

only remained silent as he

with pain

into contact with my friends and family?" Gravis asked calmly.

Monsters will kill every living being around you, and whatever they kill will reduce your Karmic Luck even further," the Elder

shouted. "They kill someone, and

the Elder said. "There's nothing you can do about

Gravis gritted his teeth.

so very similar to

getting close to

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

been unjustly targeted, but it

his fault, but he knew that it was his fault, this time. Back in the lower world, Gravis had been targeted for

now, Gravis was being targeted because he had killed so many Cultivators. In essence, this was not a superior making his life hard but a

doing it. He was used to killing large swathes of living beings just by existing, and he hadn't questioned

It was just normal.

destroyed the Shining Purity

used he was to the destruction of

Gravis had thought as normal turned out to throw him into an abyss of uncertainty for the

get rid of the Sin

don't know," the Elder