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.

destroyed one of their enemies, which meant that Gravis

he looked at the Elder from the Eternal Fire Sect.

Elder coldly looked at

you know what a Sin Aura

Gravis shook his head.

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 be hunted by the Sin Monsters,"

word Sin Monsters felt weird to

when someone referred to someone that acted incredibly cold-hearted. The mortal definition of the word monster didn't

monster to refer to a very powerful beast. Of course, for Cultivators, a beast was

Sin Monster?" Gravis

the Elder from the 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

will be hunted by

them, but we think they will start

I have to

are far beyond your power, and you will be helpless in

Divine Gods fear

around him had transformed into an

looked to the floor. "So,

that managed to get rid of their Sin Aura a couple

silent as he looked into

looked with pain at

friends and family?" Gravis asked calmly. Now was not

being around you, and whatever they kill will reduce your Karmic Luck

Gravis shouted. "They kill someone,

are the rules of Heaven," the Elder said. "There's nothing

Gravis gritted his teeth.

similar to his

interacting or getting close to

had been weak was now haunting him again when he had reached

been unjustly targeted,

it wasn't his fault, but he knew that it was his fault, this time. Back

killed so many Cultivators. In essence, this was not a

hadn't even thought about what he had done while doing it. He was used to killing large swathes of living beings just by existing, and he hadn't questioned his

It was just normal.

Shining Purity Sect, he had

how used he was to the destruction of

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

do I get rid of the

know,"