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.

meant that Gravis had done these things for

from the Eternal Fire Sect. "What am

coldly looked at

know what a Sin

Gravis shook his head.

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

some reason, the word Sin

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

Of course, for Cultivators, a beast was just

is a Sin Monster?" Gravis

"We believe that they have been created by Heaven to punish the Cultivators that commit senseless slaughter.

be hunted

don't know much about them, but we

to kill

"They are far beyond your power, and you will

Gods

around him had transformed into

to the floor. "So, I will die soon?"

"We have heard of Cultivators that managed to get rid of their Sin

remained silent as he looked into the

looked with pain

family?" Gravis asked calmly. Now was not the time to

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

is this!?" Gravis shouted. "They kill someone, and it's my

the rules of Heaven," the Elder

Gravis gritted his teeth.

similar to his time in

was forbidden from interacting or getting close to anyone,

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

like he had been unjustly targeted, but it just

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

he had killed so many Cultivators. In essence, this was not a superior making

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

It was just normal.

Shining Purity Sect,

how used he was to the destruction

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

I get rid of the Sin Aura?" Gravis

know," the Elder