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.

one of their enemies, which meant

at the Elder from the

coldly

a Sin Aura

Gravis shook his head.

if you do enough of it, you will condense a Sin Aura. When that happens, you will be hunted

some reason, the word Sin Monsters felt weird

word monster was rarely used, and when it was used, it was when someone referred to someone that acted incredibly cold-hearted.

Of course, for Cultivators, a beast was just a beast. There was

is a Sin

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 not much

hunted by them?" Gravis

"We don't know much about them, but we think they will start hunting you

to kill

said. "They are far beyond your power, and you will be helpless

Gods

world around him had transformed into an ominous

floor. "So, I will die soon?"

get rid of their Sin Aura a couple thousand years later. Not

only remained silent as he looked into the

with pain at

contact with my friends and family?" Gravis asked calmly. Now was not the time to

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

this!?" Gravis shouted. "They kill someone, and

Elder said. "There's nothing you

Gravis gritted his teeth.

similar to his time in the lower

or getting

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

wanted to feel like he had been unjustly targeted, but it just wasn't

feel like it wasn't his fault, but he knew that it was his fault, this time. Back in the lower world, Gravis had been targeted for no reason. Heaven had just directly gone after

In essence, this was not a superior making his life hard but a form

to killing large swathes of living beings just by existing, and he

It was just normal.

he had destroyed the Shining Purity Sect,

was how used he was

that everything Gravis had thought as normal turned out to throw

of

know,"