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.

their enemies, which meant that Gravis had

a deep breath as he looked at the Elder from the Eternal Fire Sect. "What am I

Elder coldly looked at

what a

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,

some reason, the word Sin Monsters felt weird

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 in the world of

used the word monster to refer to a very powerful beast. Of course, for Cultivators, a beast was just a beast. There was no reason to refer

Sin Monster?"

by Heaven to punish the Cultivators that commit senseless slaughter. They are different from Beasts and humans, and not much is known

be hunted

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

have to kill

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

Gods fear

like the world around him had transformed into an ominous

to the floor. "So, I will

the Elder said. "We have heard of Cultivators that managed to get rid of their Sin Aura a couple thousand years later.

only remained silent as he looked into the

looked with pain at

and family?" Gravis

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

this!?" Gravis shouted. "They kill

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

Gravis gritted his teeth.

felt so very similar to

getting close to anyone, or they

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

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

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

had killed so many Cultivators. In essence, this was not a superior making his life hard but a form of punishment for what

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

It was just normal.

destroyed the Shining

he was to the

normal turned

of

know," the