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.

enemies, which meant that

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

coldly

what a Sin Aura is?"

Gravis shook his head.

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

some reason, the word Sin

someone referred to someone that

to refer to a very powerful beast. Of course, for Cultivators, a beast was just a beast. There was no reason to refer to them

is a Sin Monster?"

Fire Sect said. "We believe that they have been created by Heaven to punish the Cultivators that commit

I will be hunted

know much about them, but we think they will

have to kill

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

Divine Gods fear

him had transformed into an

floor. "So, I

don't know," the Elder said. "We have heard of Cultivators that managed to get rid of their Sin

remained silent as he

with

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

Sin Monsters will kill every living being around you, and whatever

"They kill someone, and it's my

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

Gravis gritted his teeth.

to his time

forbidden from interacting or getting close to

had been weak was now haunting him again

feel like he had been unjustly targeted,

wasn't his fault, but he knew that it was his fault, this time. Back in the lower world, Gravis had

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

done while doing it. He was used to killing large swathes of living beings just by existing, and

It was just normal.

he had destroyed the Shining

used he was to the destruction of

have thought that everything Gravis had thought as normal turned out to

I get rid of the Sin Aura?"

know," the Elder