Lightning Is the Only Way

A proverbial, oppressive dark cloud hung over Gravis.

He couldn't come into contact with any of the people he liked until the problem had been resolved.

It was like Gravis was cut off from everyone again.

Luckily, this time, Gravis knew that he had a chance to fix the problem. After all, there have been cases of people being able to survive having a Sin Aura.

"Gravis," Stella said urgently. "You should ask Arc if he knows what you need to do!"

Gravis' eyes widened.

Right, he should ask Arc!

Why hadn't he thought of that earlier?

Gravis quickly got out his new communication ring and contacted Arc.

"Arc, I condensed a Sin Aura," Gravis said.

"What's that?" Arc answered.

Gravis was taken aback.

Arc didn't know what that was?

However, Gravis knew that Arc's knowledge and experience were still invaluable. Even if he didn't know what a Sin Aura was, he knew the way Orthar worked far better than Gravis in certain aspects.

Maybe, he could deduce the answer.

Gravis explained the concept of a Sin Aura to Arc.

"I can think of two ways to solve this issue," Arc said.

Gravis was pleasantly surprised. Arc said that he knew two ways to solve this issue.

"What are they?" Gravis asked.

"My Creator never does things without reason or gain. If he wants such Cultivators to die, he would simply kill them directly. He wouldn't need something like Sin Monsters. Even more, if he wanted to kill these people, he wouldn't give them the chance to do more damage before the Sin Monsters arrive."

"This means that the goal of the Sin Monsters isn't to kill you but to force you to pay for your mistakes. I'm not talking about some form of emotional relief when I talk about pay, but about literally paying the world back."

"Gravis, think about what your actions have cost the world and my Creator. What have they lost?" Arc asked.

Gravis knew the answer. "Energy and Karmic Luck," he answered.

"Half-right," Arc answered. "Karmic Luck is simply a method to show how effective you have been at gathering Energy. You gain Karmic Luck by helping people become stronger, which makes them gather more Energy."

"Creating an organization gives the disciples in the organization greater safety and more access to Laws, which will accelerate their growth and will even result in them becoming more powerful than they would have ever become on their own."

"A personal disciple is the same thing. If you take in a mortal as a disciple, and they become a Law Comprehension Cultivator, they would have gathered a lifetime's worth of Energy of a Law Comprehension Cultivator. Without you, they would have died as mortals and would have gathered nearly no Energy."

yourself, obviously don't count in that. After all, everyone strives for

you owe. You damaged something,

Gravis' expression became bitter.

500,000 Peak Immortal Emperors,"

Silence.

"That's bad," Arc answered.

"It is," Gravis answered.

Luck and Energy until all of this has been paid back. However, paying all of this back will be

that you

worth around one million God Stones. A level two Star God should be worth four million God Stones. How many God Stones do you owe for the

fights, and those two fights shouldn't have involved me. So, in essence, I'm responsible for the death of one or two level two Star Gods and about 15 or so level one Star

500,000 Peak Immortal

a

number would be

be worth around 4,000 God Stones. 4,000 times 500,000 is two billion God Stones. That's a lot of money,"

took a

20 million God Stones of the Star Gods didn't even make a

Two billion God Stones.

points in The Heaven Company for God Stones, he might be able to get another 50 million God Stones, but even that wouldn't make a dent

debt, he would have

have been killed by

most significant debt," Arc

aback, and a

"What?" Gravis asked.

Star Gods, Gravis," Arc answered. "There is something else that you owe. You know, that thing that I don't want to mention for

Arc was referring to, but when he

this pressure. This pressure came from

to

should

The Brand!

to repay

communication

much is

should be one Ancestral God's worth of Energy per Star God," Arc

Silence.

be about two billion God Stones

Silence.

Gravis just couldn't react.

to pay back over 40 billion

went through all kinds

The Heaven Company?

for

The Information Pavilion?

would still be over a million

World Weapons?

if Gravis had infinite customers, he could pay that off rather quickly, but that was not how

it was far easier for Star Gods to get their hands on World