Lightning Is the Only Way

This was a huge issue.

The Eternal Fire Sect had a zero-tolerance policy when it came to breaking their rules. If one of the Myriad Sect's Ancestral Gods decided to attack an Ancestral God of another subsidiary Sect of the Eternal Fire Sect, the entire integrity of this competition would vanish.

This was a place for creating more powerful Sect Masters and Star Gods. The Ancestral Gods would help in creating and administrating these Sects, but the fighting had to be done by the Star Gods and Peak Immortal Emperors.

However, since the Ancestral Gods had also been the ones that created the Sect, they had the right to destroy their own Sects. The Sects belonged to them, and they could do with them whatever they wanted.

Sure, Manuel could try to quickly gather all the Star Gods of the other Sect, but the other Star Gods had come with their Ancestor, which was a bad thing.

Why?

Because her Star Gods were in the range of her Spirit Sense.

If she suddenly saw many Star Gods charge into the Myriad Sect, she would immediately kill all of them.

She was essentially using the rules to threaten Manuel with the lives of thousands of Star Gods.

If Manuel ordered one of his Ancestral Gods to kill her, the Myriad Sect wouldn't only lose their status as a subsidiary Sect. They would maybe even become enemies with the Eternal Fire Sect.

The Eternal Fire Sect had an incredible amount of Ancestral Gods, and they even had a new Ancestor at the peak of the Ancestral God Realm. Orpheus was still on the fifth level of the Ancestral God Realm. Sure, Orpheus was incredibly powerful when it came to his Battle-Strength, but he couldn't fight a level nine Ancestral God.

By killing this Ancestral God, Manuel wouldn't put the Myriad Sect into danger but doom it entirely.

Gravis was in a different room with Stella, and he was watching what was happening. A powerful Formation Array isolated the room where the two sides were negotiating, but that didn't stop Gravis.

Gravis saw Manuel hesitate, and he knew exactly what was happening.

Manuel was at a crossroads.

Gravis waited for a while and noticed that Manuel's emotions were slowly leaning towards acceptance.

"What do you want to do?" Gravis asked Manuel.

"I can't risk it," Manuel answered. "I'm not living only for myself. I also have a responsibility to all the disciples of the Myriad Sect. I can't doom them for a momentary bout of emotions."

"I understand that, but are you truly fine with giving up?" Gravis asked.

"Of course I'm not fine with it," Manuel transmitted back with a frown, "but I don't have any other choice."

"Don't you?" Gravis asked.

"Gravis," Manuel transmitted back. "As a Sect Master, I have to protect the Sect and my disciples. I have a responsibility, and I can't put them at risk for something I don't need but only want."

Gravis remained silent.

"It's what I have to do," Manuel transmitted. "It's for the good of the Sect."

Gravis only sighed.

comprehended the Law of Freedom. Sadly,

to comprehending the Law of

it incredibly difficult to comprehend the Law of Freedom. The more one knew about control, the

be comprehended when someone went with a stupid decision that they wanted instead of

smart and too calm to comprehend the Law

Sect Master, and to comprehend the Law of

decided to accept the

BANG!

of the other Sect

with shock at the place the other

one had expected

anger. "Orpheus!" he shouted

over his anger, but

the good of the Sect. It had taken a lot out of him to

Manuel was the one leading the Sect! Orpheus had broken his promise by acting on his

looked with panic

he just

smiled while looking

yourself!" Manuel said with

transformed into a

kill her," he

Silence.

killed her!? Do you realize that

Orpheus answered. "I know

really wanted

Silence.

have a responsibility to the Sect! You can't just act on your

I just did," Orpheus said with a

filled with stress

Orpheus was unreasonable!

Manuel took a deep breath to

had already been done, and there was

plan for what was about

again," Manuel said with suppressed

"Or what?" Orpheus asked.

Manuel's anger exploded again.

that there

had all the

an Ancestor, but that would doom the Myriad Sect even more. With no one suppressing them, the Ancestral Gods would become the leaders

they needed Orpheus now more than ever. They had to deal with the Eternal

knows that he can't fight the Ancestor of the Eternal

did he do it? What was his