Lightning Is the Only Way

Gravis and Orpheus talked for several years after their awkward reunion.

Orpheus praised Gravis' Battle-Strength especially, telling him that when Gravis had pulled that one stunt, even Orpheus had felt a feeling of mortal danger.

"Haha, I still remember when I first met you," Orpheus said with a bright smile while sipping some coffee. "You were only a Body Tempering Cultivator. In fact, you couldn't even be truly called a Cultivator."

"Just that one teacher you had who had been in the Unity Realm had already been worlds above you. And now, look at you! You're powerful enough to even make me feel threatened. It's almost unbelievable that you achieved all of that in only a bit more than a million years."

Gravis only smiled. "I still remember when I saw you back then. I had only heard about the first four Realms, and the Unity Realm truly felt like something that I would never reach in my life."

"And then, I met you, and you were on a level of power I couldn't even comprehend. I had no idea how powerful you actually were. I knew that you were powerful, but I didn't know how powerful."

That's when Gravis started laughing. "I still remember when I couldn't control my Will-Aura, and I used it on that one teacher. What was his name? Forneus, I think? Of course, he also suppressed me, but I wonder how he must have felt when you suddenly showed up."

"I wonder how it feels like to be reprimanded by a Peak Star God while only being a Unity Realm Cultivator," Gravis said with a smile.

Orpheus only smiled bitterly. "I still remember Forneus, which is surprising since he was only a Unity Realm Cultivator. He was a subordinate of my subordinate of my subordinate. Yet, whenever he interacted with me, he never really showed any fear. He only showed boredom and annoyance. That's quite admirable for someone of his level."

Gravis nodded. He still remembered that his teacher back then had even given Orpheus some attitude, which was shocking beyond belief considering the difference in their power.

"By the way, what did you do all day in your job?" Gravis asked.

"Mainly just managing the overall development of the different departments," Orpheus explained. "My subordinates were the ones that trained all the Researchers. I only looked at the different Cultivators in training from time to time to evaluate their growth."

"After that, my subordinates give me all the reports, and I have to find an effective way to improve the results without going over budget. I also had to evaluate all the different techniques the Researchers brought back and decide if they were marketable or not," Orpheus explained.

"Speaking of," Gravis interjected. "How does the Research Institute even make their money? I know that they sell techniques, but I don't see how that's viable. After all, basically everything has to do with Laws at the Unity Realm or higher."

Orpheus only leaned back. "It's not only about the techniques. It's also about ways of smithing, alchemy, Sect management, disciple training, Law combinations, and Form Laws."

he leaned forward again. "You have a very powerful Form Law. How did you create that? By comprehending 14 different level

You're probably only using 10% per Law at most. So, what about the remaining 90%?

oldest way to create them, but that's not what most powerful Sects are interested

aspect of your power, and investing so much time into it is a huge waste of

into play. We go through a Cultivator's memories and check out all of their facets. Their personality, priorities, fighting style, and

hard way, making them the best people for the job. Researchers

Law, a team of Researchers gathers that knows basically all the Elemental Battle-Laws for a given level of power. The details of

a technique and give it to the customer. With that method, the

really powerful Sects could do the same thing on their own, but it would still be a waste of resources. The true geniuses of the Sect would comprehend their Laws on their own, which meant that they didn't need that service, while the

come up with a level seven Form Law for a Star God that isn't even sure to become truly powerful in

be very used to this task, and they would feel quite some frustration towards their Sect for forcing them to do

exclusive one, and it's very expensive. Only

about tailor-making a Form Law for someone else. He had always

the Eternal Fire Sect?" Gravis

said with a chuckle. "The Eternal Fire Sect is full of

Eternal Fire Sect spends nearly 10%

nodded. "That's really

the Eternal Fire Sect's wealth, and other powerful

Institute were gathering more

20% of the Research

Gravis uttered with

below the Immortal Realm are

looked with confusion

Gravis," Orpheus said. "Lightning Crescent, Mortality, Samsara, pre-dodging,

no longer relevant to you right now, but they have been relevant in the past, and Cultivators in the lower

Research Institute shines. The Research Institute has billions of shops all over the world, and they have even more

Gravis asked in surprise. "You do business