Lightning Is the Only Way

Over the next couple of years, more people gathered.

Near the end, nearly 500,000 level one Ancestral Gods had gathered in this place.

The fateful day had only been 1.7 million years ago, and all of these people had managed to shoot through the Star God Realm during that timeframe and become Ancestral Gods.

They either were people that rushed through the Realms or very talented Cultivators who just comprehended Laws at a very fast rate.

Yet, it was still immensely difficult to comprehend a level eight Law in such little time, which meant these Ancestral Gods were probably the strongest ones out of all the new Cultivators, except for the ones in the Peak Sects.

When it was time for the tournament, the onlookers all went to the central arena of the Lightning Peak Sect.

The arena was about ten kilometers wide, which seemed way too small for fights at the Ancestral God Realm, but the arena had a Formation Array around it that expanded its internal space with the True Law of Space.

From the outside, it was only ten kilometers wide, but inside, it was millions of kilometers wide.

One might think that it would be quite difficult to witness a fight several million kilometers away, but the onlookers were all Ancestral Gods. Their Spirit Senses stretched way further than that.

When Gravis entered the area for the audience around the arena, he noticed that he was one of the weakest onlookers in terms of Realm.

Most people were between the third and seventh level of the Ancestral God Realm, while some of them were at the eighth or ninth level. There were even around ten Divine Gods in the area, but Gravis wasn't powerful enough to guess their exact level.

There were seven balconies above the audience area, but they were still empty. Gravis guessed that some important people would probably be there in the future.

"An Elder just arrived," Mortis transmitted to Gravis.

"What's he doing?" Gravis asked.

"He's pulling out all the contestants that can fight two levels above themselves. Apparently, they don't need to join this round. Oh, he just said that our hall is only one of two halls. He said that there is a second hall with just as many participants, and we will only fight the people from the other hall. This is to prevent information gathering," Mortis transmitted.

"So, there are actually about a million level one Ancestral Gods participating in this tournament? That's quite a lot," Gravis answered.

"Yes, the reaction was mixed when everyone in this hall heard that piece of information. I think some plans just got ruined," Mortis said.

"So, it's actually senseless that you're in there," Gravis transmitted.

"Seems like it," Mortis answered. "Oh wait, the Elder also pulled in that pink-haired woman from the Eternal Fire Sect. Apparently, the other side has three more Ancestral Gods that can jump two levels than our hall, which means that the Elder has to get the three next-strongest Ancestral Gods."

"Quite powerful," Gravis commented.

"The stronger Ancestral Gods just left the room, and now the Elder is explaining that the people left in the room can still win. They just have to risk it all and grow more powerful. If they want to win, they have to risk it. However, they can also just fight normally," Mortis narrated.

"Makes sense," Gravis answered.

At that moment, several people appeared at the seven balconies.

As soon as these people arrived, everyone looked over in silence.

representatives of the

he had to

So powerful!

couldn't even fathom

couldn't even tell who was

more, Gravis saw some familiar faces among

of my Lightning Peak Sect!" a powerful-looking man in

Gravis recognized that person.

new Sect Master of the Lightning Peak Sect. Gravis didn't know his name, but he had seen him in

Sect Master announced as he

old man with long white hair and a long white beard. He was carrying a

Eternity Sect!" the Sect Master

politely, while the old man only

born into this world, and

Sect's techniques all focused on the Primordial

a perfect fit for

gestured to

bright pink hair. She smiled warmly at

Mortal Sect!" the Sect Master

the famous seductress of the Mortal Sect,' Gravis

actually had a deeper meaning. The Mortal Sect concentrated on the Emotional Laws, and they do so by emulating the pleasures

Sect Master gestured to the

young girl with lively green hair. Her smile was radiant and bathed everyone in an

the True Life

True Life Sect. No explanation was necessary

to the next balcony, which was to

a stalwart

Divine Sect! What an honor

the Heavenly Divine Sect?' Gravis

saw his

told Gravis to go to Master Linus' shop.

Master Linus, but when he had seen Gravis,

the Heavenly Divine Sect was only an upper-level Sect, but, apparently,

pure Weapon Laws. Back then, Gravis had had no

basically the Purist Sect of the highest

gestured

balcony, Gravis saw

of the Lost Wind

Vice-Sect Master that had watched Gravis while he had worked as a torturer. This was also the person

of the Lost Wind Sect

Wind Sect was the antithesis of the Lightning Peak Sect, and also the Peak Sect with the worst relationship with the

Lightning Peak Sect concentrated on the bright, explosive, and powerful Elemental Laws. Laws like Heavenly Fire, Heavenly Lightning, Heavenly Zero, and

the Laws