Chapter 274: Powerful Future (1/2)

Old Man Lightning gritted his teeth as he heard Gravis refer to the Lightning Sect as trash. The Lightning Sect was the second strongest Sect in this world, only surpassed by the Heaven Sect. How could something like this be considered trash?

”How dare you say that the Lightning Sect is trash?” Old Man Lightning transmitted with anger.

Gravis didn't relent. ”In this lower world, the Lightning Sect is incredibly powerful, but imagine the people from the higher world. They hear that someone comes from this world, and they immediately assume that everyone from there is trash. After all, we send one person that ascended via the Tree Stage after another into this world. If there were some ascension pool or something similar per lower world, ours would probably be considered as the worst one. Are you fine with that? Are you fine with the higher world looking at us like this?” Gravis asked with a severe voice.

Old Man Lightning gripped his cane hard and clenched his teeth with power. ”Even if that were the case, where would those disciples even find tempering? After all, we can't just be the only ones that cultivate to the Self Stage.”

Gravis continued looking severely in the direction of the Sect Hall. ”Why not? What speaks against that?”

”Everything! Where would our Sect even find tempering!? Are we supposed to kill each other for tempering?” He asked.

”Yes!” Gravis shouted.

Old Man Lightning looked taken aback. ”What? I was being sarcastic! I won't allow our disciples to kill each other!”

Gravis sneered. ”Aren't you already doing that? After all, isn't the whole issue that we are discussing that people start killing each other? It's normal! The cultivation path is the most important! You don't need to force anyone into these fights. If you just set up such fights, the people will join on their own. As for the others, they just have to wait!”

Old Man Lightning still wasn't convinced. ”What do you mean with wait?”

”Simple,” Gravis said with a smirk. ”How do you think the other Sects will react if they start seeing more and more people with Destruction Lightning? They will surely start forcing people into the tenth level of the Energy Gathering Realm. After all, they can't lose out to another Sect!”

Old Man Lightning opened his eyes wide in realization. That actually made sense! Since no Sect had supreme power over the others right now, the other Sects might start doing just that. After all, that was the easiest way to increase the power of every disciple.

”But if we also force our disciples to go through the tenth level of Magic Gathering, the whole thing of tempering will reappear again. After all, Destruction Lightning is way more powerful than any other element,” Old Man Lightning said. Apparently, he had calmed down somewhat.

Gravis also looked more relaxed now. ”You know, I was actually quite surprised that only lightning has this way to become very powerful. I also felt it strange that an element's purity can only be decided in the Body Tempering Realm. I am pretty sure that there is a solution to both of these problems. Other worlds have different methods, and those worlds might not be bound by the limitations of our Elemental Seeds.”

Old Man Lightning thought about this. ”The more I think about this, the more I think that you are right. We have a predetermined way to cultivate, so no one tries to search for a new way. After all, it has stayed like this for an eternity. It has always been like this, and it has shown its effectiveness.”

Gravis snorted. ”Because you don't have any comparisons in this lower world. I am pretty sure that there are more ingenious ways to cultivate an element. On top of that, I am also sure that there are other, stronger variants of the other elements. Is there some kind of legend about stronger variations of other elements?” Gravis asked.

Old Man Lightning thought about this. ”There is a legend about Primordial Fire. That is an incredibly hot fire, which can only be found in volcanoes in the Core-Continent. The Fire Sect actually owns such a volcano. Yet, they have never been able to harness its powers.”

Gravis thought about this but then started smirking. ”You know what I think? I am pretty sure that there is a way to make this fire one's element, and I think other worlds have managed exactly that. After all, our world has a restriction that the other lower worlds don't have, which makes it impossible for us.”

Old Man Lightning was confused. ”We have a restriction that other worlds don't have?”

Gravis nodded. ”Yes. This whole thing about killing people with a Will-Aura at the Body Tempering Realm shouldn't exist in other worlds. In actuality, this whole thing goes against the goal of Heaven. After all, doesn't Heaven want as many powerful cultivators as possible? Why would it restrict the power of cultivators then? I'm pretty sure that only such an incompetent buffoon like this lower Heaven would think of something so stupid,” Gravis said in disdain.

Old Man Lightning thought about this situation some more. ”So, you think the Fire Sect might be able to harness the power of that volcano with people that have reached a Will-Aura in the Body Tempering Stage?”