Lightning Is the Only Way

Gravis smirked as he looked up into the sky. For the first time, he managed to get one over Heaven. Even though he was still incredibly weak, when compared to Heaven, he had still managed to anger it that much that it ignored every consequence to attack him.

Gravis knew that his father would not save his life if everything went its usual way. Yet, Gravis had absolute trust that his father would not allow Heaven to break its own rules to deal with him. The fact that Heaven directly controlled the beasts was already a breaking of the rules, yet it was still in the range of something that Gravis could manage.

"Ouch!" as Gravis moved his arm, he felt a pain shooting throughout his body, and only now did he realize how injured he actually was. Luckily, there were no broken bones, and it should only take around a day to heal back to his peak condition. If he didn't have tempered organs and blood, this would take weeks to heal.

He put his black saber back onto his back and inspected his new saber. It had the same length as his old one, but it was red, and multiple lines were crisscrossing across its surface. When Gravis looked at it closer, he smiled in happiness. "An Energy Weapon!" he said to himself.

Gravis had learned the basics of Equipment Forging in his homeworld, and he was knowledgeable enough to realize how much this saber was worth. An Energy Weapon was, like its name suggested, a weapon fit for an Energy Gathering expert. Only by infusing one's Energy, was one able to bring out the full potential of such a weapon.

Gravis had wanted to find a long-term weapon for a while now. His Void-Stone saber was great, but the, right now, positive aspect of absorbing Energy would become negative as soon as he broke through the Energy Gathering Realm. The saber would start absorbing his own Energy.

"Could this actually be considered luck?" Gravis asked himself but quickly shook his head. The treasures here were not natural treasures that were placed here at random. Those were treasures that were put here by the Guild Masters.

wanted. Yet, to get this one treasure, he had to fight an onslaught

more critical, Void-Stone might actually be harder than this saber. Using

He took one step forward, and everyone took one step back, including the Guild Masters.

was sure that the Guild Masters would still be stronger than him. Everything he had done earlier, they could do as well, and with even more ease.

shouted the Guild Master of Wind, her hair

"Why?" Gravis asked.

have gone against Heaven and Earth, and we do not want to be implicated

Heaven, 'Heaven and Earth' had no idea about how Heaven worked. Earth was part of Heaven. Earth was like Heaven's limbs and not its own entity. Earth couldn't judge anyone,

to its own rules," Gravis half-lied. "It has sent the spider to attack me yesterday. I survived the encounter, and when I broke through into the Bone Forging Realm, I wanted my payment. Heaven has

yet it didn't. Heaven had shown that it followed its own rules and that it was just. It

lightning bolt came and vanished too quickly, so they never noticed. In their eyes, it looked like Heaven had

him. The only reason why someone with ultimate power would not kill someone weaker is that they didn't want to. There was

in relief. Maybe this was a unique way of tempering a Heavenborn? Maybe Heaven and Earth had only sent all those beasts because it knew full well that Gravis

really too kind to its own children,' they all thought. Heaven had bestowed Gravis, its favorite child, a treasure, as well as a tempering experience. The