Lightning Is the Only Way

Gravis watched as the discussions broke down and force was used. Would he get involved?

No.

Why should he get involved? Just because Joyce was a woman? Cultivation didn't take gender into account. The cultivation world was different than the mortal world. In the mortal world, one person couldn't have enough power to overthrow whole nations, Clans, or family heads. People needed help from other people in the mortal world since one person just couldn't reach overwhelming power. For mortals, the cooperation between humans was necessary.

Yet, in the cultivation world, this belief would break down. When there were no rules to stop someone from committing all sorts of things that mortals would consider "atrocious crimes", the strength of a single individual became more important than the strength of a group.

So, all in all, Joyce needed to deal with this problem herself. Her father wasn't an enemy of hers, and he also wouldn't kill her. If Joyce wasn't even able to handle something like that, she might as well stop cultivating. Even though her father was way more powerful than her, she wasn't helpless right now. If one didn't have enough power, then one had to get creative. Gravis saw multiple ways which would give Joyce an upper hand.

"Marvin, are you sure about that?" Reginald asked unsurely.

"It's what's best for her," Marvin said evenly.

Marvin also saw how Gravis didn't react at all, which gave him even more confidence. The fact that Gravis didn't get involved showed that he didn't care about Joyce at all. If Gravis wanted the best for Joyce, he would step to her side and help her. This only strengthened Marvin's belief that Gravis was trying to manipulate Joyce.

"You…" Joyce managed to utter through clenched teeth. She was suppressed by Marvin's Will-Aura, but not completely. She could still talk, though it was hard. "You!" she managed to shout through clenched teeth.

"Be silent!" Marvin commanded. "I know what's best for you! As soon as you calm down, you will also realize this."

Joyce's emotions were raging inside her. Frustration, rage, helplessness, hurt, sadness, loss, and many similar emotions all mixed together. She gnashed her teeth so hard that blood started flowing out of her mouth.

her, and he had always shown his love for her. Her mother had died, so her father was the closest person to her.

there might come a time in the future where Heaven might use all his companions to threaten him. At the time, she had said that this situation sounded too cruel to be real,

she even do that? If she went against her father, she might lose the entire Freya Clan. Like this,

the suppression of Marvin's Will-Aura. 'What am I thinking!? Didn't I just say that even if I go through a thousand years of pain, I will continue cultivating?' Joyce thought with frustration and rage. 'Am I

can't even get through this, how will I ever reach my goal? This family argument is nothing in comparison to the pain I will feel in the future! My path has been made, and I will walk it to the

WHOOOOOM!

furiously. Her fully compressed Will-Aura stretched out

lost consciousness. Only the people in the Spirit Forming Realm were able to resist. Meanwhile, her

Reginald and Marvin fell open as they saw this. They knew what this meant. Joyce had condensed her Unity Will! She had been

knew what this meant. Joyce had just made a decision that filled her with incredible pain. This could

as panic, terror, and guilt took hold of him. 'What

a way to solve the issue,' Gravis thought

father," Joyce said with an icy voice, though one could hear her emotions behind

like he tried to catch her before she left. "No… please…" he said in terror. "I'm sorry! I'm so sorry! Please, don't leave!" Marvin said as tears started rolling down his eyes. "I made a mistake! I'm sorry! You're the most important thing in my life,

Gravis rubbed his chin in interest. 'Interesting. This emotional reaction shows that his motive wasn't selfish, but that he genuinely believed that he knew better. If he didn't love his daughter that much, he wouldn't have shown such weakness in front of Reginald and me. He genuinely doesn't care about his dignity

don't think so. It requires strength to humiliate oneself like this to not lose a loved one.' Gravis looked out of the window as Marvin continued begging. 'Would I be able to do that? Would I be able to throw away my dignity and self-respect to keep a loved one? I honestly don't think so. I don't think that there is

Wham!

tears also fell from her eyes. "I'm sorry that I've hurt you,

cried even harder. He tightly hugged his daughter as all the pain was forgotten. "I'm so sorry, pumpkin. I didn't want to let my little treasure go!" he shouted. "I saw how you started changing and

continued crying in each other's

involving yourself," Reginald said