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.

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

there might come a time in the future where Heaven might use all his companions to threaten him. At the

forced to decide between her father and her cultivation? Could she even do that? If she went against her father, she might lose the entire Freya Clan. Like this, she would become homeless and lonely. A life

that even if I go through a thousand years

I will feel in the future! My path has been made, and I will walk it to the end, no matter who stands in front of me! If I have to choose between my family

WHOOOOOM!

fighting against the Will-Aura of her father, started expanding furiously. Her

that vicinity lost consciousness. Only the people in the Spirit Forming Realm were able to resist. Meanwhile, her Will-Aura pushed her father's Will-Aura away until she could finally

Will! She had been very close to it for a long while, but they hadn't expected

had just made a decision that filled her with incredible pain. This could only mean that she had decided to

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

well, that's also a way to solve the issue,' Gravis thought

my cultivation, then you will no longer be my father," Joyce said with an

stretched to his daughter from a distance, almost 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, and I don't

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

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

Wham!

daddy!" she shouted as tears also fell from her

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 how you decided to go against tradition! I felt like you were about to leave me! I'm so sorry for what I have

continued crying in each other's embrace. Gravis and

for not involving yourself," Reginald said with