Lightning Is the Only Way

Gravis pulled the thing out and looked at it.

"CREEEEEE"

It released a maddened and enraged shriek, but Gravis didn't falter. It was a long, black worm with eyes completely covering its body. It looked like an abomination that parents would make up to scare their children into behaving.

More spires shot at Gravis, but Gravis only tightened his hold on the worm. The spires broke down before they could reach him.

"You look really disgusting, Heaven," Gravis said evenly. "Who would have expected that the thing that has haunted me for six whole years was such a disgusting worm? Would you have ever expected that this day would come?"

"You meddling ant!" it shouted in its screechy voice. "Why won't you just die!? If your father weren't there to protect you, you would have died long ago!"

"And if you weren't born from Heaven, you would have also died many times over. Background is also a part of strength," Gravis said.

"CREEEEEE!"

It shouted as Gravis used more of his strength. This was a shout of pain, and Gravis enjoyed it. Finally, Heaven felt a sliver of what he had felt for the past six years.

"Is it infuriating to be suppressed? Isn't it horrible when someone stronger than you can control your life?" Gravis asked.

"You won't dare to kill me! If I die, this whole world will be destroyed!" it screeched.

Gravis looked at the world as the black holes were devouring it. Then, he turned back to the black worm.

"Sorry, but this world is more important than your life," he said.

The worm became happy, but then, the Void-Stone Saber stabbed through its mouth. It released another high-pitched screech, and Gravis started turning the saber slowly inside Heaven's body. After around a minute, the worm fell silent.

BOOOOOOOM!

A shower of Energy exploded out of the worm as all its saved-up Energy was released into the world. Luckily, the corpse remained in one piece. Without someone guiding the Energy, it merely entered the holes without repairing them. Gravis remained calm as the world was ending around him.

"Don't play jokes on me. You won't let this world go to waste," Gravis said.

Whooosh!

All the holes vanished instantaneously. The destroyed continents were also restored to their status before the fight had begun. Yet, the dead remained dead. Everything recovered, except life.

Whoooosh!

Energy reappeared in the atmosphere, and in no time, it regained its old density. If there weren't so many dead people and beasts, one would believe that everything had been a dream.

lower Heaven. At that point, he would have hesitated. Yet, what was a lower world to

alive. Yet, the sadness of their dead loved ones

The Middle and Outer-Continent had been spared from the massacre. They only felt the Energy reducing and felt the earthquakes

fast enough to escape the destruction. Initially, they had believed that their homes would be destroyed, but with the highest Heaven's help, their homes

people that had it the worst were the Body Tempering disciples and the mortals. Body Tempering cultivators had now become even

Whoop!

Spirit Space. He might have a use for Heaven's body,

had been avenged. Looking across the restored world, Gravis felt

collateral damage, but not this much. Yet, what could he do? His lightning demanded justice,

am a monster?" Gravis asked

a complicated look on his face but then sighed. "I can't fault you

noticed

had been excited for Gravis' fight with Heaven, but she hadn't expected that the world would suffer that much. She was an empathic and emotional person, so she felt for

ever see each other again, you can tell me honestly what you think of me,' Gravis wanted

one last thing that he

edge of the Middle-Continent. Gravis stopped as he looked at something, which was hovering right

green, 90-meter-long hurricane hawk. It was a middle-grade

It didn't know this human, but

Snort!

that, he sighed again as a lump of

bird grew angry, turned around, and shot

PACK!

the side with its mighty wing. Gravis' body wasn't entirely without strength while flying. Having a body at the Seed Stage was light enough to fly with. Otherwise,

Plop!

landed on

the capability to transmit its thoughts. On top of that, it had always been smart for a beast. The fact that it transmitted a

a second but then smiled warmly. Skye hadn't been

sorry, Skye," Gravis said, hugging the

said. "I was too dependent on you. Thank you,"

they had never been separated. Skye told Gravis its story, and Gravis told Skye his story. Skye hadn't known that it

know, he grew nervous again. He didn't want his best friend to think of him as a

Gravis finished his tale. "I'm honored to call

mind that I have killed

beings suffer. It's how the world works. Why should you be guilty about how the world works?" Skye

reasoning was simple, but it rang true. Hadn't Gravis thought the same thing after he had realized the change he had brought to the world after he had destroyed the Darkness Sect? How did

Skye," Gravis

"Why?" Skye asked.

Gravis said back. Then, he realized something.

you not?"