Lightning Is the Only Way

A gigantic portal opened in the middle of a humongous dark hall. Many other, smaller portals were lined along the wall of the hall. Every portal had a different color, and there were thousands of them. The hall itself was many kilometers wide, and mortals would take over an hour to jog from one end to another.

CRRR!

A big green bird came out of the portal. Skye quickly noticed that there was a floor right beneath her, so she extended her talons and stopped her flight. Her talons scraped across the ground due to her speed, but the floor was completely undamaged. Instead, her talons got ground down a bit.

Skye's and Gravis' eyes widened immediately in shock. Skye's eyes widened because of the imposing hall and the hard material, while Gravis' eyes widened because of the Energy he felt.

"How is there such an unreal amount of Energy?" Gravis asked involuntarily. When he had left for the lower world, he was sure that he hadn't felt such an overwhelming amount of Energy. The sheer volume of it was so overpowering that Gravis even felt it challenging to move. It was like the Energy in the air was pressuring his being.

'I never noticed that there was so much Energy in the air,' Gravis thought. 'I feel so suppressed that I probably can't even reach the sound barrier. How did I move with my weak body back then? I shouldn't have been able to move faster than a snail with so much Energy constantly pressing into me.'

Gravis' eyes shone. 'Cultivating in this environment would probably allow me to achieve breakthroughs in a matter of days.'

Whooom!

Suddenly, Gravis felt himself get disconnected from the Energy. Now, he felt like there was no Energy in the air. He couldn't even absorb it anymore. First, Gravis was shocked, but he quickly realized what had happened.

'Father has probably isolated me from the Energy,' Gravis thought and then sighed. 'I nearly thought about cultivating here. Like this, I would become more powerful, but I wouldn't be able to temper myself. It's better this way.'

"Alright, one returnee with a beast companion," one clerk that Gravis hadn't noticed before said as he wrote something down on a clipboard. The clerk stood around 50 meters away from them.

Gravis was surprised that he hadn't noticed the clerk at all. Yet, he quickly realized why that was the case.

the Energy suppressed me, and now my Spirit is also suppressed? How have I not noticed this before?' Gravis thought as he scratched his

little bit

without looking away from his clipboard. "You're not in your lower world anymore, bird. I advise you to never underestimate anyone in this world. When you feel that someone has no power, it doesn't

clerk had heard her message. She had only sent

right," Gravis said. "This is the highest world, and even beggars can teleport. Someone that is able to work in here is

received a culture shock as she

"He's right. If you want to know, I am at the later stages of the Immortal Emperor Realm. If you consider the Body Tempering

Emperor Realm is the ninth Realm? Finally, I have

the clerk said as a clipboard appeared before Gravis. "I need you to fill out this form if you want to take

at Skye with a sad smile. Skye also looked at Gravis with sad eyes. Then, Gravis looked at the

clipboard in front of Gravis vanished as the clerk nodded. "Makes sense.

minute. After that, he stepped back. "We'll

nodded back. "Don't get left behind, younger brother!"

a bit. "Goodbye, big

Gravis walked

preferences?" the clerk asked

lots of trees and a wide sky sounds good," Skye

that, he found something and pointed

Whooom!

hall, and its size was

After that, Skye took flight, circled the hall once, and then shot

hope we'll see each other again,

four Immortal Energy Stones," the clerk said to Gravis, taking