Lightning Is the Only Way

Gravis sighed and readied himself. He hadn't expected for one of his friends to die that quickly, but that had always been a possibility. "Who was it?"

"The one called Lasar," his father said.

Gravis took a deep breath. "How did he die?" he asked.

"Normal tempering," his father answered, "he underestimated the power of the weaker of his two opponents. After killing the stronger one, he had thought that the weaker one was easier to kill. The weaker opponent self-destructed, taking your friend with him."

Gravis looked to the side, at the windows, into the outside. "That was in the middle world, right?" he asked.

"Yes," his father answered, "he met up with that old man that you also consider your friend. That's something, at least."

Gravis took another deep breath. He was no longer running away from his pain. He felt the shock and grief inside him. He also remembered how he had met Lasar and how he had accepted Gravis back into the Lightning Sect.

They both stayed silent for a couple of minutes. Gravis was lost in thought, and the Opposer simply waited for him. Gravis had to deal with these things by himself.

"The others have also already reached the middle world?" Gravis asked after some minutes.

The Opposer nodded. "Every person you consider as a friend is in the middle world now."

Gravis had expected that already. He had been back home for nearly three weeks. With the time dilation, that would be over 50 years for the lower world.

"The lower world is still about the same?" Gravis asked.

"Nothing much changed except that there are many more people going through the tenth Stage of Energy Gathering," his father said.

Gravis had also anticipated that. The changes to the world would be very slow, except for the greater power of the Elemental Sects. With Heaven no longer killing people with a Will-Aura in the Body Tempering Realm, more powerful people would emerge.

Gravis remained silent for some more minutes, just thinking about his friends and the lower world. Over 50 years had passed in the lower world, giving Gravis a feeling of disconnect. The lower world was quickly changing while he had only talked to some people. The worlds were really different.

surprise that Orpheus

surprise?" his

listen to our conversation?" Gravis asked

I?" his father said. "That's your thing, and you're

made sense that his father didn't always listen in on his conversation or watch over him. He mostly did these things to protect him, and when it wasn't necessary, he wouldn't care. After all, listening to others talking for a long while would get boring

assumed that I would go to a Natural World next, but I said that I was more interested in a Battle World. Then,

the eye. "If you want to continue cultivating, you have to go to a Natural World. There is no

lifted an eyebrow. "How

"It's too weak and not in sync with your

what does it have to do with going to a Natural World? I'm sure there are some resources that I can get

in the Unity Realm. All your centers of power are connected. By strengthening one, you involuntarily strengthen the

between your body and your other centers of power, losing your strongest weapon, or you will need to reach the

furrowed brows. "Which

of power. Increasing your physical strength at that point would be very challenging, costly,

"It would take that long?" he

wouldn't even have that. On top of that, with the uneven ratio, you wouldn't be able to make use of the greatest weapon of the Nascent Nourishing Realm. That would decrease

this

surprises. You'll naturally know when you reach that Realm or fight someone in

what does all of this have to do with going to a Natural World?

It's simply a breeding ground for beasts that will function as tempering for humans later. Therefore, when you enter a Natural World, you won't

an eyebrow. "Then how do I

father answered. "As soon as you enter, in order to accommodate the

the bodies of beasts are way more powerful than humans, I would be able to deal

reached the Unity Realm, you have tempered your

while beasts have the most powerful bodies. Having both the advantages without the drawback sounds too good

balance?" his father asked

this, so it probably wanted to create some balance. Wouldn't breaking it make it act directly against me? I've killed a Heaven before, but