Lightning Is the Only Way

Starting that day, Gravis tried to read the book without stopping. He just sat in front of his father as he concentrated on the booklet with everything he had. In the beginning, Gravis thought that it was a bit awkward to just sit in front of his father, reading constantly.

Yet, his father just closed his eyes and sat there motionlessly. Gravis had no idea what his father was doing. So, Gravis just continued sitting there, trying to read.

Gravis didn't notice, but a lot of his siblings had come to visit. It wasn't that he had completely shut himself off, but that his father had put him into an isolated space. To Gravis, it just looked like his father was sitting there, doing nothing.

Meanwhile, his siblings saw Gravis for the first time and were quite surprised. The young boy was just sitting there, staring intently at a booklet. Many of them looked at the booklet and read some stuff in it. It wasn't hard to read such small writing with their power.

They quickly realized that their father was teaching Gravis how to forge. Some of his siblings were happy for him. Some were envious. Some only rolled their eyes. Though, the majority was envious that their father was teaching something to Gravis while they had never been taught anything.

Though, that was to be expected. The vast majority of Gravis' siblings were artificially raised to the Immortal Emperor Realm. Only a select few would go through the bitter path of cultivation. Of course, those few had also received some teaching from their father if they managed to come back from the lower world they had been assigned to.

Some of his siblings complained about the unfairness, but the Opposer just looked with boredom at them.

"You gave up on cultivation, and you won't be able to become stronger if you rely on me. Either you put in some work to temper yourself, or you just stay how you are. What's the point of teaching forging to you? Without the ability to comprehend new laws, you will, at most, be able to forge something for the Law Comprehension Realm. That's three entire Realms below yours," The Opposer would say.

Of course, many of Gravis' siblings only got angrier at that. In their eyes, their father was playing favorites. It felt so unfair. One of them even doubled down on his complaint.

"I raised you to the Immortal Emperor Realm. If you want, I can reduce your power back to the Body Tempering Realm. Then, you can start the path of cultivation again. At that point, I can teach you something," the Opposer said.

This person still wasn't happy with that. Yet, they didn't take their father up on his offer. Cultivation was just suicide! Why would anyone want to do that? They already had a high status and could get nearly everything they wanted with their power. What was the point in throwing their lives away to eventually achieve the same thing they already had?

"Smart decision," the Opposer said. "With your attitude, you would just throw your background around and get mugged and killed by the first bandit that sees your nice robes."

That particular sibling felt offended and quickly left. How could someone like their father become so powerful? He wasn't even able to talk with proper etiquette!

Orpheus also visited his father, and when he saw Gravis sitting there, he only lifted an eyebrow. "Why is he reading here?" he asked.

"I don't know," his father said. "I never told him he couldn't leave. If he feels more comfortable reading in front of me, he can. I don't mind either way."

Orpheus and his father talked for a long while, and he finally got to know the whole truth about his father and his problems. After his father was finished explaining, Orpheus sighed, but it wasn't because he was hurt.

and happiness. He wasn't blinded by his father's illustrious status and had realized that his father probably also had problems that he didn't want to share

shared some of his problems with Orpheus made him feel closer

a Heaven's Magnate.

said many positive things to him

chance of reaching your Realm either way, so what's the point of becoming a Heaven's Magnate? A Star God and a Heaven's Magnate are the same thing to Heaven. When there is no possibility to break free, why should I continue?

city, there is no danger to us. Even if I became a Heaven's Magnate, the best thing in my life would still be my family.

Opposer sighed again. "You're right," he said slowly. "It's your life, and you define your happiness. It was only my

the Opposer said, shaking up all of Orpheus' emotions. His father had never said anything like this! Tears almost

"Thanks, father," Orpheus said.

Orpheus left,

words. Yet, it was still very exhausting to his concentration, but Gravis

he had achieved Unity. Who knew, maybe he would need even more concentration in the future? Being better in something was always useful, even

used to it. Keeping up his concentration was stressful, but with

Gravis continued

entire months to finish the

Bang!

If Gravis were only reading it, he would have been done about two months ago,

of how the specific material looked when magnified many times. Apparently, when one magnified any material enough, they would find that matter was also just

everything was Energy. Were space and time also Energy? Was Gravity also Energy? Gravis wasn't sure, but it seemed that way. He had also seen and recognized some similarities and patterns between different materials. Gravis felt like he was on the cusp of understanding

his

exhaustion. "Yes. I'm

his father

Gravis nodded. "Yep."

get onto the

his head to look at his

"Why?" his father asked.

sat back up again and scratched the back of

did," his father