Lightning Is the Only Way

Two more years passed in which Gravis simply tried to comprehend anything. By now, he had stayed five full years in the Red Kingdom. He had never been in one spot basically doing nothing for such a long time before.

In the lower world, he had always changed environments and learned new things. Even the entire rise and fall of the River Tribe had only taken a bit less than a year. So, five years felt like an eternity to him.

Yet, it only felt like an eternity when compared to his earlier life. In truth, the time actually passed rather quickly for him. In the beginning, every day had felt like forever, but as soon as he got used to ignoring everything else, time seemed to pass much faster.

Gravis had always been on edge, trying to put himself into as much danger as possible in order to not fall behind. This was the first time Gravis was basically forced to only wait. Was it a bad thing? Gravis wasn't entirely sure. He just didn't have enough information to make an informed decision on that.

For once, the absence of pressure had, ironically, put Gravis under more pressure. He felt like while he was just sitting here, other Cultivators went through one life and death fight after the other. Only sitting here made him feel like he was falling behind.

Yet, Gravis also realized that this was only his own ambition talking. In truth, other Cultivators also needed to just sit down and comprehend their Laws. At some point, everyone would have developed their own fighting style to the peak. So, Gravis tried to change his mindset regarding tempering.

Tempering no longer gave him any combat experience. He was already able to foresee nearly all of his opponent's attacks, and fighting more wouldn't increase that skill any further. Now, it was all about the Laws. Gravis was sure that the cultivators all concentrated on their Laws as long as they reached his power.

Gravis was wrong.

Cultivators and beasts at his Realm generally weren't even close to finalizing their perfect fighting style. Gravis had gone through more crises than nearly every other Cultivator and beast at his level.

In the Unity Realm, comprehending a Law was a luxury. Very, very few Cultivators and beasts in the Unity Realm had the chance of comprehending a Law. After all, the Unity Realm wasn't a Realm where one was supposed to comprehend a Law. Comprehending Laws came much later generally.

of the Nascent Nourishing Realm. After all, in order to reach the Law Comprehension Realm, one needed to have understood at least one Law. Without

much sooner. He was already focusing his eyes entirely on the Laws

After all, Gravis would have had much more time to comprehend Laws. Yet, that mindset was wrong. The reason for

Nourishing Realm while another Cultivator needed 500 years to accomplish

end, both of them would have comprehended one Law and would be in the same Realm. Many geniuses often

reached the Spirit Forming Realm, the dulling of the mind via age had already vanished. An old man near his dying bed could comprehend just as much as a youngster. Arguments like these were only spoken by the geniuses to give them a sense of

power was an ultra-long-distance marathon. Being faster in the beginning made no

a hundred years. Yet, he still had an amazing Battle-Strength and managed to ascend. The

800 years left, while others had more than 900. Yet, no one needed 800 years to

time at all, Old

Unity Realm only helped with the current Battle-Strength, identical to having a powerful Will-Aura. It gave a momentary advantage, but if one couldn't keep building on it, they would lose that advantage

which was why he had made the wrong conclusion regarding other Cultivators. Yet, in the grand scheme of things, it

Realm didn't progress faster. Cultivators and beasts had enough time

of tempering became important again. One should never forget that every tempering experience came with a risk of death. There needed to be a worthwhile reward

they would only increase their Will-Aura, while the comprehension of a Law would only increase by a slight bit. Yet, if one tempered themselves after accumulating a lot of understanding,

beginning to understand this

some things, but nothing really conclusive. He still remembered how it felt when he had been close to understanding

close to understanding something. It felt like there was something there, and he just needed some type of breakthrough to understand it. This feeling was wholly absent

sighed as he realized that today would be the day when the Red King would bring him to the

what had he