Lightning Is the Only Way

The Empress furrowed her brows in confusion. "You want to reach supreme power without having any offspring?" she asked in confusion.

Gravis nodded. "If I have children, I will love them with all my heart. They would be like another life of mine, and I can't rest and cultivate easily as long as I don't know if they're safe or not. Right now, I don't have the power to protect them from danger."

"Yet, I also don't want my path to end in this world. As soon as I have enough power to protect them, I would be at the peak of the world, which means that I can ascend into the next world. Because of that, I can't have children in this world. I'm sure that I can help you some other way. If you want, I will also just join the Empire as a normal beast," Gravis explained.

The Empress had a very complex look on her face. She wasn't really angry or frustrated about the fact that Gravis just said that he didn't want to do the one thing that his position required of him.

Her face looked more like complex pity.

"Gravis," she said slowly. "Do you know why everyone wants to become my mate?" she asked.

Gravis narrowed his eyes as he heard that question. This question seemingly came out of nowhere. Was the Empress trying to entice him to reconsider?

"Isn't it because of the feeling of power that they might feel after bedding an Emperor and the associated status?" Gravis asked.

The Empress shook her head. "This might motivate some of the Lords, but not so many of them. Additionally, why do you think I give out so many rewards to the Kings for a good mate?"

Gravis also thought about that. "You probably also get something out of this, right?" he asked.

The Empress nodded. "Yes. I am searching for powerful beasts so that I can learn about the Laws of Life," she said.

"Laws of Life?" Gravis asked, taken aback.

the Law of Life.

appalled. Yet, Gravis understood that beasts really didn't care about their offspring. Mortal animals might care about them, but it was completely different

parents' help would

If beasts also cared about their offspring like humans, they might not reproduce as

burden. Children brought light and happiness to their lives, and Gravis wasn't

your mates get out of this process?" Gravis asked. "You said there is more than just

He had expected her to scoff at him or grow

the Empress sighed again. "You are really unlucky,"

other mates get due to not mating with you? I'm fine with that. Not getting the reward might seem like a loss,

the side. "That's exactly it. If you want to reach supreme power, you must accept the current circumstance,"

you saying

she said. Then, she sighed again. Right now, she actually felt some real pity for

previous competition Lords and not Kings or Emperors?" the

his eyes. "I don't know," he

reason for that is the necessary breeding that Lords are required to partake in to become Kings,"

insides shake.

level five Lord can't become a King without having produced a certain amount of offspring," the Empress said, making Gravis' world

a beast hasn't produced enough offspring, they will be forever stuck at the level of a level five Lord. No matter how much they eat or how many Laws they comprehend, the evolution to become a King will just never take place. This is one of the absolute rules of

and he couldn't comprehend what was

"Normally, a level five Lord needs to produce around 1,000 children to become a King. Producing so many

is that their offspring will become Divine Beasts. For some reason, as long as your offspring is a Divine Beast, you don't need to have so many children. You only need to bring three Divine Beasts into the world to become a

spinning and going out of control right now. What was the Empress saying? He was required to have children in order to reach the Nascent Nourishing Realm? This

he knew that she wasn't joking, as many scenes replayed inside