Lightning Is the Only Way

Gravis remained inside his newly dug hole for over a week. Even though he believed that this Heaven wouldn't be so stupid, his mind still went through a ton of hypothetical scenarios in which he was forced to have children.

Every time he thought about having to abandon his children, he gritted his teeth. What kind of cruel and bullshit rule was this? Forcing a human to have children against their consent was incredibly cruel. Gravis was absolutely sure that there was no such rule for humans.

If such a rule existed for humans, there wouldn't be nearly as many powerful cultivators. Gravis was sure that the vast majority of humans wouldn't choose to have 1,000 children to become more powerful. If someone decided to do that, everyone, including Gravis, would believe them to be selfish and cold-hearted.

His father and mother had given everything to Gravis and his siblings. His parents took the wishes of their children into account and supported them on their path. Someone that didn't want to risk their life would be able to live a long and painless life with the power of an Immortal Emperor. Someone who wanted to cultivate would get the best possible start.

Gravis felt the care that his parents felt for their children, and Gravis couldn't imagine himself being any different. If he ever had children, he would give them all his support. Yet, that would make it incredibly difficult for him to continue on his path to power. He couldn't imagine leaving his new family behind.

Additionally, Gravis couldn't just lie to his children. What if one of them asked him why he decided to have children in the first place? Was he supposed to tell them that they only exist because he wanted to become more powerful? Hearing something like that would hurt a child immensely. Gravis would never want to hurt his children like this.

On top of that, Gravis felt no love or physical attraction to any beast, including the Empress. So what if the Empress had a human-like upper body? She wasn't a human. She was a beast, and Gravis had no intention of bedding a beast, no matter how similar it was to a human.

What if his children asked him about his relationship with their mother? Was he just supposed to tell them that they only existed because the Empress allowed him to reach a new Realm while having as few children as possible?

These thoughts disgusted Gravis to no end. Gravis would only want children if he found his life partner. He wanted a family, not some randomly scattered people or beasts that shared his blood. He couldn't call something like that a family.

Everything about this situation frustrated and enraged Gravis to no end. He couldn't imagine having to decide between his goal in life and family. Additionally, he wouldn't know what he would do if-

"Leave, peasant! This is my mountain!" a powerful voice suddenly appeared as it resonated throughout the mountain, taking Gravis out of his thoughts. Immediately, his rage exploded as it found an outlet.

BANG!

of the mountain. Then, he looked at the offending beast. It was a 500-meter-long, blue crocodile. It was

aback by Gravis' rage-filled eyes. Yes, it had called him a peasant, but that didn't warrant such an extreme response, did

said slowly as he pointed at the crocodile and then at himself. "Life and death fight. Do you accept?" Gravis asked with an icy voice. He had

heard that. Did this pathetic level three Lord just ask it for a life and death battle because it had called him a peasant? This beast was only a level three Lord! It was normal that more powerful beasts occupied better territories. Also, this mountain had been its residence anyway. Did this weak beast know

throw your life away," it said. "I'll overlook

you accept or not?" Gravis

had never seen such a weak beast

a newcomer seemingly appeared out of nowhere. It was a green monkey, not even two meters tall. Gravis looked at the green monkey and wasn't able to feel

as an envoy, and I don't want to hurt our

monkey said as he gestured towards Gravis, "is the Empress' new breeder. He has only been here for a little over a week, so he doesn't know the workings of our Empire

of times. "I see. Then,

didn't break any rules. He was fully within his right to issue a challenge for

doing this because of his pathetic status but because of his power. I know that you must have exceptional Battle-Strength to become a breeder, but

also comprehended a Law. I don't want you to

be powerful to become a breeder, but wasn't he taking it a little

crocodile looked at the monkey with a complicated look. It really didn't want

he spoke instead of using a voice transmission so that the crocodile could hear their conversation. "This mountain is reserved for visiting envoys. The

Gravis interrupted again. "Power is everything, and if he's more powerful than me, then I will die today. If I'm more powerful, then what right does he have to force

by Gravis' unceremonious interruption. It was one thing to interrupt the crocodile, but interrupting the elder was a

wanted to help Gravis since he was a breeder of the Empress. Yet,