Lightning Is the Only Way

The middle Heaven truly hadn't considered or noticed that. Gravis' cultivation was very special and often deviated from the intended path. It was not an overstatement to call Gravis' cultivation unique. He was the only one in all the worlds who had a Spirit attuned to something other than Energy.

Theoretically, the middle Heaven could have extrapolated this fact by all the knowledge it had received from the highest Heaven about Gravis. Yet, it had taken him too lightly.

However, the middle Heaven had made its decision. Wasn't the fact that Gravis was growing even more powerful even better? Yet, the middle Heaven just couldn't like this fact for some reason. It didn't know why, but it got a bit nervous when it heard that Gravis' Will-Aura would become even more powerful.

Maybe, deep in the middle Heaven's mind, it still thought that it could just throw Gravis out of its world if he became too powerful. Yet, if his Will-Aura became too powerful, this would become impossible. It had decided to give its life for the highest Heaven's goal, but when confronted with the actual reality, it didn't feel as calm and acceptant as it had expected.

Gravis waited for some seconds, but nothing happened. "That's also a no then," Gravis muttered to himself.

"Grand Elder," Gravis transmitted to the Grand Elder.

The Grand Elder was still shocked by everything that had happened. However, he didn't dare to interfere with what Gravis was doing. This display of the middle Heaven had scared him, and he wanted to keep himself out of this.

"Yes?" he asked nervously after Gravis had contacted him.

"You don't need to be afraid. Nothing will happen to anyone in the Empire," Gravis said. "I will remain here for a couple of years due to a special reason. Don't worry. I won't damage the Law Comprehension Area in any way."

"And," Gravis said after some hesitation. "As soon as we return to the Empress, I will tell you two everything about myself. Then, you will understand why all of this has happened."

The Grand Elder still wasn't sure about anything regarding this situation, but he decided to go along with what Gravis had said. "Alright," he transmitted after a sigh. "I will wait here for the time when you're ready to return."

"Thank you, Grand Elder," Gravis said. Then, he closed his eyes.

Gravis still felt like his being was spread over too vast of an area. This was the feeling of having too much lightning inside of him. Normally, if he had so much lightning inside of him, his body and Spirit would simply absorb its power until he reached the next Realm. Yet, with the middle Heaven's suppression, this became impossible.

Gravis chuckled a bit. "You wanted this. You wanted me to become as powerful as possible, middle Heaven. I hope you don't regret your decision in the future."

No answer came.

being and shut himself off from his surroundings. The Grand Elder was present, which allowed him to do that. Anything weaker than the Grand Elder wouldn't be able to kill him during this, and if something stronger than the Grand Elder appeared, Gravis would be

himself in his own being. To Gravis' Spirit, his being looked like a pool. His Will-Aura was the size of the pool, while the lightning was the water inside it. Right now,

inside Gravis as he looked at the filled pool. This was only a metaphorical picture for his current

fight right now, managing this situation badly would also result in his death. The tempering of the will was

which Gravis tried his best to stop the lightning from overflowing. It wasn't easy, but as more and more time passed, it became easier. Gravis didn't know how much time passed, but as soon as

BZZ!

water in the pool started vibrating as waves appeared. Gravis felt a deep feeling of emptiness, like he was about to lose consciousness. Thinking

fall, which meant that its volume moved around. If one of the waves hit

changing the pool's shape, Gravis adjusted his Will-Aura to the concentrated points of the lightning inside him. It was like the lightning wanted to break out of its prison as it

escape. The lightning's will

Gravis had no idea how long it was, but he knew that it was

Why was that?

but the size of Gravis' pool had increased over time. Gravis had managed

Splash!

more lightning. A pause was unnecessary when training one's will. Gravis' body and Spirit were in a

as Gravis needed to adapt to its changes again. The waves became more violent and higher in number. Yet, this time, Gravis was not feeling any anxiety or fear. It wasn't because of

lot of time passed, and Gravis added more

cycle repeated itself

was. He even forgot why he was doing all of this. Right now, only keeping and growing the pool was inside his mind. It was like he

didn't even recognize itself anymore as it only felt like it was the pool right now. The pool needed to become bigger, and that was everything that mattered. Nothing else

represented his lightning. He only knew that he could pull water from

grew

more water.

WHOOOOOM!

he started remembering everything. He remembered who he was and what he was doing here. After a minute, Gravis sighed. "Now,

Will as it's called in my homeworld. Such a soft method of training my Will-Aura won't allow me to break through the shackles. If I add