Lightning Is the Only Way

Gravis couldn't imagine something worse than having his dream being shattered. What else could he pay?

"The second and last price is your enmity with my ancestor," Heaven said.

Gravis didn't react.

"The enmity has been established when my ancestor used you as a pawn to hurt your father. This is the source of your enmity with my ancestor," Heaven said.

"Resurrecting your dead childhood friend won't be able to rectify this enmity. Yet, my ancestor has done his best to rectify it as much as possible."

Heaven continued looking at Gravis, who only looked at the ground.

"My ancestor has repaid this enmity manifold."

"My ancestor granted your friends from the lower world unending Karmic Luck, which has saved their lives many times. With their mindsets, talent, and lacking cultivation techniques, all your friends would have long died if it weren't for my ancestor."

"Even if some of your friends have died, the help that my ancestor has given them has allowed them to live far longer and become far more powerful than they should have. My ancestor has taken one friend of yours but has given you many."

"My ancestor has even allowed you to kill his child by disallowing any other of my siblings from interfering with your fight. The sins of the child are not the sins of the father, but the father still repaid the sins of the child."

"Two of your children would have already died if my ancestor hadn't given them Karmic Luck at the critical moment. My ancestor has saved your children."

"And now, my ancestor has saved your life and your path to power. Killing you is my greatest wish right now, even if I have to die in the process. I hate you, Gravis. I hate you so very much for what you have done to my child, this world," Heaven said emotionlessly.

"Yet, my ancestor won't allow me to kill you. I have enough power to reduce you into nothingness with one simple attack, but I'm not allowed to kill you. My ancestor has saved your life once again this time, Gravis."

"And now, my ancestor will rectify your lacking mindset and power by using me."

"In exchange for one childhood friend, you have been saved twice, and your friends and family have been saved many times. My ancestor has given you far more good than bad."

"In truth, you owe more to my ancestor than my ancestor owes you. Yet, my ancestor, in his grace, only wishes to let bygones be bygones. Accept my ancestor's actions as repayment for what he has done to you in the past."

Gravis' insides churned again when he heard Heaven's words.

Did the highest Heaven truly only wish to rectify its mistakes?

Gravis wanted to deny everything, but his lightning brought him back to rationality. Not repaying these actions would be more than unfair.

it, but Heaven had more than repaid Gravis' debt. It had helped him so many times. It felt wrong to

the highest Heaven's goal for me?"

that wish shall be granted to you. Of course, only on the basis that you manage to reach supreme power. You will be allowed to do everything

do not excessively target the weaker beings if you reach

happens. This is my ancestor's promise. You will achieve true freedom if you manage to

never order you to do anything. You are not under him. You do not need to follow his

all his being that the highest Heaven would show any kind of ulterior motive. As long as these good actions had been used as a means to achieve something malicious towards Gravis, he could have justified to himself that

only been an empty

malicious intent, it would change nothing. If Gravis weren't willing to pay this price, the Heaven standing in front of him would

nothing Gravis

highest Heaven had

control over his lightning and his own being,

his hatred with

both cases, it would

issued his

truly a loss if Gravis would receive the help he needed to become truly powerful and realize

good is more powerful than a scheme as long as you have

powerful than any scheme as long as you have the power

wasn't so distraught that he believed everything Heaven said. "Is this

I would have already killed you, Gravis," Heaven said. "There is no true gain in helping you achieve true power. The only gain would be more Energy, but that is only something that happens automatically

would give you these benefits that are not selflessness, Gravis?"

couldn't find any. All options he found weren't worth

passed, but they felt like years to

forgive the highest Heaven,"

as he said that, he felt like he had betrayed

the only enemy his father had left. Shouldn't he help his father with killing the highest Heaven? Hadn't Gravis' entire reason to choose lightning been

to show an open

your Life Ring, Gravis,"

Orthar were in there! If he gave Heaven the Life Ring, it would have total control

I wouldn't even need to ask for the Life Ring. I can just

repeated. "Trust in my ancestor's goodness. Your

my Life Ring?" Gravis

said. "Your power and mindset need to become powerful enough to rival mine and your father's power back then. This can't be achieved in mere days. Inside your Life Ring, your children

world is dead. There is no one your children can meet, no one to fight but each other. This dead world is a prison of isolation to them. Do you wish for your children to

had never felt so helpless