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.

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

is the highest Heaven's

Of course, only on the basis that you manage to reach supreme

target the weaker beings

what happens. This is

your friends, your family, and will even help you to achieve your dream of freedom. My ancestor will also never order you to do anything. You are not under him. You do not need to follow

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

only been an empty

weren't willing to pay this price, the Heaven standing

was nothing Gravis

Heaven had played

refused, he would not only lose control over his

his hatred with the highest Heaven and

cases, it

soon as Gravis had issued his challenge

receive the help he needed to

than a scheme as long as you have the power, Gravis,"

selflessness is more powerful than any scheme as long as you have the power to protect yourself against

so distraught that he believed everything Heaven said. "Is

in helping you achieve true power. The only gain would be more Energy, but that is only something that happens automatically by helping you. Energy is not so important that

give you these benefits that are not

All options he found weren't worth the potential risk that he would

passed, but they felt like years

highest

he said that, he felt like he had betrayed his

but Gravis had forgiven the only enemy his father had left. Shouldn't he help his father with killing the highest Heaven? Hadn't Gravis' entire reason

to

Life Ring, Gravis,"

children and Orthar were in there! If he gave Heaven the Life Ring, it would

ancestor wanted to kill your children, I wouldn't even need to ask for the Life Ring.

Life Ring," Heaven repeated. "Trust in my ancestor's goodness. Your Life Ring

want my

can't be achieved

meet, no one to fight but each other. This dead world is a prison of

never felt so helpless in his