Lightning Is the Only Way

Gravis looked more closely at the young man. This was a very specific piece of information that basically no one but his family knew. Yet, there was still a possibility that he overheard Yersi or Orthar talking.

"Yes, I had fun," Gravis said slowly. "But, again, what's it to you?"

"Not much," the young man said, still smirking. "I'm just very interested in you."

"I'm not into guys," Gravis said flatly.

The eyelids of the young man twitched slightly. That comment obviously had an effect on him.

But then, the young man started laughing. "You're really good at this!" he said.

"At what?" Gravis asked.

"At finding just the right buttons to push," the young man said. "You did the same thing when you called the highest Heaven a marauding… you know, to infuriate that middle Heaven."

This guy knew far too much. He even remembered the specific words Gravis had said to infuriate the middle Heaven. Only the present Elders at the time, his father, the middle Heaven, and the highest Heaven, knew that. Gravis never repeated his actual words to anyone since it wasn't really relevant to his story.

"Is this some kind of Law?" Gravis asked. "Some kind of Mind Reading Law?"

The young man chuckled a bit. "That Law does exist, yes, but for you, specifically, it can't be used," he said.

"Why not?" Gravis asked with narrowed eyes.

"Because your mind is full of Punishment Lightning," the young man said. "Not even I can read your mind, at least, not directly like that. I only have way of speaking, facial expressions, and gestures to make my guess," the young man said.

"But that is obviously not enough to guess something so specific," Gravis said.

"That's right," the young man said.

"Anyway, let's stop this little play, Gravis," the young man said. "How about a bet?"

"What bet?" Gravis asked.

"You guess my identity, and I will answer one of your questions. Yet, if you guess incorrectly, you will answer one of mine. Sound good?" he asked.

Gravis furrowed his brows. "Sounds good."

"Then, go make your guess," the young man said.

the highest Heaven," Gravis

only continued smirking.

sparkled. "Interesting," he said. "To be quite frank, I

why was that

didn't entertain the guess and played around with me means that you are afraid of the highest

man only chuckled but

and after a while, he was already

young man

One minute.

Two minutes.

SHING!

you stop me?" Gravis asked as he

going against your lightning when spiting the highest Heaven, but you

Gravis wanted to annoy the

"Your question?" Gravis asked.

It might even surprise you due to its irrelevance to everything," the

"Ask," Gravis said flatly.

that young trader in the Sky Community

enough, Gravis was surprised by the question. This question truly seemed

in the Sky Community," the young man continued. "Yet, there are ways. For example, you could have simply absorbed the Energy in his Spirit Space, forcing him into the

and killed him there. Tell

to

to do with him," the

He really couldn't see through this

reasons, actually," Gravis said. "Punishing him is a very mixed bag. Yes, he stole from me,

but it also isn't truly fair. Fairness is important to me, but my own emotions are just as important. The truly fair thing would have

a middle way. He has obviously already sold my Emblem, which means he should have enough money in assets to pay me back. He just has to sell his house, company, or whatever. That would ruin him financially, but he is still a Cultivator in the Nascent Nourishing

should be a bit worse than I have felt back then, which makes it a bit unfair,

his chin. "Isn't that interesting?" he said. "It sounds like you are very torn between two things.

wasn't required to answer anymore, but these words got him thinking. "My Punishment Lightning wants to kill him. He went against me, and it says he should die. I don't think that he should

the young man said. "When you kill an entire world just by existing, you

not entirely sure," Gravis said. "I don't actually want to kill so many beings, which is why I made that trade with the highest Heaven to let the most powerful beasts

avoid killing someone as long as it's not a

"Pretty much," Gravis said.

does it truly not interfere with your

again. "What do you

alienate your lightning. Yet, you are also lightning at the same time. So, even these tiny decisions can have a huge impact on your being, even if you don't notice it," the young

allowed him to stay in charge of his being since it was more powerful, but what if Gravis transformed his being from Punishment Lightning into Divine Lightning? Then, the Divine Lightning would be far more powerful than