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.

highest

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

why was that

how you would react. The fact that you didn't entertain the guess and played around with me means that you are afraid of the highest Heaven,"

young man only chuckled but didn't say

and after a while, he was already in

young man only

One minute.

Two minutes.

SHING!

Gravis asked as he teleported back to the

lightning because of something like this," he said. "You might be fine with going against your lightning when spiting the highest Heaven, but you wouldn't do that just to spite some

wanted to annoy the guy since he had also

"Your question?" Gravis asked.

simple, actually. It might even surprise you due to its irrelevance to everything," the young

"Ask," Gravis said flatly.

trader in the Sky Community like that?" the

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

to kill anyone 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 Initial Unity Realm. That

you could have simply teleported him to the outside of the city and killed him there. Tell me, Gravis, why did you decide to punish the young man like that?" he

to that trader?" Gravis

to do with him," the

couldn't see through this strange young

trader. "Several reasons, actually," Gravis said. "Punishing him is a very mixed bag. Yes, he stole from me, and I'm pretty

is important to me, but my own emotions are just as important. The truly fair thing would have been

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 Realm. If he puts

valuable possession without dying. That should be a bit worse than I

two things. Tell me, is it your lightning that is telling you to kill the

to kill him. He went against me, and it says he should die. I don't think that he should die

man said. "When you kill an entire world just by

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 keep living. Yet, I also don't want

killing someone as long as it's not a hassle and doesn't interfere with your cultivation?"

"Pretty much," Gravis said.

interfere with

his brows again.

So, even these tiny decisions can have a huge impact on your being, even if you don't notice it," the young

didn't want to think about it. His lightning had become really angry ever since Gravis had spared the middle Heaven. His Law of Freedom allowed him to stay in charge of his being since it was more powerful, but what if Gravis transformed his being from