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

young man only continued

he said. "To be quite frank, I didn't think

why was that your

to see how you would react. The fact that you didn't entertain the guess and played around with me means that you are

young man only chuckled but didn't say

a while, he

man only continued

One minute.

Two minutes.

SHING!

didn't you stop me?" Gravis asked as he teleported back to

anger your 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

Gravis wanted to annoy the

"Your question?" Gravis asked.

simple, actually. It might even surprise you due to its irrelevance

"Ask," Gravis said flatly.

you decide to punish that young trader in

the question. This question truly

kill anyone in the Sky Community," the young man continued. "Yet, there are ways. For example, you could have simply

there. Tell me, Gravis, why did you decide to

related to that

with him," the young

sighed. He really couldn't see through

of the trader. "Several reasons, actually," Gravis said. "Punishing him is a very mixed bag. Yes, he stole from me, and I'm pretty angry about that, but the guy also doesn't deserve

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 been to

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 his mind to it,

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

very torn between two

thinking. "My Punishment Lightning wants to kill him. He went against me, and it says he should die.

the young man said. "When you kill an entire world just by existing, you don't

is why I made that trade with the highest Heaven to let the most powerful beasts keep living. Yet, I also don't want

long as it's not a hassle and doesn't interfere with your cultivation?" the young man

"Pretty much," Gravis said.

truly not interfere with your cultivation?" the

furrowed his brows again. "What

also lightning at the same time. So, even these tiny decisions can have a huge impact on your being,

the middle Heaven. His Law of Freedom allowed him to stay in charge of his being since it was