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

man only continued

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

why was

didn't entertain the guess and played around with me means that you are afraid of the highest Heaven," Gravis said. "And that

chuckled

walked away, and after a while,

young man only

One minute.

Two minutes.

SHING!

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

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

Gravis returned. Gravis wanted to annoy the guy since he had also annoyed

"Your question?" Gravis asked.

surprise you due to its irrelevance to

"Ask," Gravis said flatly.

you decide to punish that young trader in the Sky Community like that?" the young man

surprised by the question.

is true that it is forbidden 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 would be horrible

the city and killed him there. Tell me, Gravis, why did

you related to that trader?"

him," the young

see through

the still floating statue 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

for 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

went with 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

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

scratched his chin. "Isn't that interesting?" he said. "It sounds like you are very torn between two things. Tell me, is it your lightning that is telling you to kill the guy, or

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

you kill an entire world just by

think I do, but I'm 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 keep living. Yet,

you avoid killing someone as long as it's not a hassle

"Pretty much," Gravis said.

does it truly not interfere with your cultivation?"

again. "What do you

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

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