Lightning Is the Only Way

Gravis got another 200 years added to his Virtualization Array since he was sure that he wasn't close to comprehending it. The clerk wanted to have some small talk, but Gravis blocked it and left quickly.

Gravis felt guilty.

When was the last time Gravis had lied? That had probably been before his mind had become attuned to lightning. Lying after such a long time felt like a betrayal to Gravis, even if he lied for a good reason.

Gravis entered his room again but didn't put the Virtualization Array in it immediately. Instead, he only stood in the empty room, staring blankly into space as he was lost in thought.

Gravis wasn't sure what he should feel since this was a complex situation. He wasn't even sure what he was actually thinking about. It was more like processing emotions and trying to make sense of what he was feeling.

After around ten minutes, Gravis sighed. "I'm overcomplicating things," he said to himself. "When I can't make sense of this situation, it's most likely not as complex as I think."

Gravis made his decision and left his room.

SHING!

Gravis appeared in front of Jake and Yersi again, who were still not certain what they should do.

"Listen, I think I've handled the situation incorrectly," Gravis said slowly.

Jake was positively surprised that Gravis returned this quickly. Immortals often took months or even years to think about their decisions, but Gravis returned after only a couple of minutes.

"You don't need to apologize, father," Yersi said. "I know that you have not been truthful, but I can also understand you. You didn't want to worry me and betrayed your own principles so that I can feel better."

Gravis sighed again. Hearing his daughter's words only made him feel even more guilty. "I know, but that was wrong of me," he said as he came closer. "I was treating you like a child, not like an adult. You are over 2,000 years old, and I'm sure that you can handle and understand these kinds of problems."

Yersi said with a quiet voice. "You have done nothing wrong. Most people would lie to

know Jake, I know how much we want to protect the ones we love, even if it hurts us. In my opinion, you not being entirely honest to protect me

his daughter close to him. What had he done to deserve such a wonderful daughter? She was so compassionate and understanding of his problems, even though these were problems that shouldn't involve

minute of closeness

had not been easy, and she knew that he had to deal with a lot of problems. Yet, even with all these problems, he still found the time to

one time when her two siblings thought that Yersi was going through hell under

Jake. "Jake, I think it's time that I tell you more about my life. You have been together with Yersi for a long time and have treated her honestly. You deserve at least this amount

was not an arrogant and unreasonable person. In his opinion, he also didn't fault Gravis one bit for his lie. After all, Jake also had often said that not cultivating was not a

fine with hearing

and looked at the gigantic lake as Gravis

some things about Gravis' past to Jake, but not much. After all, it was her father's decision if he wanted to share his past or

he had zero Karmic Luck. In the past, telling someone about Karmic Luck had been a no-go, but that was because of the individual Heavens. The individual Heavens controlled Karmic Luck,

Luck had become irrelevant since no one

be able to unravel the mystery of luck. Because

of the Opposer's children had this trait. This was nothing new to

Luck and what the lower Heaven had done, the reality set in for him. Thinking that having worse luck than everyone else didn't sound bad. After all, you only had to be more powerful than

but Gravis' "bad luck" in the lower world was not entirely due to his lack of Karmic Luck.

adapted his Spirit to Destruction Lightning. Sure, with Jake's current Will-Aura, he wouldn't have any issues dealing with the pain, but to deal with such pain as someone in the Energy Gathering Realm was simply insane. On top of that, this made no sense in

his Realm and due to his job. One could say that his comprehension of Laws was outstanding, even among Peak Immortal Emperors. Yet, in his mind, it was absolutely impossible to fuse something as destructive as Destruction Lightning with something as

Gravis said how he had killed the lower Heaven. Jake had never heard about anyone having killed any kind of Heaven before.

only a concept, a kind of amalgamation of rules. There seemingly was no

stopping it. To them, it felt like someone was attacking an immovable wall, the debris killing

to Gravis, the more he could see a personality in Heaven. The fact that Heaven could become angry when someone

without a personality wouldn't get angry because of some words, but Gravis managed to enrage the lower Heaven with his words and even managed to enrage the middle Heaven with his words. Getting angry at provocations was what living