Lightning Is the Only Way

Some seconds of silence passed as Gravis calmed down. The past minutes had felt like he stood at the edge of chaos. Just one wrong step and he would stop existing.

"So, what is this Brand?" Gravis asked.

The Opposer looked at his son. "What I am about to tell you will never be repeated again, and you are not allowed to talk about these things with anyone, including your mother. Don't even talk to me about it with a voice transmission after our talk is over since the danger is too great that someone will overhear your voice transmission."

"If anyone ever hears of this, no matter who, they and you will be immediately extinguished by the old bastard. Absolutely no one can hear about this," the Opposer said severely.

Gravis felt like a colossal weight pressed on his entire being. This was obviously something of paramount importance, which the Opposer had never shared with anyone, including his wife. Probably only two beings in existence knew of this thing, and Gravis was about to become the third one.

Gravis took a deep breath and released it. Then, he looked at his father with conviction and nodded. "I will never repeat anything you will say to me during this talk."

The Opposer nodded. "You are only allowed to speak of this when you are directly in front of me and only when I give you permission to. If you handle this incorrectly, you will stop existing. Understood?"

Gravis nodded again. "Yes, father."

The Opposer looked at his son for several seconds.

"Good," the Opposer said. "I will now tell you why it is impossible for a second Opposer to exist."

'Impossible?' Gravis thought. It was one thing that reaching this power was very hard, but straight up impossible?

"This will also explain to you why I specifically targeted the Star Gods back then, and not the more powerful Gods," the Opposer said.

Gravis nodded again.

Bastard's power. I won't tell you the details since that power level is simply too far away from you and might move

I reached that Realm around 50 billion years ago, the Old Bastard immediately tried to kill me. That had

underestimated me. I managed to resist him just long enough to ensure my survival. With my survival ensured, I managed to cultivate in peace until I broke through again and reached the power of

Realm higher than a Heaven's Magnate but two Realms? That's insane!

a fatal mistake and vowed that nothing like this would ever happen again. Because of that, he implemented the Brand," the Opposer

they condense a star inside their being. They become connected to that star, and it will act as the embryo for all their future

the ability to retreat into your own space,

star when it condenses, and its purpose is to grant him access to your star when necessary. This means that the protection of the Realm after the Heaven's Magnate Realm doesn't work anymore. Because of this, you can't protect yourself against the Old Bastard. You can imagine the rest,"

Battle-Strength also didn't matter since the highest Heaven probably had the most powerful Battle-Strength out of anyone alive, except for the Opposer, maybe.

was impossible to reach the Realm after the Heaven's Magnate Realm. No one could escape from the

a lot of Energy, and that Energy

a lot of Energy,' Gravis thought. Yet,

doesn't it mean that the highest Heaven loses most of its Energy? After

growth of Energy in the Cosmos to 80% of its full potential.

Gods. The highest Heaven had just used an incredible amount of Energy to brand the Star Gods, but not even

was a

worlds can't bring up the sheer amount of power required to infuse the stars with the Brand. Additionally, the Old Bastard would never trust any of

ascension pattern of the lower and middle worlds. Now,

vanish from the world," the Opposer said. "Everyone believes that there is a chance to reach my power, even if it is slim. Additionally, the Heaven's Magnates have

Bastard is so adamant about keeping the Brand secret. It not only endangers his own survival but also the growth of his Cosmos. If anyone

took a deep breath. This piece of information was truly heavy. Just knowing it felt like Gravis was weighed down

understand, father,"

you, he would do it without hesitation.

of me, even if it means sacrificing billions of years of Energy. If this gets out, I am forced to let you get killed.