Lightning Is the Only Way

No one noticed that Gravis had gone. Even if there had been an Immortal King watching over him, they wouldn't even have realized that he had left. It was like reality had been changed as if Gravis had never been there, to begin with.

SHING!

Gravis reappeared at a different spot, and he immediately felt some vertigo as his body shook a little bit. 'Shit! The sensation of spatial displacement has never been this intense before. This probably means that I have teleported an insanely long distance.'

"Welcome, Senior Brother!" the excited voice of a kid appeared.

Gravis shook his head a bit to regain his bearings as he looked at the speaker.

It was a ten-year-old boy in the Spirit Forming Realm. He looked excited like a little kid as he looked at Gravis with widely opened eyes.

"Oh, sorry," Gravis said. "I'm not your Senior Brother."

"You're not?" the young boy asked with shock. "But you are here. Everyone is part of my family here!"

Gravis looked around and noticed that the boy was not the only person here.

Around a hundred different people were all looking at Gravis with different expressions. Most of them looked at him with excitement and shock, but the more powerful ones had different expressions.

The young and weak beings looked at Gravis with wonder and excitement, while the older and more powerful ones looked at him with a bit of confusion, hesitation, and skepticism.

Beings?

Yes, there were not only humans here. Gravis could also see that there were a lot of young beasts. Normal humans might not be able to see the subtle differences of age among beasts, but Gravis had lived among beasts for over a thousand years. He could tell that a lot of them were very young.

"Why have you come here?" an Early Minor Circulation Immortal King asked Gravis with furrowed brows. Yes, even Immortal Kings were here. There were even several beings with powers so great that Gravis couldn't even judge their power.

Immortal Kings and Immortal Emperors were experienced enough to feel the subtle differences between Gravis and the normal new members of their family.

The new members always radiated a subtle feeling of isolation.

Gravis radiated a feeling of mature harmony with the world, which meant that he was relatively secure in his life without any significant emotional problems.

The new members always had slightly more powerful Will-Auras than normal, but Gravis' Will-Aura was just far too powerful. Someone with such an insanely powerful Will-Aura for their Realm would not join their family. Someone like that could easily take care of themselves and would count as a valuable genius among the outside world.

The new members always had average or slightly above average Battle-Strength.

eyes of the Immortal Kings could discern

unreal that it bordered on a parody or a lie. It easily broke through any

out like a sore thumb

the complete opposite of what

not really sure myself. Some blonde Immortal Emperor gave me an emblem. Apparently, someone he calls teacher wants to speak to me. However, the Immortal Emperor made it very clear that I would not join your… Sect? Family? Power?

King's eyes widened as she looked at Gravis with surprise. "You have met Eldest

know his name," Gravis

bit confused. Someone had come here that wouldn't be

with skepticism at Gravis, but suddenly, her eyes twinkled for a brief moment. Then, she started smiling and bowed in politeness. "Excuse me for my

"No problem. Thank you," he

said with a smile. Then, she gestured in a

"Sure," Gravis said.

not before he

part of their family. This meant that no one entered here that wasn't part of the family. Something like this seemed normal and obvious, but when one thought about something else, one would find

or friends outside this "family" here? If they had, wouldn't these friends and

these people were either shut off from the outside world or weren't allowed to meet

the beasts. Based on how the people Gravis had met before in this world had talked, Gravis was pretty certain that beasts and humans weren't fond of each other. There might even be a war between them to promote

talked to each other like they were not different. This might not be unusual in the highest world, but in this

reaction of everyone when the Eldest Brother and the teacher were brought

on their faces when

this Immortal King told Gravis that their teacher had

Nothing.

single day. The teacher was obviously more powerful than this Eldest Brother, but the Eldest Brother commanded far more respect and

older sibling,' Gravis thought. 'The parents are always present, but the older sibling only returns rarely. The parents might be more

interesting thing was the

in the middle of a clearing in a forest. There were no buildings at all, not even benches or stools.

houses and buildings before, but they don't mind living here. If they frequented the outside

to build anything or aren't in contact with the outside world at all. I'm pretty sure it's a bit of both of them. The weaker ones probably remain here until they reach a certain power, getting used to the environment. Then, when they go to the outside world and return, they are probably not allowed to build any kind of building in order to

to nature, making them feel closer to the weather and the elements. Having them live like this

top of that, the younger ones didn't doubt my words for a second. It was like they had never been confronted with deceit or lies. They also radiate a certain aura of purity. It's like they haven't been

fast. He found out all of these things after not even taking his first

at the speed of mortals. Gravis was unused to walking

animals and weaker beasts living near the clearing, but no beast could enter. There was

and animals some more but grew bored very