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.

the experienced eyes of the Immortal Kings could discern Gravis'

so unreal that it bordered on a parody or a

like a sore thumb

what

Immortal King and scratched the back of his head. "I'm 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? Organization? I don't

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

Gravis said. "He didn't really introduce

come here that wouldn't be part of their family? Something like this was

for a brief moment. Then, she started smiling and bowed in politeness. "Excuse me for my

nodded. "No problem. Thank you," he

thank," she said with a smile. Then, she gestured in a certain

"Sure," Gravis said.

before he found out

confused when he said that he wasn't part of their family. This meant that no one entered here that wasn't part of the family. Something like this seemed normal and

these people all not have any kind of family or friends outside this "family" here? If they had, wouldn't these friends and families visit from

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

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

not be unusual in the highest world, but in this world where humans were

reaction of everyone

had an expression of reverence and respect on their

this Immortal King told Gravis that their teacher had contacted

Nothing.

was like their teacher was just the most normal person out there, like they met every single day. The teacher was obviously more powerful than this Eldest Brother, but the Eldest

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

thing was the area Gravis

forest. There were no buildings at all, not even benches or

and teenagers seem to take this as normal. I'm certain that they have seen houses and buildings before, but they don't mind living here. If they frequented the outside world, they would want to create some benches for themselves or something similar. Yet,

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

making them feel closer to the weather and the elements. Having them live like this will probably make it far easier for them to

never been confronted with deceit or lies. They also radiate a certain aura of purity. It's like they

his thoughts were incredibly fast. He found out all of these things after not

for a couple of minutes at the speed of mortals. Gravis was unused to walking this slowly, and in

a lot of animals and weaker beasts living near the clearing, but no beast could enter. There was probably some kind

some more but grew bored very quickly. After that, he simply continued