Lightning Is the Only Way

Gravis looked at Stella and noticed that she had a melancholic expression on her face.

Her teacher had already died, obviously.

Losing someone dear was always difficult. Gravis knew this very well. However, they were all Immortals by now, and no one would sink into an inescapable whirlpool of despair. The death of a loved one was normal for every Immortal.

"For what it's worth," Gravis said. "The short moment I have talked with your teacher gave me the impression that she was a good person, far better than most humans."

Stella took a deep breath. Her emotions still hadn't calmed down, and they wanted to lash out at anything that came close to her. A mortal human might lose their control and shout at Gravis that he had no idea what he was talking about, but she had enough control over herself to realize Gravis' sentiment.

"Yes, she was," Stella said slowly with a distant look. "She was like a mother to my brother and me."

Gravis nodded. "You know, before you appeared, I was already losing faith in humanity. Seeing you reminded me of your teacher, which reminded me of the fact that not all powerful humans are hypocritical assholes."

Stella wanted to distract herself for now, which is why she looked at Gravis with furrowed brows. "That's a harsh judgment," she said.

"It is, but does that mean that it isn't true?" Gravis asked.

Stella remained silent for some seconds.

"Tell me what happened," Stella said.

Gravis nodded and told her about his last fight with Samantha, the Unrestrained Sect, and how the other Sect Masters acted.

After Gravis was finished recounting his tale, Stella snorted in disgust. "Yeah, I agree that their conduct is false and disgusting, but just because you see this conduct running rampant here doesn't mean that other places are the same."

Gravis waited for Stella to explain.

gives

treated by not being allowed to enter the core territories. This gives them a need to prove themselves to anything

that they are powerful. However, all this hypocrisy makes it difficult for disciples to like the leadership. When a talented disciple leaves the area, they will be less likely to help their previous home due to their bad

surprised by Gravis' words. "Are you sure you're only four millennia old?" she asked. "You

his own. "Have you been born into this world, or do you come from a lower world? I'm very certain that you have

guess," she said. "I have obviously been trained for a long time with methods that don't exist in

about your mindset and your surprise at my knowledge of human conduct," Gravis

said,

in a lower world, which means that I went from weak to the most powerful in two different worlds already. On this journey, you get to see all facets of human and beast conduct. Any Ascender can see the Sect Masters for what they are, which silently builds disgust in the Ascenders towards

this Sect Alliance is an Ascender. There might

thought about Gravis' words. "What makes you think so?"

realize that they are in a dead-end, but the Ascenders

were susceptible to taking up such a position, they wouldn't be Ascenders. They would have already taken up such a position in the middle or lower worlds. Therefore, most

her fingers as she fell into thought. Gravis' words actually made a lot of

an answer to

talent had been quickly noticed by the upper echelon. While being a Core Disciple, she had to fight against a lot of soft and

create a powerful expert with safety, which is why the competition amongst Core Disciples was fierce and

these matters. Pumping resources without end into

spur the creativity of the subtle and plotting kind of Cultivators. Then, it was all on the backs of

of why Stella hadn't been able to see these things that Gravis had seen was because she had only been in the Core Disciple position. She hadn't been a Sect Master. She hadn't been an elder. She hadn't been

these things was beyond impressive. Being able to analyze oneself this

a mindset could one

also one of the essential reasons

she was thinking about. Gravis needed to know Stella's mindset better so that he

you thinking about?" Gravis

in

are thinking about?" Gravis asked. "Knowing you better makes it easier for me to help you with