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.

"They have their Immortal Kings, which gives them a grand illusion of being

feel unjustly treated by not being

to prove to others and themselves 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

Gravis' words. "Are you sure you're only

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

brows. "That isn't hard to guess," she said. "I have obviously

mindset and your surprise at my knowledge

said, a

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

nearly no Sect Master from this Sect Alliance is an Ascender. There might be one or two odd ones, but everyone

about Gravis' words. "What

dead-end," Gravis said. "People who have never been in this position might not realize that they are in a dead-end, but the Ascenders have been in that position before. After all, every Ascender has once been the most

wouldn't be Ascenders. They would have already taken up such a

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

quickly found an answer to

and her talent had been quickly noticed by the upper

Disciple definitely wasn't easy. The Peak Sects knew that they couldn't create a

Core Disciples were protected against hidden schemes and assassinations, they wouldn't have any experience in these matters. Pumping resources without end into a Core Disciple just

were in place to spur the creativity of the subtle and plotting kind of Cultivators. Then,

had only been in the Core Disciple position. She hadn't

these things was beyond impressive. Being able to analyze oneself this objectively and finding reasons and origins of why one lacked in

such a mindset could

the essential reasons why Stella had climbed to

expression and wondered what she was thinking about. Gravis needed to know Stella's mindset better so that he could help her in understanding the Law of Freedom,

you thinking

about people in

you elaborate on what you are thinking about?" Gravis asked. "Knowing you better makes it easier for me to