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.

their Immortal Kings, which gives them a grand illusion of being very powerful when they can't even enter the

believe they are powerful enough to be part of the world's leadership but feel unjustly treated by not being allowed to enter the core territories. This gives them a

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 feelings

by Gravis' words. "Are you sure you're only four millennia old?" she asked. "You talk like an ancient, experienced

answering Stella's question, Gravis gave her a question of his own. "Have you been born into this world,

"That isn't hard to guess," she said. "I have obviously been trained for a long

and your surprise

said,

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

this Sect Alliance is an Ascender. There might be one or two odd ones, but everyone else must have been born in

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

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.

already taken up such a position in the

thought. Gravis' words actually made

an answer

Nine Elements Sect, and her talent had been quickly noticed by the upper echelon. While being a

Sects knew that they couldn't create a powerful expert with safety, which is why the competition

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 for them to die to a preventable assassination attempt was a waste of money and

subtle and plotting kind of Cultivators. Then,

question of why Stella hadn't been able to see these things that Gravis had seen was because she had only been in the Core

this objectively and finding reasons and

a mindset

reasons why

at Stella's 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,

are you thinking

people in general," she

Gravis asked. "Knowing you better makes it easier for me to