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.

Stella explained. "They have their Immortal Kings, which gives them a grand

world's leadership but feel unjustly treated by not being allowed to enter the core territories. This gives them a need

have 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

"Are you sure you're only four millennia old?" she

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

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

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

said, a bit

powerful in two different worlds already. On this journey, you get to see all facets

an Ascender. There might be one

Gravis' words.

been in this position might not realize that they are in

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 Ascenders know

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

quickly found an

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

Disciple definitely wasn't easy. The Peak Sects knew that they couldn't create a powerful expert with safety, which is why the competition amongst Core Disciples was fierce

assassinations, they wouldn't have any experience in these matters. Pumping resources without end into a

plotting kind of Cultivators. Then, it was all on the backs of the Core Disciples to deal with

was because she had only been in the Core Disciple position. She

oneself this objectively

with such a mindset could one

probably also one of the essential reasons why Stella had climbed to

Gravis needed to know Stella's mindset better so that he could help her in understanding the Law of Freedom, which was imperative to restoring her Will-Aura's

you thinking about?" Gravis

in general,"

makes it easier