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 illusion of being very powerful when

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

everything they have to prove to others and themselves that they are powerful. However, all this hypocrisy makes it difficult for disciples to like the

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

been born into this world, or do

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

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

Stella said, a bit

this journey, you get to see all facets of human and beast conduct. Any Ascender can see

certain that nearly no Sect Master from this Sect Alliance is an Ascender. There

her brows as she thought about Gravis' words. "What makes you

is a 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

They would have already taken up such a position in the middle or lower worlds. Therefore, most Ascenders know

into thought. Gravis' words actually made a

quickly found an answer to

different positions of power. She had joined the Nine Elements Sect, and her talent had been quickly noticed by the upper echelon. While being a Core Disciple, she had to fight against a lot of soft and hard schemes, but she hadn't been

easy. The Peak Sects knew that they couldn't create a powerful expert

wouldn't have any experience in these matters. Pumping resources without end into a Core Disciple just for them

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

things that Gravis had seen was because she had only been in the Core Disciple position.

beyond impressive. Being able to analyze oneself this objectively

such a mindset

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

about. Gravis needed to know Stella's mindset better so

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