Lightning Is the Only Way

Gravis remained sitting at his current position for several days, just thinking about the future.

Sadly, no matter how much he thought about his future, he just didn't see a way out of his predicament. Not matter what he did, he would have to sacrifice something he wasn't willing to sacrifice.

The hopelessness of the situation put a heavy weight on Gravis' shoulder.

Gravis wanted to feel pressure while cultivating, but he didn't want to feel this kind of pressure. The more pressure he felt, the more powerful he would grow after breaking through it, but this was something different.

Gravis would lose something important, no matter what happened.

Fortunately, Gravis' will wasn't so weak that he would break due to pressure. He hadn't felt this kind of pressure before, but that didn't mean that he couldn't deal with it.

So, after some days, Gravis stood up again and stretched himself.

'As much as it pains me to admit it, the best course of action is not to resolve the problem immediately but to postpone it until I know more. More Laws might help me understand the world better, which might allow me to find a good solution.'

'I have to ignore the problem for now and concentrate on becoming more powerful.'

Gravis looked towards the north with narrowed eyes. 'From now on, nothing is keeping me away from comprehending Laws anymore.'

'The Sect Alliance won't do anything.'

'The issue with Stella is resolved.'

'The issue with my lightning won't be resolved anytime soon.'

'There is no danger around anymore.'

'Now, I can concentrate on comprehending Laws as much as I want.'

Gravis sighed. 'However, over 20,000 years of comprehending Laws might change me. I will be staying in seclusion without any real contact for five times as long as I have been alive.'

'I fear that I might lose myself in a sea of Laws, becoming similar to an emotionless being that only is interested in nature, not emotions. I fear that I might become similar to the Black Magnate when I met him, just fully focused on power.'

'I hope it doesn't happen, but there is no way to know. I have never comprehended Laws for that long.'

'Well, whatever happens, happens,' Gravis thought.

Then, he teleported away.

First on the list were the Battle Laws for the Inferno Element.

Gravis arrived at the first Law Comprehension Area of the Inferno Element, the Law Comprehension Area for the Law of Inferno's Heat.

Back in the middle world, Gravis had already noticed that there were element-specific temperature Laws, and this one was the element-specific version of the Law of Heat. It was a level four Law, which, as the name implied, increased the temperature of the Inferno Element even more.

It wasn't lava, but just a white sea of liquid Inferno. It didn't explode or burn violently. It was just there

away, Gravis felt the

he had ever seen or felt in his life, except for when Stella had attacked him with

disciples that he would probably stay

they saw him but went ahead and informed

the Sect Alliance,

their

affinity towards Inferno as towards lightning, but his body still had an insane defense. As long as the entire heat was not concentrated on him, his body could keep

gave him enough resistance to buy enough time

down into Energy. Otherwise, his passive Energy regeneration wouldn't be fast enough. He had to supplement

some days of getting used to the process, but at

started his first long session

months, Gravis' mind had nearly

one came

to

was waiting for

There were just Laws.

ten years, Gravis' mind

was like his mind had become a machine just intent on comprehending Laws, nothing

BOOOOM!

Gravis comprehended the

opened his eyes

him seemingly vanished. Now, Gravis didn't even need to regenerate himself

SPLASH!

the

of the present disciples, who

feel that long. It only feels like I spent a couple of years

checked his Spirit Space and looked at

'473 years,' Gravis thought.

jade token to check the time that had passed. He simply created a simple Formation Array that used a tiny bit of Energy. Depending

than expected, but my affinity towards Inferno is a bit above

looked around but didn't feel

has passed. However, maybe the change is just too subtle to notice right

cultivating too long in seclusion and decided to create a kind

questions and answered them as subconsciously as possible. He didn't think about

kept the jade token with the questions. With a bit of control, Gravis managed to blur his mind as much as possible about the answers he had given. He couldn't fully manipulate his own memories but blurring something as inconsequential as some subconsciously

test after every session and would compare the answers after every

a change by himself, the answers would help him make a

directly went to the next one without

SHING!

of it and saw