Lightning Is the Only Way

After several days of teaching, Gravis finally dismissed class after everyone started to become unruly. They were probably not used to staying in one place for so long.

Fortunately, Gravis' concentration was powerful enough to easily handle such a long teaching session. This was nothing in comparison to comprehending Laws or forging equipment.

Gravis activated his Spirit Sense and saw Arc sitting on a tree stump a couple of kilometers away.

SHING!

Gravis teleported over.

"Really? You teleport even for such a small distance?" Arc said with a smile without looking at him.

"Well, I don't have as much time as you," Gravis said.

"Yes, but when you move too fast, you miss the beauties of life," Arc said as he smiled at Gravis. "Isn't that the very reason why you are here?"

Gravis blinked a couple of times.

Arc was right.

Gravis had only chased power for the last 2,500 or so years, which had changed him subtly. Gravis thought about why he had teleported and realized that this minuscule time difference actually was negligible.

Gravis sighed. "How did you know?"

"Because you're a smart person, Gravis," Arc said. "You realize the dangers of only chasing power and know that chasing power will invalidate the very reason why you want to become powerful."

Gravis fell into thought.

Then, Arc started laughing. "I'm just messing with you. Everyone takes breaks," Arc said with mirth in his voice.

Gravis also had to laugh when he heard the genuine mirth in Arc's voice.

"No, but seriously, you need to connect to your human side between sessions," Arc said. "You don't want to end up becoming an emotionless power machine."

"Speaking of human side," Gravis said as he remembered one of his questions. "How come that the beasts in the class act more like humans?"

"That's because they are part human," Arc said like it wasn't a big deal.

heard that, but he quickly realized the answer. "So, they're children

romance between them and humans becomes more

I have a beast body, which means that all my children became beasts with slight human features. What can happen when a true human and a beast

is whether they have a human body or a beast body, and the second one is whether they have a Will-Aura

Spirit but with weak bodies, and humans with no Spirit or Will-Aura but with powerful bodies," Arc said. "Then,

two of the four

"How come?" Gravis asked.

mortal enemies in this world, Gravis. A human with a powerful body but no Spirit will be killed by humans since they know that

beasts kill these mixed children for fear of them allying

furrowed his brows. "You're not

a temporary home for them. As soon as they leave this home, which is when they comprehend their first Law, they will be killed regardless. Additionally, there isn't enough space to save all

but he still wanted to be as fair as

these beasts are mixed children in a true beast body but with the personality

"They can still have a future in the world, but the emotionless world of beasts is not a home for them. I want to give them a home where they can live like humans until they eventually die or ascend to the highest world, where the enmity between

humans with the personality of beasts?" Gravis

just more humans?" Arc said with a smile. "Humans are so very diverse that a human that acts like a beast is

said. "There was something else I

"Ask away."

guy with nearly no

but he is very good at keeping a world healthy. I don't interfere with Karmic Luck. The system simply checks the actions and the intent behind the

think you could call it a Law," Arc said as he scratched his chin. "However, it's not a Law in the normal sense, but in the sense of a rule of nature. You know, like water flowing

no, you can't comprehend it,"

the Heavens.

are you

Cultivators undergoing their tribulation. I need to keep a check on those fights to see if their longevity should be increased or not. At the same time, I need to manipulate the circumstances of 4,781 other Cultivators to move

of work," Gravis said

a million years or two," Arc

how hard Gravis tried, he just couldn't imagine getting used to

you have Heaven's

powerful higher world, isn't it? I need to continually refine all Cultivators. We only want the best of the best, don't

Heaven's Trial, but using it in a lower

difference between the lower Heaven and Arc was unfathomably vast. One was one of the weakest and most arrogant Heavens, while the other was the second strongest

the way, could you do me

Gravis asked back. What could