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 of beasts and humans, just

nodded. "Yes. As soon as beasts can assume human form, romance between them and humans becomes more common. However, it

brows. "As you know, I have a beast body, which means that all my children became beasts with slight

one is whether they have a human body or a beast body, and

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

sighed. "However, only two of the four can actually exist

"How come?" Gravis asked.

powerful body but no Spirit will be killed by humans since they know that

these mixed children because of their undying hatred for beasts while the beasts kill these mixed children for fear of them allying themselves with humans. Both sides have different reasons, but the actions are the

"You're not saving

only a temporary home for them. As soon as they leave this home, which is when

Arc was the most powerful being in this world, but he still wanted to be as fair as possible. There were not even 200 beings in Arc's

mixed children in a true beast body but with the

is not a home for them. I want to give them a

about humans with the personality

are so very diverse that a human that acts like a beast is simply another

that was a stupid question," Gravis said. "There was something else I

"Ask away."

with nearly no Karmic Luck. Did you do that?" Gravis

healthy. I don't interfere with Karmic Luck. The system

as he scratched his chin. "However, it's not a Law in the normal sense, but

it," Arc added

the

you doing all the time?"

there are four different 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 them towards other people that will soon reach the end of their longevity,"

lot of

or two," Arc said with a dismissive wave. "By now,

used to something like this. It sounded way too complicated

have Heaven's Trials?" Gravis

this is the most powerful higher world, isn't it? I need

lower Heaven had also used a Heaven's Trial, but using it in a lower world did more damage than

Arc was unfathomably vast. One was one of the weakest and most arrogant

the way, could you do me a solid?"

asked back. What could Arc ask of