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.

the answer. "So, they're children of

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

children became beasts with slight human features. What can happen when a true human and a beast have

are four possibilities based on two criteria," Arc said. "The first one is whether they have a human body or a beast body, and the second one is whether they have

can be true humans, true beasts, beasts with a 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

two of the four can actually exist in

"How come?" Gravis asked.

and beasts are mortal enemies in this world, Gravis. A human with a powerful body but no Spirit will be killed

these mixed children because of their undying hatred for beasts while the beasts kill these mixed children for fear

"You're not

this home, which is when

powerful being in this world, but he still wanted to be as fair as possible. There were

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

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

the personality of beasts?" Gravis

a human that acts like a beast is simply another human. Additionally, their loyalty and

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

"Ask away."

one guy with nearly no Karmic Luck. Did you do

said. "I may hate my creator, 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 action. If it deems the Cultivator to be more

Arc said as he scratched his chin. "However, it's not a Law in

no, you can't comprehend it," Arc

the Heavens. Some of the stuff also

you doing

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

a lot of work," Gravis said with a

a million years or two," Arc said with a dismissive wave. "By now, all of it just

tried, he just couldn't imagine getting used to something like this. It sounded way

Heaven's Trials?"

answered with a smirk. "After all, this is the most powerful higher world, isn't it? I need to continually refine all Cultivators. We only

lower Heaven had also used a Heaven's Trial, but using it in

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

could you do

What could