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.

answer. "So, they're children of beasts and humans, just like mine?"

as beasts can assume human form, romance

children became beasts with slight human features. What can happen when a

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 a Will-Aura and

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

of the four can actually exist in

"How come?" Gravis asked.

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

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

furrowed his brows. "You're

which is when they comprehend their first Law, they will be killed

this world, but he still wanted to be as fair as possible. There were not even 200 beings in

mixed children in a true beast body but with the personality

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 beasts and

with the personality of beasts?" Gravis

a smile. "Humans are so very diverse that a human that acts like a beast is simply another human. Additionally, their loyalty and mindset intent on power will give

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

"Ask away."

one guy with nearly no Karmic Luck.

an automatic system, which had been implemented by my creator," Arc 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 damaging than beneficial for Energy gathering, it

it's not a Law in the normal sense, but in the sense of a

it," Arc added with a

handled by the Heavens. Some of

what are you doing

same time, I need to manipulate the

sounds like a lot of work," Gravis

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

couldn't imagine getting used to something like this. It sounded way too complicated

you have Heaven's Trials?"

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

nodded. Back then, the lower Heaven had also used a Heaven's Trial, but using it in a lower

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

the way, could you do

asked back. What could