Lightning Is the Only Way

It felt like Gravis hadn't been away for long, but for the others, thousands of years had passed.

Gravis had to release a heavy sigh when he heard that about 20% of all his students had died by now. Unity Realm Cultivators and beasts could only live for a single millennium, but nearly none of them would die of old age. They would either reach the next Realm or die in battle.

However, the 80% that were still alive had all reached the Law Comprehension Realm at least. There were even some that had already become Immortal.

80% was an incredible ratio. Apparently, Gravis' and Arc's teachings had a great effect on the students.

These little kids that Gravis had taught back then had all either grown up or had died. Maybe to them, Gravis had been a nice substitute teacher an eternity ago. They had met him back then but hadn't seen him again for their entire life.

Some of Gravis' old students were visiting, but nearly none of them recognized him. Only after Gravis informed them of who he was would some of them remember him and talk about old times.

Fortunately, Gravis hadn't been an important person in their life. Not seeing him for their entire life wasn't much of a loss to them.

However, this showed Gravis again how difficult it was for someone to have a family while still cultivating. According to his own perception, Gravis had only been away for a little bit, but everyone else thought that it had been an eternity.

Luckily, Gravis' three children had also entered the path of Cultivation. Otherwise, all of them would have died of old age a long time ago. Sadly, it was still difficult to think about Aris and Cera. Both of them were in different higher worlds right now, and they had left immediately. In fact, since Gravis had spent over a thousand years in his homeworld, his two children were now much older than him.

It pained Gravis to think about it, but Aris and Cera had probably already fully dissociated from him. Time was cruel. It made everything fade.

'I shouldn't be so selfish,' Gravis thought with a sigh. 'They are happy even without me, so I should be happy for them. It's their life, not mine.'

Gravis wasn't really worried about Yersi. Gravis had spent a really long time with Yersi, and she was also in the highest world, which meant that time was progressing ten times slower. Yersi would still care about him.

still alive,' Gravis thought

old students were either adults or dead now, which meant that

the students also had a ton of fun. Gravis mainly just talked and joked with them as he only explained the things that the students were

a lot

he only answered Gravis when he asked a question, and then also only in the least amount of

sure if that guy wanted to talk to him, but he

So, Gravis asked him.

that, he apologized and said that it hadn't been his intention to be this curt. It was simply how he

disliked empty words. Their mindset was more akin to beasts, and they believed

to him, but the guy told Gravis that he wouldn't

They had the most powerful disciples, and in comparison to all the other Sects, they didn't rely

a feeling of superiority in the members of the Purist Sect. They believed that they were the only ones that didn't need to rely on outside help, the Laws of the Elements and so on. They didn't need the help

matter who opposed them, one single slash would

were basically the same in Gravis' mind. It

just some kind of arbitrary, subjective standard. Their power was the purest, which made them

Gravis of his past delusion of having a pure path. He had thought just like this in the past. Gravis had always told himself that he had achieved everything by himself and that accepting help from someone else would only damage his

power was everything. It didn't matter what kind of power it was. In the end,

Black

possibility, but

was the Black

one of the most powerful beings in existence, a Heaven's Magnate. He had reached the peak of normally achievable power. One could say that the Black Magnate had a lot of authority when