Lightning Is the Only Way

"Greetings, Mortis," Siral said with a bow.

"Uhm," the forgotten person to Siral's left said.

"Your name is Yi Lu, right?" Gravis asked with a smile.

"Yes, I'm Yi Lu!" Yi Lu said as he regained his confidence. "You are Gravis, right?"

Gravis nodded with a smile.

Yi Lu just looked at Gravis like he couldn't believe it.

This was that amazing person!

This was the person that Yi Lu always felt inferior to!

Yi Lu had gone through all of his Realms in a short period of time, but whenever he reached a new Realm, the memories of Gravis' previous Realm would be unlocked.

When Yi Lu reached the Energy Gathering Realm, he had seen what Gravis had done in the Body Tempering Stage.

Yi Lu already had had a Will-Aura when his full body was tempered. He had even managed to fight an Energy Gathering Realm Cultivator to a draw.

However, Gravis already had a Will-Aura before he even truly began to cultivate!

Even more, judging by Gravis' power, he had the ability to kill an Energy Gathering Realm Cultivator!

Fighting to a draw, winning, and killing was a huge difference, each one more difficult than the last.

When Yi Lu had seen that he couldn't keep up, he had tried to become even more outstanding! Gravis was more powerful than him, but he couldn't give up!

So, he put everything he had into Cultivation and even managed to kill someone two levels above him in the Energy Gathering Realm. This was powerful! This was enough, right?

Then, when Yi Lu reached the Spirit Forming Realm, he had seen Gravis' fight against an extremely powerful elder with the fire element.

This elder had been three levels above Gravis, and he had had an equally powerful body.

Instead of feeling that he had come closer to Gravis' power, he felt like the power difference became even bigger.

So, Yi Lu became crazier and crazier and even managed to kill someone two levels above him in the Spirit Forming Realm, which was far more difficult than killing someone two levels above oneself in the Energy Gathering Realm.

Then, when Yi Lu had reached the Unity Realm, he had seen Gravis' fight with some kind of Priest.

How could he compete with that!?

Luckily for Yi Lu, all the delicate memories of Gravis' journey in the lower world were hidden. Yi Lu didn't know about Gravis' enmity with the lower Heaven or the fact that Gravis' Spirit had been attuned to Destruction Lightning.

After unlocking that set of memories, Yi Lu felt that all the foreign memories in his Spirit had been exhausted.

There had been no more memories to unlock.

What did this mean?

Gravis had reached the Unity

mean that Gravis was dead and that he had gifted Yi Lu

Sect Congregation, the

just won a war against another powerful Sect. Nothing appeared unnatural regarding that, but Yi Lu had

other until only they remained. Like this, they would have a

the calamity his teacher had

his teacher's last wish? Did his

for his deceased teacher! He had to prevent this calamity and

hundred years, Yi Lu had finally reached the legendary Nascent Nourishing Realm, the most powerful Realm

he managed to fulfill

The calamity was averted!

his world broke

an unfathomably profound Cultivation Realm had appeared

people this

to the woman, but he felt nervous and scared

that was when his dead teacher

Cultivator with but a

Cultivator summoned an

his Will-Aura had destroyed hundreds

like

Lu went through far too much shock today, and he looked at Gravis with a complicated

and had to laugh a bit. "I think

Yi Lu why he had been protected against powerful Cultivators and what

and your opponent? You waited over

century is nothing,"

teacher was so old and powerful that eons passed in the blink of an eye

"Siral, Mortis, and I

Lu's eyes widened.

"Yes?" Gravis asked.

to leave like that?"

not?" Gravis

memories and your gift have shaped my entire life," Yi Lu said. "Aren't we connected by Karma or something? Am I not supposed to repay

"Nah," Gravis said.

sincere approach. "But then why did you help

what's important to me convinced me to give you a helping hand," Gravis said.

"Funny?" Yi Lu asked.

to keep up with my power by giving you my memories. It's funny to imagine you constantly trying to push yourself further, trying to

like

and tragic teacher that had died was

was the elderly

Where was the praise?

that Yi Lu

he met someone that acted like a

Lu's

tried to keep up with you so badly that I went into suicidal situations just to temper myself, and now you're telling

the knowledge that allows you to cultivate and gave you a frame of reference. Whatever you

Gravis said. "Also, don't act like you are not happy that you went through some good tempering. After

of emotions. He had no idea how he should feel