Lightning Is the Only Way

"I killed some beasts," Mortis answered.

Gravis narrowed his eyes inside Arc's clearing.

"How many?"

"…A couple," Mortis answered after a pause.

"How many!?" Gravis asked again.

"I don't know. I didn't count," Mortis answered with annoyance. "Like maybe 40 or so."

Gravis furrowed his brows. "And they are probably all Immortal Kings?" Gravis asked.

"Most of them, yes," Mortis answered.

"Why?"

"Because they interrupted my Law Comprehension or didn't allow me to trade for their resources," Mortis answered. "You know that we need to go to multiple different places to comprehend the Soft Pure Law, and most of them just stopped me and said that this was their territory."

"So, I killed them," Mortis said.

Gravis scoffed. "What? Are you the Opposer? Is your solution to everything just killing?"

"What's wrong about that?" Mortis asked in annoyance. "Your father managed to become powerful this way. It's a proven method."

"Yes, but back then, the concept of Karmic Luck either didn't exist, or father had a normal amount of Karmic Luck. Instead, in your case, if you manage to anger even one powerful person, the chances are high that this person would want to kill you," Gravis explained.

"So? Then I just wasn't powerful enough," Mortis said coldly. "If I die, I die."

"You gotta give yourself enough time to become powerful!" Gravis shouted angrily. "You can't expect a rabbit to walk into a crocodile's mouth and then saying that it wasn't powerful enough. No, it wasn't that the rabbit wasn't powerful enough, but that the rabbit wasn't smart enough!"

"Are you calling me stupid?" Mortis asked with a freezing and threatening tone.

"No, but you're acting stupid!" Gravis shouted. "You are part of me, and I know that you are definitely not stupid, but your idiotic pride that says that giving even a small inch means being inferior makes you do stupid things!"

has it happened that I underestimated others? Remember Byron? Remember Morus? Remember Narcissus? You are part of me, and I'm very susceptible to overestimating my own

was you, not me," Mortis

was me, not you!" Gravis shouted back. "So, learn

knew that he had fucked up big time, but he didn't want to

to become powerful, but now, Mortis was stuck in this shitty prison while Gravis had

allowed to kill beasts. He wasn't allowed to leave this place. He

sitting

it been

No.

just decided to ignore some beasts, he would have already finished the Soft Pure

was a horrible punishment for Cultivators. After all, they were doomed to be stuck on their current Realm and comprehension while watching their longevity shrink and shrink. It

Mortis argued for over ten more minutes. Gravis was always on the aggressive side, while Mortis was on the defensive side. He knew that he had committed

was thinking. After

you can't even admit that you have made a mistake?"

you dare call

way without questioning yourself? Do you believe that conviction in your belief is a strength instead of

Mortis didn't immediately answer.

the problem?" Gravis asked, having calmed down by now. "You won't be injured by admitting a mistake. Your Battle-Strength won't decrease. The only thing that will happen is that you have admitted a mistake.

is growth, not regression," Gravis

remained silent for a while. He knew that Gravis was right, but it was so very hard to admit his mistakes. If it were anyone else, Mortis wouldn't find it difficult. He would simply say

front

version of himself that was supposed to be

be admitting that the other Gravis was the

Mortis still didn't

and disadvantages, Mortis,"

Then, Mortis' eyes shone.

to Gravis? Specifically this weakness

was still more powerful than Gravis in Battle-Strength, and wasn't Battle-Strength the most

just that in some very specific situations, his

mistake. I shouldn't have

smiled brightly. "No problem. Now, do

long, and I already finished 3,500 of those. 1,500 years isn't so long, and it might be better to just finish