Lightning Is the Only Way

"Daddy, why don't you allow me to cultivate?"

Up in the highest world, a ten-year-old girl sat in a massive hall in front of a middle-aged man with black hair.

The man with black hair was the Opposer, and the child in front of him was his youngest daughter, Artemis.

When Gravis had discovered new love, the Opposer and his wife had felt their old love being rekindled.

When Artemis had heard about Cultivation from her friends, she had felt it to be wondrous.

People could fly around?

People could completely reshape the entire world?

She also wanted to do this!

"Artemis," her father said. He tried his best to make his voice as soft as possible. He didn't want to scare her or suppress her with his authority.

"I love you, and you know that I only want the best for you," the Opposer said with difficulty.

Artemis didn't react.

Her father told her so often that he loved her that this statement had no impact on her.

"But Cultivation is not as easy as you imagine," the Opposer said.

"Cultivation doesn't lead to happiness. It can help you in securing happiness, but you first need to go through a black sea of pain and despair before you can truly find happiness."

SHING!

A white screen that showed images from a village was summoned in front of Artemis.

"Do you see them?" the Opposer asked. "These are mortals, and they are truly happy."

Artemis saw several adults working together, and whenever the husbands looked at their wives, a long and deep connection between them could be felt.

"You want to be happy, right?" the Opposer asked.

"Yes," Artemis said without any hesitation, "but I also want to see more of the world. I want to become powerful and understand the world. I don't just want to spend the rest of my life in this city!"

The Opposer sighed. Why was raising this child so much harder than raising all the other ones?

In the past, he could just have directly shown them that they didn't need any power to be happy, but now, everything had become more difficult.

The Opposer had changed, and he was trying his best to be as good of a father as he could be.

didn't call him father

when her father told her

bit nervous in front of her

young child, Artemis felt all of this

just normal,

you what your big brother had to go through," the Opposer said,

accidentally killed his only friend in the

decide between

alone for so many years, and even when he made friends, he

for him, he still hasn't met

become your enemy. At that point, you can't increase your power and be happy at the same

If you want to search

truly willing to spend your entire life among blood and destruction just to be able to search for the very thing you can already have right now?" The

a

The Opposer sighed again.

said. "Right now, you

already!" Artemis shouted,

silence passed in which the Opposer looked with a complicated expression

can decide what

Artemis asked in shock.

a ten-year-old child might as well

had to wait for her entire

best compromise I can come up with," the

in her eyes. "Why don't you just

you!" Artemis shouted before she ran out

Silence.

The Opposer only sighed.

so hard?"

care for our children," a voice

an expression of

her husband for so long, and finally, he was showing

was

proud of

living for so long, he was still able to

sure of in the past are now filled with uncertainty," the Opposer

his wife

weight of your decisions. You

some time," she said, referring to

The Opposer only sighed.

BOOOM!

massive mountain of God Stones appeared in

smirk. "Look at