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.

him

surprised when her father told her that

a little bit nervous in front

a young child, Artemis felt all of this to

just normal,

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

accidentally killed his only friend in the lower

had to decide between power

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

him, he still hasn't met his earliest friends

you step on the path of Cultivation, the world will become your enemy. At that point, you can't increase your power and be happy at the same time. As soon as you step on the path of Cultivation, happiness

happiness. If you want to search for happiness, no one will

among blood and destruction just to be able to search for the very thing you can already have right now?" The

frowned. "So, that's a

The Opposer sighed again.

easy to make such a choice," he said. "Right now, you are only ten, and you're

grown-up already!" Artemis shouted,

the Opposer looked with a complicated expression at his daughter

you're 15, you can decide what path you want to choose," the Opposer

in shock. "That's so

for a ten-year-old child might as well be as long as their entire life

to wait for her entire

best compromise I can come up

Artemis shouted as tears gathered in her eyes.

hate you!" Artemis shouted before

Silence.

The Opposer only sighed.

so hard?"

our children," a voice appeared as the Opposer's wife appeared beside

an expression of tranquil

for so long, and finally,

way her husband had raised their newest child was like night

so proud of

was still able to

best, but decisions I would have been sure of in the past are

his wife

means that you realize the weight of your decisions. You no longer directly

some time," she

The Opposer only sighed.

BOOOM!

mountain of God Stones

the Opposer's wife said with an excited smirk. "Look at