Lightning Is the Only Way

Gravis and Stella exchanged their love for a couple of hours.

After they were done, Gravis looked at Stella. "So, you want to help your boyfriend a bit in comprehending the element-neutral Law of Heat?" he asked.

Stella looked shocked. "What? No! Why would I want to spend more time with you!?"

Gravis was a bit taken aback for a second, but then he had to laugh.

"Okay, you got me. Your voice just sounded way too convincing," Gravis said between laughs.

Stella also giggled. "Of course I'll help you. Wherever you go is wherever I go. We are together. We are one."

Stella and Gravis left space and directly shot into the ground.

After a while, they stopped at a depth that was still somewhat comfortable for Stella. The gravity and temperature around them had shot up to insane levels, but they weren't some new Cultivators. They could resist something like this easily.

Gravis sat down, and Stella plopped on his lap again with a cute giggle.

Gravis also had to chuckle a little and then closed his eyes.

This time, Gravis felt like he was on a hot desert dune. There was red sand all around him as the sun ruthlessly bore down on him.

Stella was with Gravis, and she pulled him along.

Stella already knew the Law of Heat, and she would be Gravis' guide on this journey.

Stella showed Gravis interesting things and demonstrated a lot of other things. Yet, she never explained anything. Explaining something was entirely different from showing someone the correct way.

If Stella explained the Law to Gravis, he would be able to understand it instantly, but that wouldn't grant him any experience in comprehending Laws. It was important that Gravis made all the important connections himself.

They didn't even talk once. They simply traveled across the desert as Stella showed Gravis where they should go next.

Gravis simply followed with a smile as he looked at the magical world of Laws.

Comprehending Laws had never been so much fun!

In the past, it was like the time for comprehending Laws didn't even exist. It was like Gravis just started and then was already done.

But now, this process had become enjoyable with Stella.

It was like a fun vacation with his lover, and everyone that had a healthy relationship enjoyed something like that.

Even more, the time spent comprehending Laws now felt relevant and important. The memories of the process no longer got erased but engraved themselves in Gravis' heart.

The time also didn't feel short anymore.

Gravis now felt the full passage of time as he comprehended the Law of Heat, and he wouldn't want to have it any other way.

This was time spent with Stella, and Gravis cherished it.

Time passed as every day in the world of Laws felt like years. In the past, every year felt like seconds, but everything had changed now.

Eventually, Gravis had seen the entire desert, and Stella only smiled at him.

Gravis smiled back and looked at the desert in comprehension.

BOOOM!

Gravis comprehended the element-neutral level four Law of Heat!

Gravis smiled.

However, he didn't leave the world of Laws yet.

Instead, Gravis looked some more at this desert.

Something else was intriguing Gravis about this desert.

Gravis didn't know what it was, but he felt like he had seen something like this.

Gravis knew that this wasn't the Law of Temperatures. It was something else.

Yet, Gravis just couldn't put his finger on what it was.

'It feels like there is more here,' Gravis thought. 'Yet, that makes no sense. This entire world of Laws is only a visualization of the Law of Heat. This world actually doesn't truly exist. It's just the concepts of the Law converted into a visual medium.'

'I'm only looking at the Law of Heat, but why does it feel like there's more here? That shouldn't be possible.'

'Where have I seen something like this before?' Gravis thought.

Gravis' Spirit was racing as he tried to find the origin of this ethereal feeling.

Stella looked with confusion at him. What was up with him?

Gravis just kept looking. The feeling of familiarity had increased by now.

'I know exactly that I have seen something like this before!' Gravis thought as he furrowed his brows. 'I also know that it is of great significance. Yet, what is it? Where have I seen it before!?'

Gravis analyzed the desert around himself.

There was nothing.

heat, and even

Everything was heat.

stretched across the

Absolute silence.

no movement of

no movement

was no

Everything was simply… dead.

Gravis' eyes widened!

entire world

WROOOOOM!

sky in

moving like a shockwave had gone over

what he saw took his

It was like a black sun was rising from the east as its black light

didn't feel like the darkness Element to

It felt… different.

darkness Element felt complex. It could hide things, engulf things, protect

this darkness felt far

simply felt like

no complexity

simply the

a visualization of the Law of Heat! Why

the horizon while Stella looked

in the direction Gravis was looking towards, but she saw

only confused

Gravis looked at Stella, and he noticed that she looked

doesn't see it?'

the black sun that was just below

to not notice something

Gravis thought. 'Yet,

need to check what this

Gravis was suddenly charging towards the direction of the black sun. This world didn't really exist, and because of that,

any Divine God in this surreal dream

flew, he

just

looked back and

irrelevant in such a surreal world. After all, it

physical distance?'

Stella a look and vanished from the world of

opening

"What's wrong?" Stella asked.

his head to

still there," Gravis said. "I can

You're worrying me!" Stella said with a serious

what he had seen just now, and Stella also fell

a lot about history in

silent for a while as his brows

like it's calling

"Calling you?" Stella asked.

Gravis nodded.

see what it is,"

this world that could threaten them. By now, Stella knew much more about the background of the world, thanks to Gravis' story

a thing shouldn't be something that a Cultivator can do, even the

something or someone like Arc would

he would simply call

after Gravis stood up,

Gravis said with furrowed brows. "All of this feels

scratched his chin

headlong into something like

breath and nodded. "Yes, that sounds for the

happened," Gravis

Arc answered directly

my previous

do. Why? Something the matter?" Arc asked

explained to Arc what

done, Arc remained

Gravis

of his hand. Being silent meant that one was

was there to think about? Arc knew everything

SHING!

Arc appeared in the underground

Stella raised

time that they had seen Arc leave

in his

time, he

on," Arc said with

worry. I won't let anything happen

of times. "What do you mean with bring you to it? Can't you see the entire

I can't see it," Arc said. "Only you can see it, and I need you to