Lightning Is the Only Way

Gravis arrived in Arc's clearing and looked for him. He saw Arc sitting on a stump, drawing lines in the dirt.

He was probably guessing Laws from the highest world again.

"Hey, Gravis," Arc said with a grin without looking at him. Arc felt a feeling of kinship towards Gravis since they both desired freedom. Additionally, Gravis knew a lot about how the Cosmos worked, giving him the ability to have an actual conversation with Arc. "What brings you here?"

"You didn't notice?" Gravis asked.

Arc frowned. "Did you summon another gate from the Primordial Chaos?" Arc asked as he turned to Gravis.

Gravis chuckled a bit. "No, something else."

"Look!"

Gravis absorbed some Energy from the surroundings and let a small flower grow on his palm. This flower had no will but a tiny soul.

Arc's eyes sparkled for a bit.

"Did you make a detour?" Arc asked with a smile. "Weren't you supposed to concentrate on the Emotional Laws? Why are you suddenly interested in the Life Laws?"

"It just happened," Gravis told Arc as he sat down on a different stump. "It just came naturally after I comprehended the Major Law of Life Energy."

Arc nodded.

"You probably already combined your Law of the Dead World with your Law of Life, right?" Arc asked.

Gravis nodded.

"The Law of the Living World, huh?" Arc said as he looked at the sky with a nostalgic expression. "I still remember how I comprehended that one. Gaining the ability to create an entire world filled with life felt surreal."

Gravis nodded. "It sure does. I feel like I'm still on my way to the top, and I still feel like I have a huge distance left to traverse, but I can already create life now."

Arc only smiled. "Yet, is all life equal?"

Gravis' brows furrowed.

"What do you mean?"

"You're looking at the creation of life from the viewpoint of a mortal, Gravis," Arc explained. "Yes, you can create mortal life, but there is still a vast difference in complexity, and therefore also a vast difference of worth."

"The Life Composition Law, the Life Growth Law, and the Law of the Soul already allow you to create life. This shouldn't be something new to you. The inclusion of the Law of Energy Healing simply allows you to skip using your own Energy as an intermediary."

"Creating mortal life actually isn't that hard. After all, even mortals can do it, right?" Arc asked with a smile.

Gravis blinked a couple of times. "I mean, yeah, they can. They can have children."

Arc nodded. "Exactly. The Law of Life by itself is pretty impressive, but it's still missing something."

"However, the Law of the Living World is different."

"Look!"

CRRRRR!

Arc. In a short moment, oceans, rivers, mountains, crevices, deserts, and everything else that made up a

a

can do the same. Why

looked before him with an uncertain

CRRRRR!

kilometer-wide sphere appeared in the air beside the other

the planet to look appealing, but it took far longer for him to reshape the

Arc was far

you feel how your tiny

he looked at his

a while, Gravis felt

flowing into the planet, but it was so little that Gravis

it,

have to absorb Energy for millions of years to absorb even 1% of the Energy Gravis

Gravis was an Immortal King, and creating such a vast sphere of matter cost

planet was absorbing Energy, he was thinking about using it to gather Energy for himself,

this was

"Now, look," Arc said.

looked

tiny seed had appeared on the

planet," Arc explained. "This tiny seed has been created by

the

it was difficult to

difference was

tell," Gravis

look

nodded as he looked at Arc's

became a plant, and more seeds appeared after

a difference now?" Arc

sure,"

absorb 1% of the Energy I used

some calculations, and his eyebrows

more

on its own. The more life grows on the planet, the greater its draw of Energy.

of Energy

a smile. "What's the difference between this planet and an island in my

again as he

didn't find

is

relevant. In short, this Law of the Living World isn't anything different from any random island. It still requires Energy to exist, and if this small 'living world' weren't in

at your planet," Arc

the first time in several hours and was quite

planet also had life

life was different from

that didn't exist in this higher world. Additionally,

was

space already had plants growing

world," Arc explained. "The life on my planet has been created naturally,