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!

In a short moment, oceans, rivers,

was a

can do the same. Why don't

with an uncertain

CRRRRR!

sphere appeared in the air beside

took far longer for him to reshape the planet, and it also didn't have the appeal of

was far better in

"Do you feel how your

that. So, he looked

while, Gravis

planet, but it was so little that Gravis wouldn't even have felt it if he hadn't

feel it,

planet would probably have to absorb Energy for millions of years to absorb even 1% of the

and creating such a vast sphere of matter cost

his planet was absorbing Energy, he was thinking about using

was simply too

"Now, look," Arc said.

looked at

noticed that a tiny seed had

added any Energy, and I haven't used up the stored Energy of the planet," Arc explained. "This

in the amount

it was difficult

difference was just

can't tell," Gravis

Arc said. "Just look at it and

as he

the next couple of hours, the seed became a plant,

feel a difference now?"

sure," Gravis

of the Energy I used to create this planet,"

some calculations, and his

900,000 years, more or less," Gravis

more life grows on the planet, the greater its draw of Energy. Life automatically seeks Energy, and it

part of Energy the planet absorbs is taken

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

furrowed again as he tried to think of

he didn't find

think there is

with a nod. "The only difference is the shape, which isn't 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

your

his planet for the first time

also had life on

from

that didn't exist in this higher world. Additionally, over 99% of Arc's planet was still

Gravis' planet was filled with

every free space already had plants

Arc explained. "The life on my planet has been created naturally, which is why there is nearly no life on