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

a

same. Why don't you

him with an uncertain expression

CRRRRR!

kilometer-wide sphere appeared in the air beside

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

far better

world is a domain," Arc explained. "Do you feel how your

So, he looked at

a while, Gravis felt

Energy was flowing into the planet, but it was so little that Gravis wouldn't

feel it, but

for millions of years to absorb even 1% of the Energy Gravis had used to create

creating such a vast sphere of matter cost a

that his planet was absorbing Energy, he was thinking about using it

was

"Now, look," Arc said.

closely looked

several minutes, Gravis noticed that a tiny seed had appeared on the small

up the stored Energy of the planet," Arc

in the amount of Energy absorbed?" Arc

but it was

was just too

tell," Gravis

"Just look at it and think about

as he looked at

the seed became a plant, and more seeds appeared

you feel a difference now?"

not sure,"

1% of the Energy I used to

some calculations, and

more or less,"

on its own. The more life grows on the planet,

course, Energy isn't endless," Arc explained. "Every tiny part of Energy the planet absorbs is taken

"What's the difference between

he tried to think

didn't

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

your planet," Arc

his planet for the first time in several hours and was

planet also had life on

different from the

exist in this higher world. Additionally, over 99% of Arc's planet

Gravis' planet was

already

from my actual world," Arc explained. "The life on my planet has been created naturally, which is why