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!

of dirt appeared in the air before Arc. In a short moment, oceans,

was a

Why don't you

an uncertain expression and tried

CRRRRR!

in the air beside the

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

Arc was far better in

feel

that. So, he looked at his tiny

a while, Gravis felt

little that Gravis wouldn't even have felt it if he hadn't specifically searched for

feel it, but

of years to absorb even 1% of the Energy Gravis had

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

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

was simply

"Now, look," Arc said.

closely looked at

a tiny seed had appeared on the

Energy of the planet," Arc explained. "This tiny seed

you feel a difference in the amount

it was difficult

difference was

tell,"

Arc said. "Just look at it and think about what

as he looked at Arc's

the seed became a plant, and more seeds appeared

feel a

not sure,"

long would it take to absorb 1% of the Energy I

some calculations, and his

900,000 years, more or less," Gravis

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

"Every tiny part of Energy the planet absorbs is taken from my

Arc said with a smile. "What's the

as he tried to

he didn't find

there is a

this Law of the Living World isn't anything different from any

at your

planet for the first time

had

different from

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

planet was filled with

space already had

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