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, rivers, mountains, crevices, deserts, and

a

the same. Why don't

with an uncertain expression and

CRRRRR!

in the air beside the other

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

Arc was far

Arc explained. "Do you feel how your tiny planet is

realized that. So, he looked at

while, Gravis

little that Gravis wouldn't even have

feel it, but

millions of years to absorb even 1% of the

King, and creating such a vast sphere of

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

this was simply too

"Now, look," Arc said.

looked

that a tiny seed had appeared on the small

haven't used up the stored Energy of the planet," Arc explained. "This tiny seed has been created by the passive

difference in the amount of Energy absorbed?" Arc

but it

difference was just

can't tell," Gravis

Arc said. "Just look at it and

nodded as he looked

hours, the seed became a

you feel a difference

sure,"

absorb 1% of the

made some calculations, and

more or

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

explained. "Every tiny part of Energy the planet absorbs is

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

again as he tried

didn't find an

there is

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 an actual world,

at your planet," Arc

for the first time in several hours and

had life on

life was different from

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

Gravis' planet was filled

already had plants growing

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