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!

moment, oceans, rivers, mountains, crevices, deserts, and everything

a

same. Why don't you try?" Arc

before him with an uncertain

CRRRRR!

in the air beside

reshape the planet, and it also

far

feel how your tiny planet is

hadn't realized that. So, he

while,

little that Gravis wouldn't even have

it, but

Energy for millions of

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

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

was

"Now, look," Arc said.

closely looked at

noticed that a tiny

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

feel a difference in the amount of Energy absorbed?" Arc

again, but it

was

tell,"

hours," Arc said. "Just look at it and think

nodded as he looked at Arc's

next couple of hours, the seed became a plant, and more seeds appeared after more

feel a difference

sure,"

absorb 1% of the Energy I used to create this

some calculations, and his

years, more

planet on its own. The more life grows on

endless," Arc explained. "Every tiny part of

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

as he

he didn't find an

is a difference,"

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 world' weren't in an actual world, it wouldn't be a

your planet," Arc

planet for the first time in several hours and

had

different from

didn't exist in this higher

planet was filled with

already had plants growing

my planet has been created naturally, which is