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,

was a miniature

same. Why don't you try?"

an uncertain

CRRRRR!

appeared in the air beside the other

reshape the planet, and it also didn't have the appeal of the

was far better

is a domain," Arc explained. "Do you feel how your tiny planet is absorbing Energy on

So, he looked

a while,

amount of Energy was flowing into the planet, but it was so little that Gravis wouldn't even have felt it if he hadn't specifically searched for

can feel it,

Energy for millions of years to absorb even

creating such a vast sphere of matter cost a

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

this was simply

"Now, look," Arc said.

closely looked at Arc's

that a tiny seed had appeared on the small

haven't used up the stored Energy of the planet," Arc explained. "This tiny

you feel a difference in the amount of Energy

it was difficult to

difference was just

can't tell,"

said. "Just look at

as he looked at

the seed became a

you feel a difference now?"

not sure,"

to absorb 1% of the Energy I used

some calculations, and

more or less," Gravis

own. The more life grows on the planet, the

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

the difference

brows furrowed again as he tried to think of a

didn't find an

is

isn't anything different from any

at your planet,"

his planet for the first time in several hours

also had life on

this life was different from the

didn't exist in this higher world. Additionally, over 99%

Gravis' planet was filled

every free space already had plants growing on

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