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,

a

can do the same. Why

an uncertain

CRRRRR!

in the air

longer for him to reshape the planet,

far better

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

he looked at his tiny

while, Gravis felt

so little that Gravis wouldn't even have felt it if he

can feel it, but

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

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

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

this was simply

"Now, look," Arc said.

looked at

tiny seed

haven't added any Energy, and I haven't used up the stored Energy of the planet," Arc explained.

difference in the

it was difficult

difference was

can't tell," Gravis

"Just look at it and think

as he looked

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

you feel a difference

not sure," Gravis

it take to absorb 1% of the Energy I used to

calculations, and his

900,000 years, more or less," Gravis

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

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

smile. "What's the difference between this planet

he tried to think of

didn't

think there is

anything different from any random island. It still requires

at your planet," Arc

planet for the first

planet also had

different from the life on Arc's

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

was

space already had

planet has been created naturally, which is why there is nearly no life on it