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!

in the air before Arc. In a short moment, oceans, rivers, mountains, crevices, deserts,

a miniature

same. Why don't you try?" Arc

him with an uncertain expression and tried

CRRRRR!

sphere appeared in the air

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

was far

you feel how your tiny planet is absorbing Energy on its

realized that. So, he looked at his

a while, Gravis

tiny amount of Energy was flowing into the planet, but it was so little that Gravis wouldn't even have felt

feel it, but

millions of years to absorb

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

about using it to gather Energy for himself, similar to what Heaven

this was simply

"Now, look," Arc said.

closely looked at

Gravis noticed that a tiny seed

Energy of the planet," Arc explained.

feel a difference in the amount

again, but it was difficult

was

can't tell,"

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

nodded as he looked

became a plant, and

a difference now?" Arc

not sure," Gravis

would it take to absorb 1% of the Energy I used to create this planet,"

made some calculations, and his eyebrows

more or less," Gravis

absorb more Energy than the entire planet on its own. The more life grows on the planet,

of Energy the planet absorbs is taken

tell me, Gravis," Arc said with a smile. "What's the difference between this

he

he didn't find an

don't think there is a difference,"

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

at your planet," Arc

at his planet for the first time in several hours and was quite

had life on

different from the life on

entirely new kind of plant that didn't exist in this higher

planet was filled

space already

life on my planet