Lightning Is the Only Way

A week passed, and most of Gravis' advisors had left.

Yet, that didn't matter to Gravis whatsoever.

The ones with shaky loyalty had left, and that was good. Oftentimes, internal dissent was a Kingdom's downfall, not external enemies.

Gravis' approach was similar to back when he had raised the River Tribe, but for different reasons.

Back then, Gravis had not suppressed anyone since beasts wanted to gain power more than anything. Suppressing their power would only make them leave.

This time, Gravis let the humans leave because of loyalty issues.

As long as someone was the most powerful, no beast in one's tribe would betray them.

However, when it came to humans, this wasn't the case.

Humans liked to use a lot of schemes to circumvent power and gain an advantage.

Because of that, unity in one's ranks was more important than with beasts.

When a week passed, the thing that Gravis had expected finally happened.

BOOOOM!

Gravis' castle was blown apart, leaving only Gravis on a throne.

The rest of the castle had turned into rubble.

"Would you have ever expected that this day would come?" a young man with a crown said with authority from above Gravis. Two other Unity Realm Cultivators flanked him.

"Yes, I did," Gravis said with a smirk.

WHOOOOM!

Then, Gravis activated his Will-Aura, making it impossible to move for anyone else.

Immediately, the invaders felt like they had committed a grave mistake.

And then?

There was no then.

The three invaders died quickly under Gravis' royal sword.

This hadn't even been a fight.

'Humility, huh?' Gravis thought with a smirk.

'I've used Humility to destroy my enemies.'

'That's what this is all about, right?' Gravis thought.

Over the next couple of days, Gravis' Kingdom annexed the other Kingdom, becoming more powerful in the process.

Sadly, the entire fortune of the other Kingdom was only enough to create one more Cultivator in the Unity Realm.

Well, at least Gravis' Kingdom had two Unity Realm Cultivators now instead of one.

Unfortunately, the trial still continued since Gravis hadn't comprehended the Law of Humility yet.

For the next couple of years, Gravis did his best to use Humility to get rid of his enemies.

Gravis deliberately made his Kingdom look weak, even fooling his own new advisors.

Eventually, another Kingdom had decided to attack them, and Gravis dealt with them just like he had dealt with the previous Kingdom.

Gravis had four Cultivators

His Kingdom prospered.

had arrived in

prosperous area went through the Kingdoms, annihilating all the powerful

the end, this band arrived

Early Unity Realm Cultivators and ten Initial Unity Realm

Realm Cultivators united against Gravis, while the remaining ten dealt with

two of them, but the remaining three started to

his beast body, and

meant that killing an

the Energy he had used to accomplish that

these Cultivators

tried his best, but he was eventually exhausted to death in the face

in

Gravis reopened his eyes,

as I've thought,' Gravis thought. 'Death is not the end in

I made some mistakes along

make a decision on this

at his advisor and

Kingdom is not the true goal. The band of raiders that comes in 15 years is far

'I need more power!'

asked Gravis what they should do, but instead of getting an answer, something else

BANG!

forward as he flew out of

advisors had no idea what had just

hour, Gravis

annihilated the three future Unity Realm Cultivators

already used most of the resources. Sadly, I

'I need more resources!'

to the Kingdoms

killing the most powerful

week, Gravis had accomplished what had taken him 15 years

have nearly 15 years left,' Gravis thought as he checked

about half of what he needed to become a Mid

'I need more!'

since he had

And then, death arrived.

went past a mountain,

even defend

BANG!

again, back in

left

all the Kingdoms and pocketed their

Then, Gravis went north.

found an even more

opened his eyes again, back

thing repeated itself, but this time, he went

with

again, and this time,

there was no

was ecstatic when he noticed that there was no

the weaker everything became. The Energy density also fell severely, as did all

month of searching, Gravis found

enough resources to make me

like I have to find

went back to his Kingdom and killed the "new king"

been enough resources for Gravis to reach the Mid Unity Realm, but there were enough to create two Early Unity Realm

have enough

his two new helpers. They had to become as

years later, they betrayed