Lightning Is the Only Way

Nira's mind nearly broke with shock.

What was going on!?

Why was she in the body of her mother!?

And was there herself that she was holding in her arms!?

While Nira was going through one shock after the other, Gravis was preparing himself mentally.

Gravis couldn't close his eyes since he was taking the place of someone else.

Gravis couldn't let himself drift away.

He had to be conscious while all the perspectives of Nira that every person in the world had of her played before his eyes.

Nira was far older than Gravis, and the accumulated perspectives of all the people around her would stretch everything even more.

Gravis knew that he would have to force himself through around a million years of memories of someone else.

Gravis was 200,000 years old, but for how many years had Gravis actually remained conscious?

One couldn't really count the Law Comprehension time since Gravis' mind always entered a trance during those.

Gravis had maybe only been conscious for 50,000 years of his life, and those had been all the years he had spent with Stella.

Nira and Gravis watched as the young Nira slowly became older.

Everyone around her looked at her like she was the cutest treasure in the world.

The little Nira was so innocent and pure.

One couldn't connect this cute and innocent child with the bitter and angry Immortal Emperor she was bound to become.

Nira had started cultivating ever since she had been a small child.

Her father and mother were Cultivators in the Unity Realm.

Their grandfather, an Immortal King, had told them that this was too early to have a child. Cultivation was always opposed to family.

The grandfather wanted his son to also become a powerful Immortal King in the Nine Elements Sect.

Nira's father wasn't part of the Nine Elements Sect since the Nine Elements Sect strictly forbade nepotism. Everyone had to work for their position, even if they were related to an Elder.

Members of the Nine Elements Sect were only allowed to support their children with Sect resources for the first 100 years of their life.

Why?

First of all, it was cheap to support these weak rookies.

Second of all, they couldn't ask humans to directly throw their children away.

Third of all, there had to be some perks that a Sect offered, or the powerful members might join a different Sect.

Nira's father had become a Unity Realm Cultivator with the help of the Nine Elements Sect, but he had found the love of his life in a very short amount of time.

It was love at first sight, and Nira's father dropped everything to be with his wife.

Nira's grandfather was against it, but he didn't force his will onto his son.

If that was his son's decision, so be it.

The first 30 years of Nira's life consisted of happily Cultivating and fighting against weak, captured beasts for tempering.

She hadn't killed a single human in those 30 years.

When the two parents saw that their child was in the Spirit Forming Realm, they decided that they had waited long enough.

Seeing their daughter become powerful reawakened their desire for power.

So, the two of them joined a mock war with another Sect.

These Sects didn't even have any rankings in this higher world since they were simply too weak. Because of that, the more powerful Sects didn't mind it if those weaker Sects killed each other.

The Sects sent equally powerful forces into a life-and-death battle.

Sadly, Nira's parents would never return.

end, Nira's parents had seen their child as the light of their life, and with

been a

her parents had

clouded her mind, and her

and joined a power subservient to

Why?

wanted to become powerful, but the rules of

work so much

didn't have time

to kill the killers of

looked at her like she was a bitter woman,

make any

Why?

her mind, she thought that having friends was a weakness, but in reality, she was afraid of feeling the pain of losing someone dear

sufficient Realm to annihilate the Sect that

went to the

including the Sect her parents had belonged

saw her parents' Sect go against her,

Cultivators and fled in the end,

already viewed over a thousand years of memories even though Nira had barely

past struggles

had struggled through very similar feelings

still deal

actual Nira feel

pained when she saw the death of her parents again, but everything

just like Nira wanted, strengthening her

years later, many

power was so great that the Sects

someone from a superior Sect

and this person wouldn't allow Nira to

barely managed to

passed, and when Nira became

the members that had been alive during her

time

felt very long, but in reality, many years

Her revenge became senseless.

Sect

didn't give Nira any closure.

her grandfather for the first time since she had left her

had missed her dearly and had even cried

Nira was still

saw how her grandfather

the memories showered

turn, Nira had become the most important person in her grandfather's

that was what hurt the

that she hadn't loved her

had used her grandfather to

Nira had

grandfather still saw her

felt a disconnect from her

have used her grandfather

grandfather had loved her with

reminding himself of Freedom, Stella, his

had already passed

was just as long as Gravis

had noticed that his mindset had become more similar to Nira's

changing into something he

'Stay yourself!'

More years passed.

her grandfather became more

in the end, her grandfather

had changed

her biggest goal was

goal was

to

revenge, and she wouldn't

comparison, her grandfather was going through more and more

working so hard

wanted to stop

seen what kind of

started to resemble the present Nira more and

of years of memories was still grating on