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.

child as the light of their life, and

had been a kind

parents had taken a heavy toll on

clouded her mind, and her innocence

away from her home and joined a power subservient

Why?

but the rules of the Sects didn't allow her to

to work

didn't have time

to kill the killers of

acquaintances Nira made looked at her

didn't make any

Why?

weakness, but in reality, she was afraid of feeling the pain of losing someone

the Sect that was responsible

to the Sect

the Sects united against her, including the Sect her parents had

her parents' Sect go against her, her

had a deadly battle with several Cultivators and fled

already viewed over a thousand years of memories

struggles resonated with

through very similar feelings

deal with 1,000

the actual Nira feel during

the death of her parents again, but everything

was acting just like Nira wanted, strengthening

years later,

her power was so great

kill anyone, someone from a superior

and this person wouldn't allow

managed to survive

became an Immortal,

the members that had been alive during her parents' death

much time

it hadn't felt very long, but in reality, many years had

Her revenge became senseless.

Sect was also

didn't give Nira any closure.

to her grandfather for the first time since she had

missed her dearly and had even

Nira was still that innocent

actual Nira saw how her

memories showered

Nira had become the most important person in

that was what hurt the actual Nira deep

exactly that she hadn't loved her

used her grandfather to

Nira

her grandfather still saw her as the innocent

actual Nira felt a disconnect

she have used

had loved her with

reminding himself of Freedom, Stella, his father, Arc,

had already passed

was just as long as Gravis had been

that his mindset had become more similar to Nira's

into something he didn't want

'Stay yourself!'

More years passed.

her

end, her grandfather

changed

goal

biggest goal was power

allow anyone in the world to

and she wouldn't allow anyone to

in comparison, her grandfather was going through more and more pains to

grandfather working

to stop her past

kind of monster she had

Nira started to resemble the present Nira more

of years