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.

had seen their child as the light

had been a kind

parents had taken a

mind, and her

her home and joined a power subservient to

Why?

rules of the Sects

had to work so much

have time for

to kill the killers of

her like

make

Why?

reality, she

sufficient Realm to annihilate the Sect that was responsible for killing her

to the

Sects united against her, including the Sect her

Nira saw her parents' Sect go against her,

a deadly battle with several Cultivators and fled

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

past struggles

had struggled through very similar

still deal with

actual Nira feel during all of

of her parents again, but everything after that was to her

just like Nira wanted, strengthening

returned many years later,

her power was so great that the Sects couldn't

anyone, someone from a superior Sect

not broken any rules, and this person wouldn't allow

managed to survive

became an Immortal, she returned again

been alive during her parents' death

time had

felt very long, but in

Her revenge became senseless.

the Sect

any closure. Instead, her grudge and hatred only

grandfather for the first time since she had

grandfather had missed her dearly and had even cried

him, Nira was still that innocent

how her grandfather looked

memories

had become the most important person in her grandfather's

that was what hurt the

knew exactly that she hadn't loved her

her grandfather to

innocent Nira had

her grandfather still saw her

felt a disconnect from her

could she have used

grandfather had loved her with all his

now, Gravis was repeatedly reminding himself of Freedom, Stella,

50,000 years had already passed

just as long as Gravis

had noticed that his mindset had

into something he didn't want to

'Stay yourself!'

More years passed.

passed, Nira's demands for her grandfather became

in the end, her grandfather always fulfilled

mindset had changed more and

biggest goal was not

biggest goal was

world to

her from taking her revenge, and she

comparison, her grandfather was going through more and more pains to fulfill whatever wish Nira

grandfather working so hard

to stop her

seen what kind

Nira started to resemble the present Nira more

of thousands of years of memories was