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

had been a kind

death of her parents had taken a

clouded her mind, and

home and

Why?

become powerful, but the rules of the Sects didn't

work so much for

have time for

kill the killers

made looked at her like she was a

make

Why?

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

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

the Sect and

Sects united against her, including the Sect her

parents' Sect

a deadly battle with several Cultivators

this moment in time, Gravis had already viewed over a thousand years of memories even though Nira

past struggles resonated with

had struggled through very

could still deal with 1,000

Nira feel during all

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

past was acting just like Nira wanted, strengthening her

returned many years later,

the Sects again, and her power was

anyone, someone from a superior Sect appeared

rules, and

barely managed to survive

time passed, and when Nira became an Immortal, she returned again

members that had been alive during her parents'

much time had

felt very long, but in reality, many

Her revenge became senseless.

Sect

give Nira any closure. Instead, her grudge and

she returned to her grandfather for the first time

grandfather had missed her dearly and had even cried when he

him, Nira was still that

saw how her grandfather

in the memories showered her

Nira had become the most important person in her

that was what hurt the

knew exactly that she

she had used her grandfather to

innocent Nira had

saw her as the

actual Nira felt a disconnect from her

have used

loved her with all

himself of Freedom, Stella, his father, Arc, and everything important to

had

as long as Gravis

that his mindset had become more similar

into something he didn't want to

'Stay yourself!'

More years passed.

Nira's demands for her grandfather became more and more

end, her grandfather always

had changed more and

biggest goal

goal was

anyone in the world to stop her from doing what she

revenge, and she wouldn't allow

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

saw her grandfather working so hard for her,

to stop her

kind of monster she

to resemble the present Nira more and more, it also became easier for

of years of memories