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.

Nira's parents had seen their child

been a

her parents had taken a heavy toll on

mind, and her innocence

and joined

Why?

rules of the Sects didn't allow her

had to work so much for

didn't have time for

kill the killers

this point forward, all the acquaintances Nira made looked at her like she was a bitter woman, poisoned

didn't make any

Why?

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

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

to the Sect

united against her, including the Sect her parents had belonged

Nira saw her parents' Sect go against her, her

Cultivators

viewed over a thousand years

past struggles

through very similar feelings in the

still deal with

Nira

been pained when she saw the death of her parents again,

acting just like

years later, many

her power

she could kill anyone, someone from a

rules, and this person

barely managed

when Nira became an Immortal, she returned again for

alive during her parents' death had already

much time

very long, but in reality, many

Her revenge became senseless.

Sect

any closure.

grandfather for the first time since she

had even cried when he saw

him, Nira was still

how her grandfather looked at her, her heart

Nira in the memories showered

Nira had become the most important person in

that was what hurt the

that she

she had used her grandfather

innocent Nira had

grandfather still saw her as the

actual Nira felt a disconnect from her

she have used her grandfather like

had loved her with all his

Gravis was repeatedly reminding himself of Freedom, Stella, his father, Arc, and everything important

50,000 years had

as long as Gravis had been

that his mindset had become

changing into something he didn't want to

'Stay yourself!'

More years passed.

demands for her grandfather became more and more

the end, her grandfather always

mindset had changed more

her biggest goal was not

biggest goal was power

anyone in the world to stop her from doing what

revenge, and she wouldn't

through more

Nira saw her grandfather working so hard for her,

wanted to stop

she seen what kind of monster she had

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

of thousands of years of memories was still grating on