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.

seen their child as

had been a

her parents had taken a heavy

mind, and

her home and joined a power

Why?

powerful, but the rules of the Sects didn't allow her to become

had to work so

have time for

needed to kill the killers of

all the acquaintances Nira made looked at her like she was a bitter woman,

make

Why?

but in reality, she was afraid of feeling the pain of losing someone dear to her

the Sect that was responsible

went to the

against her, including the

parents' Sect go against

with several Cultivators and fled in the end,

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

past struggles resonated with

had struggled through very similar feelings in

deal with 1,000

the actual Nira feel during

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

was acting just

returned many years

attacked the Sects again, and her power was

before she could kill anyone, someone from

Sects had not broken any rules, and this person wouldn't allow Nira to

barely managed to

became an Immortal, she

members that had been alive during her

much time

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

Her revenge became senseless.

the Sect

closure. Instead, her grudge

grandfather for the first time

and had

him, Nira was still that

saw how her grandfather

memories showered her grandfather

had become the most important person in her

hurt the actual Nira

she hadn't loved

had used her grandfather to gain

Nira

saw her as the innocent

felt a disconnect from her past

she have used her grandfather like

had loved her with

of Freedom, Stella, his

years had already

long as Gravis had

mindset had become more similar

was changing into something

'Stay yourself!'

More years passed.

her grandfather became more and more

end, her grandfather always fulfilled

had changed

goal was

biggest goal was power and

allow anyone in the world to

stopped her from taking her revenge, and she wouldn't allow

going through more and more pains to fulfill whatever

her grandfather working so hard for her, she

stop her past

seen what kind of monster she had

the present Nira more and more, it also became

of years of memories was still grating