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

had been

had taken a heavy toll

clouded her mind, and her

home and joined a

Why?

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

work so much

have time for

the

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

didn't make any

Why?

mind, she thought that having friends was a weakness, but in reality, she was afraid of feeling the pain of losing someone dear to her

annihilate the Sect that

to the Sect and

Sects united against her, including the Sect her parents had

parents' Sect

a deadly battle with several Cultivators and fled

thousand years

struggles

very similar feelings in the

could still deal with

Nira feel during

of her

just like Nira wanted,

years

power was

could kill anyone, someone from a

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

managed

became

had been alive during her parents' death had already

much time had

felt very long, but in reality, many years

Her revenge became senseless.

Sect

didn't give Nira any closure. Instead,

returned to her grandfather for the first

had missed her dearly and had even cried when he saw her

Nira was still that innocent

saw how her

Nira in the memories showered her grandfather

become the most important person in her

was what hurt the

she hadn't loved her

she had used her

Nira had

saw her as the

felt a disconnect from her past

have used

had loved her with all

was repeatedly reminding himself of Freedom, Stella, his

had already passed for

was just as long as Gravis had

noticed that his mindset had become more similar

was changing into something he didn't want

'Stay yourself!'

More years passed.

her grandfather became more and more outrageous and

end, her

had changed

biggest goal was

goal was power and

world to stop her from doing what she

she wouldn't allow anyone to do that

going through more and more pains to fulfill whatever wish

Nira saw her grandfather working so

stop her

kind

Nira more

hundreds of thousands of years of