Lightning Is the Only Way

"Dorian even managed to hit you, Gravis. I guess my loss to him is not unjustified," a beautiful woman with azure-colored hair said as she stepped forward.

"Hey, Azure," Gravis said. "Glad you're still alive. How have you been?"

Azure smiled slightly as she gestured to the old man with white hair to her said. "Styr and I have been quite well. We also became quite powerful, but we both couldn't beat Dorian, which was surprising. We had both been sure that we were more powerful than him, but, somehow, he still won."

Styr also nodded. "His techniques are varied, bizarre, and incomprehensible," Styr said with praise. "He is impressive."

"Did you guys all fight each other before I came here?" Gravis asked with a lifted eyebrow.

Azure and Styr nodded. "We met each other when we waited for you, and we all got talking since we know you. In the end, after seeing that we are all on the same level, we decided to fight each other to compare our power."

"Oh? How many joined the fight?" Gravis asked.

"Twelve."

"So many?" Gravis asked in shock.

Azure nodded. "You built up quite a circle of connections in your life, Gravis," Azure said.

"Who won?" Gravis asked, looking at the group.

Silence.

"You know who won," Azure said with a frown.

Gravis thought about this for a bit.

"Was Stella part of the fight?" he asked.

Azure nodded.

"Okay, that explains it," Gravis said with an uncomfortable smile. "Where is she?" he asked, not seeing her in the gathered group.

"She wants to give you some time to meet your old friends first. She is currently spending most of her time with your three children," Azure said.

Gravis rubbed the back with discomfort. "You mean our children," he said.

"I don't really care. You should know that, Gravis," Azure said evenly.

Gravis had to sigh again as he got to know Azure again.

It still felt weird to Gravis that Azure didn't care about her children.

However, Gravis' three kids also must have had quite a lot of children since they managed to become Nascent Nourishing Beasts in the middle world. Yet, they had never even talked about them.

The familial ties of beasts still felt alien to Gravis.

"I guess they are all somewhere else right now," Gravis said.

Azure nodded. "They all know that you would want to spend the most time with them, which is why they're waiting somewhere else."

Gravis nodded with a weak smile.

probably

made the right decision when choosing her

Arc said

seen Gravis' life, which meant

have," Gravis

I should

this is not

saw Gravis'

his head as he looked at the people that haven't said

spoken to him, leaving

went to the

body. She looked like a seductress

one time," Gravis said. "However, I'm happy that you didn't forget me

down. "Don't talk too much to me, or your woman might get jealous,"

he saw

was a humongous, green

was Sary, the Life Ultimate,

had initiated the conflict between the Ultimates in the middle world and also the one that had taught Azure about having children

with her desires, and she had also hit on

"Where's Meadow?" Gravis asked.

takes her time in cultivating, and she plans to use up nearly her entire longevity. She will probably remain in the higher world for another 1.8 million years, their time. I can't live that long, and I don't want to wait that long, but you don't need to worry about her. From what I've heard, her status and power are similar to the one called Narcissus

Narcissus was basically unkillable in the higher world. However, the

was nearly unkillable in her

was nearly unkillable in the most powerful higher

a huge difference between these two

to keep in mind that Narcissus

later," Gravis said. "Let me

a young man with

looked at him with

you were

chuckled a bit. "The ways of the world are unchanging and unforeseeable. Sometimes, our goals change,"

have gotten more mysterious with age and power, Manuel," Gravis said with a

This was Manuel.

lower world, but Manuel's master had unveiled Byron's deception. After that, they had become

world, his father had told him that Manuel

Obviously, things have changed.

probably managed to push Manuel back

many of Gravis' friends as possible to survive to secure his cooperation in the

to your

change, but Gravis could see some

all died of old age,"

as it is, it is the best

that Orthar might have killed off Manuel's family, but that

Lazar have

he was not really interested in cultivating and simply stopped. Living like a rich merchant was enough

behind Gravis. "He tried to jump two levels above himself. The fight was even, but his opponent comprehended a Law during their

revenge for Lazar," Dorian said with

nodded with a

everyone made it

Nero