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.

was probably Stella's

had made the right decision when choosing her as his life

become really powerful, Gravis," Arc said

life, which meant that he also knew Gravis'

Gravis

think I should

this is not funny," he

saw Gravis'

as he looked at

Dorian, Ferris, Azure, and Styr had already spoken to

to

a beautiful woman with green hair and a terrifyingly stunning body. She looked like

here. We've only met one time," Gravis said. "However, I'm happy that you didn't forget me

eyes at Gravis as she looked him up and down. "Don't talk too much to me, or your woman might get jealous," she

as he saw her true body with his Spirit

was a humongous, green

was Sary, the

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

was very open with her desires, and she had also hit

"Where's Meadow?" Gravis asked.

for another 1.8 million years, their time. I

unkillable in the higher world. However, the total

nearly unkillable in

in the most powerful

difference between these two

to keep in mind that Narcissus was far older than

talk later," Gravis said. "Let me first go

over to a young man with

at him with

you were already dead," Gravis

ways of the world are unchanging and unforeseeable. Sometimes, our

age and power, Manuel," Gravis said with a

This was Manuel.

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

left for the higher world, his father had told him that Manuel had stopped cultivating after

Obviously, things have changed.

push Manuel

wanted as many of Gravis' friends as possible to

your family?"

expression didn't change, but Gravis could

of

and nodded. "As tragic as

feared that Orthar might have killed

have died,

"We weren't close with Aion, but we've kept tabs on him. Apparently, he was not really interested in cultivating and simply stopped. Living like a rich merchant was enough for

two levels above himself. The fight

revenge for Lazar," Dorian said with

with

everyone made it

that Nero