Lightning Is the Only Way

Gravis looked at his friends with a wide smile.

Nearly everyone was gathered.

The only people missing were Stella, Liam, and his three kids, but they were all waiting somewhere else.

Meadow was also missing, but she would arrive later.

However, everyone else that was still alive was now here.

Memories shot through Gravis' mind as he saw all of them.

It was like no time had passed.

"You changed, you know," Manuel said.

"I know," Gravis answered with a wide smile. "You can say that I managed to see my true goal. Power isn't my goal. Freedom and happiness are."

Skye didn't think that her little brother had changed much. After all, she had only been in contact with him when he hadn't grown truly ruthless yet.

However, Manuel and Dorian felt the biggest difference.

Back then, Gravis had been a brutal teenager that only respected power. He even threatened the Freya Clan several times with annihilation just because they said some things he didn't like. He had also played with the lives of the Earth Sect due to their disposition, and he had no qualms in annihilating the Darkness Sect, even though it had only been Byron that had acted against him.

Gravis had been Mortis back then, and Mortis was quite different from the current Gravis.

Ferris didn't really think about these things. Gravis was his friend. Nothing else mattered.

Azure, Styr, and Sary had met Gravis when he was becoming more empathetic, but they hadn't met Gravis since the defining moment that completely changed him. That moment had been when Gravis had comprehended the level four Law of Freedom.

The last change had been when Gravis finally united with Stella.

His life was no longer filled with darkness, and he had even dreamed about stopping to cultivate at one point. Obviously, Gravis had only thought about that possibility. He wouldn't go through with it. It was simply an escape from the pressure and stress of Cultivation.

"Manuel," Gravis said, "did you know that you are the biggest reason why I've changed so much?"

Manuel was a bit surprised. "Me? What did I do?" he asked.

"You told me back then, in front of the Heaven's Trial, that I might not be as cold as I thought myself to be. These words made me realize that I had a lot of repressed emotions. I worked on them ever since, and this allowed me to become who I am today."

"Without you, I might have never realized that, and I would probably have become even more ruthless and cold-hearted," Gravis said.

Manuel looked with wonder at Gravis. "Really? I don't even remember saying something like that."

"Really," Gravis said with a laugh. "It might have been an unimportant comment to you, but it has changed my life."

rubbed the back of his head since he didn't remember. "Really? Then,

you a good guy now?" Manuel

Silence.

Manuel and Gravis

Gravis a

No.

sufficient power was

Laws, Cultivators often created natural disasters that killed

their shockwaves would destroy every life for thousands of

the sake of tempering. This essentially meant that Cultivators killed other Cultivators just

reach their

was no good

only shades of grey, at

Gravis remembered

shouted, turning around. "I forgot

looking at all these powerful Cultivators in the city. I've never met such powerful Cultivators before. I think there are over 100 Ancestral Gods in this city alone. They sure feel

out his Spirit Sense, but he could

go beyond the power of

just thinking about Laws. It feels really great to see so many people I can't

bit funny since Arc already looked quite

of young, aren't you technically older than father because of the time

Arc nodded.

The Opposer didn't care.

doesn't really matter. After all, if you count age like that, there are actually trillions of beings older than your father," Arc said. "If you want

Gravis' eyebrows rose.

actually made a

had a time dilation

lower Heavens would be the most

THUNK!

widened as he felt a tap on

saw Dorian with a

managed to hit him

been careful, but it was still hard to hide such

as he assumed the posture of an old man again. "You got sidetracked, youngster!

Gravis furrowed his brows.

with your weird powers, old man,"

twitched. "Who are

SHING!

stick appeared in

shouldn't hit the elderly, Gravis," Dorian said with a serious tone. "Show some respect for

This guy.

an old man, but he

been an