Lightning Is the Only Way

Now, it was Gravis' time to tell his story, and he started by telling everyone how he had started cultivating. He started this early because he had kept a lot of his life a secret from them.

Why?

Multiple reasons.

First of all, if his friends from the lower world heard that there were actually three levels of worlds above them, they might have become demotivated by the gigantic mountain they had to climb. Just hearing that Unity Realm Cultivators, legendary existences in the lower world, weren't even allowed to enter Gravis' home city, they would feel like trash.

Something similar was true for the beasts of the middle world. After all, if they heard that Immortals, people that could teleport, could only be beggars in the city, they might also get demotivated.

Another reason why Gravis kept a lot of his life secret was that he didn't want the beasts to feel horrible. After all, Orthar only cared about humans, not beasts.

Now, that dynamic had changed. Orthar gave every beast a Spirit when they became a Star God, effectively raising them to the same level as humans.

Gravis started telling them this story without keeping anything secret, except for the stuff that Orthar didn't allow him to say. Yet, Gravis quickly stopped his narration as he arrived at the spot where Orpheus had appeared.

"Right, father," Gravis said, looking at his father. "Where is Orpheus?"

The Opposer looked at Gravis with an unreadable expression.

No one was able to see the subtle emotional fluctuations in the Opposer's eyes, but Gravis had known him for long enough.

He noticed that his father was unsure how he should feel right now.

"Gravis, something happened," the Opposer said with a heavy voice.

Gravis felt like his heart had stopped.

Something happened?

Was his big brother dead?

"What happened?" Gravis asked.

"When you left for the higher world, Orpheus only had 20,000 years left before his next tribulation would take place, and his Battle-Strength wasn't strong enough to get through that tribulation," the Opposer said.

Gravis took a deep breath.

More than 20,000 years had passed since then.

"Orpheus wasn't exactly honest with you," the Opposer started.

"Let me tell him," a new voice said.

SHING!

A black-haired, middle-aged man appeared in the Opposer's room. Stars seemingly shone inside his eyes as his gaze told of incredible knowledge and experience.

It was Orpheus!

Gravis released a huge sigh of relief.

Orpheus was still alive!

Gravis had

will be the one that will tell him," Orpheus

The Opposer nodded.

looked at

to explain with a complicated

Orpheus said slowly. "Do you remember how

Gravis nodded.

told you isn't a lie, but things that have really happened. Yet, I wasn't honest

fact, my family had passed away a long time ago," Orpheus

felt pain inside his

events with his family. Orpheus had truly shone with happiness whenever he told Gravis about things that

before I met you?" Gravis

nodded. "Long before that," he said. "I only had father and mother left, but that was it. Sadly, that wasn't enough to motivate me to continue living. So,

with you here. The reason why I even met you back then was because I didn't care

"I just didn't care."

released a

relive a part of my youth through you. That was also why I didn't

Gravis felt hurt.

had met Orpheus for the first time, he had felt

too young back then. He hadn't been

truth, Orpheus didn't care very

Orpheus hadn't really cared about him hurt Gravis quite

"Your power surprised me a lot. I was especially shocked when I heard that you managed to attune your Spirit to lightning. On top of that, you managed to kill

Gravis nodded.

was natural for Orpheus to

was it to kill a

fact, it

Why?

lower Heaven knew a level three Law, the Law of

how powerful the Ascender was. As long as they were in the lower world, they would be in

could be fast enough to evade the speed of Punishment Lightning, and no being

a lower Heaven

this feat was due to

become a

simply end," Orpheus said. "I realized that you

genuine," Orpheus said. "Why? Because I knew that I wouldn't feel the

again. "However, I was too ashamed to tell you the truth about my life. When we spoke again, I was shocked that you remembered so many details about my family.

would tell you when you returned from

became even more difficult to tell you the truth. You comprehended a Law that allowed you to easily sever emotional connections. I feared that the feeling of betrayal

want to ruin the present people's chance of comprehending the Law by telling them the name. After all, it was easier to comprehend the Law of Freedom when one didn't know about its

I decided to run away from this pain," Orpheus said with difficulty. "I decided that I would die while you

no idea how he should feel

The lies definitely stung.

had essentially lied about

this point, Gravis also realized why his father

about Orpheus' lies

No.