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!

second there, Gravis had been afraid

the one that lied to him, and I will be the one that will tell him,"

The Opposer nodded.

Orpheus looked at Gravis and

waited for Orpheus to

said slowly. "Do you remember how I have

Gravis nodded.

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

away a long time ago," Orpheus

felt pain inside his

Orpheus had truly shone with happiness whenever he

I met

was it. Sadly, that wasn't enough to motivate me to continue living. So, I simply waited for the

again. Talking about this topic wasn't easy for him. "I'm going to be honest with you here. The reason why I

"I just didn't care."

released

to meet you and relive a

Gravis felt hurt.

the first time, he had felt the unfamiliar feeling

had been far too young back then. He hadn't been able to see through

truth, Orpheus didn't care

cared about him

"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 a lower Heaven

Gravis nodded.

natural for Orpheus to

to kill a lower

it was

Why?

Heaven knew a level three Law, the Law

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

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

lower Heaven was

to accomplish this

become a perfect counter

"I realized that you were here to

that, my feelings for you became genuine," Orpheus said. "Why? Because I knew that I wouldn't

spoke again, I was shocked that you remembered so many details about my family. This showed me how much you value me, making it more difficult for me to come out with the

decided that I would tell you when you returned from the

that allowed you to easily sever emotional connections. I feared

to ruin the present people's chance of comprehending the Law by telling

pain," Orpheus said with difficulty. "I decided that

no idea how he

The lies definitely stung.

essentially

also realized why his father held such complex emotions

care about

No.