Lightning Is the Only Way

Gravis wasn't sure how he should feel right now.

Joyce had definitely become someone that couldn't be saved anymore, and her actions were more than enough to kill her.

Yet, Gravis just couldn't forget the young girl he had met back then.

Joyce had traveled the lower world to hand out gifts for eventual repayment.

When Gravis had met Joyce again in her Clan, their start had been rough, but Joyce had even managed to convince Gravis somewhat that he was running away from his emotions.

Joyce had been a very kind girl back then, and she even had issues accepting when anyone died in front of her. She saw these deaths as unnecessary.

However, this was exactly one of the things that had drawn Gravis to her.

Gravis had been in a dark place back then, and he had acted like a cynical teenager. He had constantly told everyone how difficult he had it and how many bad things had happened to him.

In a sense, Joyce had been a pure and innocent light in a world of oppressive darkness for Gravis. Joyce had had something that Gravis had lost.

They had even promised each other that they would be together when they reached the highest world.

Sadly, they had both changed severely, and they were no longer compatible.

Mortis shared these same memories, and maybe that was also one of the reasons why he was even attracted to Joyce.

If Joyce and Mortis hadn't met each other before, they might not have ended up together. They weren't even truly that compatible.

'Maybe her extreme purity back then resulted in her becoming the other extreme,' Gravis thought with a sigh. 'Her innocence couldn't possibly have survived until now, even if she tried to preserve it.'

Joyce's death made Gravis think, but he didn't have any great emotional reaction to her death.

It was like Gravis had long accepted that Joyce would eventually die like this.

Because of that, Gravis' mind quickly went back to the deaths of his other friends.

Liam, Styr, Sary, Skye, Yi Lu, Siral.

of them

guilty, dad," Aris said from beside Gravis. "They made their choice, and they had

said while looking at Joyce's corpse in the distance. "Everyone believes that they won't die. After all, it hasn't

it has become normal. Being close to death is so normal that it doesn't feel as

they knew that

Aris didn't answer.

survival and power," Gravis added. "I have no problems with risking my life for any of you, but

Gravis looked at Aris.

you sacrifice your life for me?"

sighed and

guilty

put his hand on Aris' shoulder. "Don't feel guilty. We are Cultivators, and we chase power so that we can survive. I

lived for so long that we can't

are the ones that have

words, and

feeling exactly like everyone

silence passed in which Aris was only thinking about Gravis'

even though our age difference is negligible by now, you are still able to teach

can teach an

learned different lessons. In our case, I just know a lot about Sentience and, by extension, intelligent life itself. That is simply

lightning?" Aris asked with a

from my Spirit's disposition. If I didn't have the ability to just directly absorb Heavenly Lightning, you would know more about lightning than me. After all,

when he heard that, but he quickly realized that Gravis was

about lightning had always been far superior to his. He still remembered how Gravis had shown Aris how to

for that ability, Aris would be superior to Gravis

a sense, Aris had overtaken Gravis in that

realized that he had

even overtaken his father in one of his

this wasn't actually worth that much. In the end, Battle-Strength was the most important thing, and Aris

new positions in the Sect?" Gravis asked, changing the topic. "Liam died. Do you have a

powerful than me since he knows two level seven Laws, and he's the perfect

"Makes sense," Gravis commented.