Lightning Is the Only Way

"Broad Walker is dead?" Gravis asked in surprise.

"Yeah, a lot of our members died. We're lucky that he's the only one to die in like 500,000 years," Ferris said.

"500,000 years?" Gravis repeated with a shocked expression.

"Yeah, it has been something like 500,000 since you had to deal with the entire Sin Aura thing. It's been a really, really long time!" Ferris said.

Ferris' words hit Gravis hard.

500,000 years.

It had been 500,000 years since Liam, Skye, and the others had died.

That was so long!

Gravis looked at his hands absentmindedly. 'But it feels like it happened only recently. Yet, it's been 500,000 years?' he thought in shock.

Gravis did some calculations, and he realized that he had already been a Star God for over 600,000 years.

'I have been a Star God for so long already? I haven't even truly fought another Star God during that time. My friends go through one tempering experience after the other while I simply don't. It's surreal.'

Of course, Gravis knew why he hadn't gone through as many temperings as the others.

First of all, Gravis had received a lot of tempering from Samsara and then even more from the Sin Aura. In essence, Gravis had skipped two to three temperings with those.

However, that wasn't everything.

Gravis knew exactly what the main reason was.

He had to comprehend so many Laws.

Gravis wasn't willing to fall a level in Battle-Strength, but everyone's Battle-Strength took a huge leap starting at the Star God Realm. In the higher world, comprehending a level seven Law as an Immortal Emperor would be the stuff of legends. No one was even certain if that had ever happened before.

become a Star God, it was necessary to achieve exactly that

in terms of Energy and Spirit or in terms of physical power

Law of Sentience, it would be impossible to jump

him nearly unkillable in the Immortal Emperor Realm, even if he were only an Early

the Law of Sentience only allowed Gravis an entry token to fighting someone

Immortal Emperor Realm now only gave him a slight chance at keeping his current Battle-Strength

Major Law of Death. Without that, fighting six levels above himself would also be impossible for

level seven Laws, not counting the level eight Law of Suffering and the level nine Law of Heavenly

21 level seven Laws!

insanity for someone in

it. Five level seven Laws would be more

thought. 'I refuse to compromise on my Battle-Strength, but I have to pay a price. That price is the

the people in Manuel's

and comprehending Laws, while everyone else was dealing with enemies, administrating the faction, building up

Fire Sect than in the Myriad Sect. The Myriad Sect had probably become a distant, fond memory of theirs. It's like it isn't real anymore or like someone else has lived their life in

Sense, and he felt like a slight

gotten used

and a grimace appeared on

hasn't seen me for over 150,000 years. On top of that, the time we were together was only a thousand

see her for 1%

extended family and children since they have their own life, but it's different for a

at

on the seventh level of the Star God Realm, making it hard for Gravis to see all of her Law fragments, but he

Gravis was

something she had been thinking

often has she thought of me in

Silence.

thought about me a lot in the first few years, but I

a deep pain

guilty for not

hurt that Stella