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.

was necessary to achieve exactly that in the highest

always had either the advantage in terms of Energy and Spirit or in terms of physical power due to his special beast body. However, that also changed with the Heavenly

Law of Sentience, it would be impossible to jump

Sentience alone would have made him nearly unkillable in the Immortal Emperor Realm, even if

of Sentience only allowed Gravis an entry token to fighting someone six

unimaginable heights in the Immortal Emperor Realm now only gave him a slight chance at keeping his current

the Major Law of Death. Without that, fighting six levels above

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

21 level seven Laws!

someone in

five level seven Laws, but that was it. Five level seven Laws would be more than enough to comprehend a really

on my Battle-Strength, but I have to pay a price. That price is the lack of personality progression

at the people in Manuel's

the last 500,000 years sitting in a room and comprehending Laws, while everyone else was dealing with enemies, administrating the faction,

than in the Myriad Sect. The Myriad Sect had probably become

Sense, and he felt like a slight thorn had buried itself into

they've all gotten used to living without

Stella, and a grimace appeared

over 150,000 years. On top of

her for 1% of

for one day every four months. That's fine for extended family and children since they have their own life, but it's different for a romantic

looked at Stella with

already on the seventh level of the Star God Realm, making it hard for Gravis to see

Gravis

still there, but it wasn't something she had been thinking about

has she thought of me in the

Silence.

the first few years, but

deep

guilty for not being

felt hurt that Stella had basically