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

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 Treasure

of Sentience,

of Sentience alone would have made him nearly unkillable in the Immortal Emperor Realm, even if he were only an Early Minor Circulation Immortal

allowed Gravis an entry token to

in the Immortal Emperor Realm now only gave him a slight chance at keeping

Death. Without that, fighting six levels above himself would also be

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

21 level seven Laws!

insanity for someone in the Star

have comprehended five level seven Laws, but that was it. Five level

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

at the people in Manuel's

while everyone else was dealing with enemies, administrating the faction, building up forces, teaching

time in the Eternal Fire Sect than in the Myriad Sect. The Myriad Sect

looked at all his friends again with his Spirit Sense, and he felt

gotten used

focused on Stella, and a

as I love her, and she hasn't seen me for over

don't even see her

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

at

of the Star God Realm, making it hard for Gravis to see all of her Law

Gravis was

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

often has she thought of me

Silence.

first few years,

deep pain in

guilty for not

hurt that Stella