Lightning Is the Only Way

At this moment, it was like they had never been apart.

Gravis and Stella kissed for a long time.

However, when their lips parted, Stella still felt a bit uncertain about everything.

Yes, Gravis' words made logical sense, but feelings didn't always follow logic.

In a certain sense, Stella still felt useless to Gravis.

Gravis had known Stella for a long time, and he could take a good guess at what she was thinking right now.

"Stella," Gravis said quietly, looking into her eyes. "You're trying to take control over reality."

A skeptical look appeared on Stella's face.

"My power doesn't secure your survival," Gravis said. "Whenever you temper yourself, I have to go far away to make it impossible for me to interfere."

"Do you think I have any kind of control in that situation?"

Stella only looked into Gravis' eyes.

"I don't," Gravis continued as he embraced Stella. "Every time I see you fighting, I'm scared that this will be the last time I will ever see you. Every single time, I'm sickened with worry, and I want to do nothing more than to just help you."

"However, in a certain sense, this is a selfish feeling. I don't want to lose you, and that's why I'm feeling this way. If I followed this feeling, you wouldn't be able to grow. Additionally, I know that you would only be unhappy if you stopped cultivating."

"You're like me in that sense," Gravis said with a smile. "We both want happiness, but we also can't stop cultivating. It's simply who we are."

"Yet, to accomplish that, I have to give up any form of control I have over your life. I can give you a walking stick and some support, but you have to walk the path with your own two feet. I can't help you with that."

"I can only trust in you."

Stella looked into Gravis' eyes for a while and then looked away again.

'Is all of this only because I want to have control over Gravis' life?' Stella thought.

'That sounds bad, but is controlling someone necessarily bad? Not really. Dealing with something Gravis couldn't handle would be me taking control of the situation.'

Stella looked back at Gravis, and her heart warmed as she saw his eyes.

'Yet, even if I had the power to deal with his problems, it would only hurt him if I interfered.'

'Cultivation is a path that has to be walked alone.'

'I'm the only person that has control over my Cultivation, and Gravis is the only person that has control over his Cultivation.'

and Stella only looked into each other's eyes

Then, Stella's face relaxed.

guess everything makes

eyes shot open in

Gravis only smiled happily.

Silence.

is no right answer," Stella

Gravis nodded.

circumstances, a seemingly wrong choice can be the correct choice," Stella continued with surprised

perspective, and control

again with a bright

it perceived reality, can't you?" Gravis asked with

now?" Gravis asked. "I can help you, but you also need to be powerful

and I tried so hard to make him understand the Law of

you managed to comprehend the Law of Control, and with the Law of Control, you now

couldn't come to terms with

comprehended the Law

quickly went back to

of Freedom,

two Laws to comprehend for the Law of Perceived Reality, and he's

Yet, Stella only smiled.

can only nudge me in the right direction, but

Freedom, but that only worked because I already had the ability to comprehend

Stella started to feel

they wouldn't part from each other for anytime

the coming years, Gravis and Stella only stayed with each other, and after that, they

everything, and Gravis had realized that he needed to spend more time with

Stella talked a long time with Gravis' mother about reasons for cultivating and the complexities of

was hard to eliminate deeply seated doubts in someone's mind in just a single day, and after talking with

in a very similar

help the Opposer with

the Economistress had lived for far longer, and

life, and he would

children wouldn't even exist, and without them, he would still be as cranky and angry

the way the Economistress phrased

added with a smirk. "I'm actually helping him with his power

Stella by

the Opposer supposed to be on

the Economistress help him with

I'll show you,"

SHING!