Lightning Is the Only Way

Gravis had totally forgotten about his birthday. After all, birthdays kind of lost their meaning.

However, one million years was still a long time, and Gravis needed some time to process that.

Gravis was a million years old now.

After a moment of shock, Gravis recovered and thanked everyone for coming.

Then, all of them had a small get-together, which reminded Gravis of the time he had left for the middle world. Back then, they had also held a small party for Gravis.

Gravis still remembered the present his father had given him. It had been a black scale, and Gravis had had no idea from whom this scale came.

Now, Gravis knew.

It had been a scale from the Black Magnate.

Stella wasn't here right now since she was busy comprehending more Laws. Additionally, Gravis also hadn't been there for Stella's millionth birthday.

It wasn't really an important event, and everyone knew that, which was why the party had only been very small and short. It basically only acted as a small get-together and reunion.

Gravis didn't speak much with Mortis, the Black Magnate, his father, or his mother since he was in regular contact with them.

However, Orpheus was someone Gravis hadn't met in a while, and he asked him how he was doing. After all, Gravis hadn't seen Orpheus in Manuel's faction.

"Oh, I'm just comprehending Laws," Orpheus said with a smile. "The Ancestor of the Eternal Fire Sect offered me the position of Sect Master, but I declined. I don't want to be bound by a lot of responsibility."

This took Gravis by surprise. "Wait, what? The Ancestor asked you to be the Sect Master of the Eternal Fire Sect?" Gravis asked.

Orpheus nodded with a smile. "Yes, apparently, there had been some kind of competition I didn't know about. However, that explanation cleared a lot of my doubts."

Gravis lifted an eyebrow.

not soon after I entered the Eternal Fire Sect, several people started to act against me. Some of them were slandering me. Others were trying to put the blame

Gravis asked with a dangerous glint

"I like that you're trying to help me, but you're still a bit

looking into Orpheus'

he wasn't taking this situation

is everything, or did you forget that? All these political schemes are unimportant, and I let

I'm still a member of their Sect, and if they try to throw me out

way, that's eventually something that

were thrown out of the Eternal Fire Sect?" Gravis asked in

answered with a smirk, "but they tried

"What happened?" Gravis asked.

berated everyone quite heavily. He said that infighting was great for

the Eternal Fire Sect becoming much weaker. They can deal with losing thousands or millions of Star Gods, but they couldn't deal with losing someone with the power to

that I acted correctly while everyone else acted only for their personal gain. Well, acting for one's personal gain isn't that bad if it involves a significant increase of power, but this was all about status and position. If they had a way to become far more powerful by banishing me, the Ancestor wouldn't stop them. He would even support

the entire Eternal Fire Sect would

he would grant me the position of

looked with a strange expression

have gained an incredible amount of

he would have also gained quite some

was a trade everyone was willing to

Except Orpheus.

I have declined?'

Silence.

have put a proxy in my place. In short, I

used Manuel as my

the current Sect

unofficially?" Orpheus asked with a

"Both," Gravis answered.

Unofficially," Orpheus said

curiosity into a deadpan