Lightning Is the Only Way

Gravis left Manuel's faction after saying goodbye to everyone.

To alleviate their fears, Gravis told everyone that he would probably be gone for quite a while. Back then, the Heaven's Trial had taken Gravis over four years, which had been an incredibly long time for him.

Maybe this Heaven's Trial would also take an incredibly long time.

He also told them that, as long as his father didn't inform them, it meant that he was still alive.

Like that, they didn't have to worry about the unknown.

Gravis also said sorry that he couldn't be there for Stella's tribulation. Stella would undergo her tribulation in about 45,000 years, and Gravis assumed that the Heaven's Trial would take longer.

In fact, it wasn't only Stella undergoing her tribulation. Most others had become Star Gods just shortly after Stella, shortly meaning 100,000 or 200,000 years later.

Gravis referred to hundreds of thousands of years as shortly.

Eventually, Gravis left. Obviously, Mortis followed him, but he kept himself intangible. After all, he had only bought one token, which was for Gravis, and he wouldn't buy a second token if he could just enter for free.

Orthar owned the Heaven's Trials, not the Eternal Fire Sect.

After teleporting for a couple of hours, Gravis arrived near an empty mountain range.

WHOOOM!

An incredibly powerful Will-Aura suppressed Gravis as a blue-haired teenager appeared in front of Gravis.

It was hard for Gravis to feel his Realm, but Gravis guessed that he was probably a level four or level five Ancestral God.

"You are not from the Eternal Fire Sect," the teenager said.

"And yet, I have an entry token," Gravis answered with a voice transmission. "If you could retrieve your Will-Aura, I could show you."

The teenager narrowed his eyes, but he complied.

The pressure on Gravis weakened, and Gravis summoned the entry token, which quickly got taken away by the teenager.

The teenager looked at the entry token with concentration and then at Gravis.

CRK!

The teenager destroyed the entry token and nodded. "You can go in."

Gravis nodded politely and passed the teenager, who just teleported away again.

Gravis went to the foot of one mountain and landed.

Before Gravis was a small cave. It wasn't any bigger than a mortal iron mine, and it felt rather rustic.

entering the cave, Gravis calmly walked for a while, and as he walked

kilometers wide and high, and a humongous, golden gate appeared

gate shone brightly with gold, and it gave off a kind of holy aura. Everyone that saw this gate would realize

smiled bitterly. "The Eternal Fire Sect put the mountain around the gate to hide this gate. They probably don't want others to know that they own this Heaven's Trial. After all, a Heaven's Trial gives tempering without needing to fight other Sects. That's

of looking at the gate, Gravis walked

It's quite heavy,' Gravis

more power, but the gate

heavy is this thing!?" Gravis

CRR!

and put all his six arms onto

It still wouldn't budge.

BANG!

his True Law of Physical Speed to increase his power and also used

CRRR!

was already using all of his

help, please!" Gravis shouted through gritted

You don't need to open both at once,"

his teeth in exertion. "But I want to open both gates,"

ahead," Mortis

and after minutes of exertion, he finally managed to very slowly move

as a tiny crack in the gates appeared, a bright light illuminated the cave.

he only grinned with

gates opened more and more, and the cave

pushing a gigantic gate, which seemingly hid paradise

did one last push, and he managed to open the gates just wide enough for him to walk

his eyes in happiness, his entire body being enveloped

Gravis walked forward with outstretched arms as if he wanted to embrace

done yet?" Mortis asked from in

Gravis only grinned.

had

gate in his intangible state

Gravis saw the light come through the gates, he got an amazing idea about a joke, and he

only laughed as he

putting his hand on Mortis' shoulder in

Whoop!

hand basically fell through

to be so cold. You're a Star, you know?

at Gravis with an

was no reaction visible

Mortis also didn't answer.

let's look at the Heaven's Trial," Gravis said with a

Trial in the lower world, this Heaven's Trial was

that walked here would walk

walked for a couple of

with narrowed eyes as if he were evaluating