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.

walked for a while, and as he walked forward, the cave

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

aura. Everyone that saw this

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

bit of looking at the gate, Gravis walked

It's quite

power, but the

this thing!?" Gravis shouted with

CRR!

and put all

It still wouldn't budge.

BANG!

to increase his power and also used his

CRRR!

vibrating, but Gravis was already using

little help, please!" Gravis shouted

don't need to

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

ahead," Mortis answered, not

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

tiny crack in the gates appeared, a bright light illuminated the cave. It was like paradise was just waiting beyond

but he only grinned with motivation

more and more, and the cave brightened

was pushing a gigantic gate, which seemingly hid paradise behind

managed to open the gates just wide enough for him to walk through without having to move

Gravis closed his eyes in happiness, his entire body being

as if he wanted

Mortis asked from

Gravis only grinned.

had

had passed through the gate in his intangible state and had rematerialized behind it

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

he saw Mortis'

bit, Gravis walked forward, putting his hand on Mortis' shoulder in a

Whoop!

hand basically fell

so cold. You're a Star, you know? You're supposed to be hot," Gravis

at Gravis

was no reaction visible on

Mortis also didn't answer.

Heaven's Trial," Gravis said with a

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

was like any person that walked here would

for a couple of steps

eyes as if he