Lightning Is the Only Way

Over the next million years, Mortis continually wrung with his thoughts and doubts.

He was forced to confront them since there was nothing else to distract him.

This had been one of Mortis' most difficult periods of time, but he had managed to get through it eventually.

In the end, Mortis managed to somewhat strengthen his resolve.

'I can't know the future. I can't already start regretting my actions for a future that might not even arrive. It is not sure that Azure will die. As long as I become a Heaven's Magnate, I can ask her to stop cultivating if she wants. Additionally, I can ask Orthar for eternal life for Azure when that happens. Keeping her alive wouldn't damage his world.'

'When we can exit the Cosmos, we can even take all our friends with us. At that time, the rules of longevity and tribulations don't exist anymore. Even an Immortal can theoretically live for eternity as long as they don't meet danger.'

'I can only work on becoming powerful as fast as possible.'

'I've doubted my past actions, but now I realize that my past actions have been correct. I only spent a short time with Azure between Laws, and I will continue to do so. I have to keep our love alive, but I also have to work as hard as possible on becoming powerful. That's the best way I can see to achieve power.'

'I want to live with Azure for eternity, and that's how I will achieve it.'

This was Mortis' strengthened resolve.

Sadly, the beast in front of Mortis had only just become a level five Star God.

There was still a long way to go.

However, with Mortis' newfound resolve, he found it easier to lose himself.

The reason why Mortis hadn't been able to lose himself wasn't that he had no distractions but because his worries forbade him from thinking nothing. The worries had just entered his mind without any invitation, and there had been nothing Mortis could do except to confront them.

Because of that, Mortis managed to lose himself, and time seemingly passed faster before his eyes.

Five million years later, the beast had become an Ancestral God.

However, Mortis' ability to lose himself had become weaker.

The tiny smidges of emotions that had passed his isolating barrier had accumulated.

Now, Mortis felt a bit invested in the life of the person in front of him, and he started to subconsciously root for them.

long enough, even an unimportant hole in the walls surrounding them might

was marginally more interesting

had realized what was happening, and he

the life of this Ancestral God

was doing was the right decision, even if Mortis wouldn't have thought that

slight feeling of love towards the Ancestral God's partner, which made him grit his

change, and he feared that he might

conviction and goals, and he was happy about how he currently was. He didn't want to change into someone that didn't have these

would throw away all the hard work

worst-case scenario, Mortis might actually

five million years

Samsara for ten million years, far

his actual

Maybe this was reality?

ten times the amount of time in here than actually living his

past thoughts all

how some Laws of the opponent worked while the person himself had no idea how they

thing that allowed Mortis to keep

one day, the Ancestral

what this meant, and his mind

Gravis had suffered under the Sin Monsters and that Mortis had

Mortis consider his past life more seriously, and

However, that wasn't necessary.

all of this happened, Mortis felt his perception

that could see the entire world, and he also saw how this being perceived the Ancestral

Useful whetstone.

Orthar said into

entered Orthar's perception since Orthar

as soon as he felt the perception of Mortis entering his

"It's over," Orthar said.

woke up

only

to the ground

as he put a hand