Lightning Is the Only Way

"She's awaiting her tribulation. Have you forgotten?" Manuel asked.

"Oh, right!" Gravis answered.

Gravis remembered that Stella had told him that she would undergo her tribulation soon and that he probably wouldn't be present to witness it since he had expected that the Heaven's Trial would take longer.

Gravis had felt like so much time had passed since then that Stella must have already overcome her tribulation, but surprisingly, not much time had passed.

"The Eternal Fire Sect doesn't want tribulations to take place inside their Sect due to the destruction. Additionally, someone has to enter to attack Stella, which would make the political climate very weird. Lastly, it's good manners to go through one's tribulation outside any Sect. That just makes things easier and fairer."

"Makes sense," Gravis answered with a calm voice.

However, Gravis had already started to feel nervous.

Tribulations and tempering were never easy, and they always came with the possibility of death.

Even if Stella had a theoretical 90% chance of survival, at some point, the 10% would hit.

It only needed a single bad fight to end it all.

Based on Gravis' calculations, he was 1.285 million years old at this point. Stella had reached the Star God Realm when Gravis had been about 295 thousand years old.

It had already been a million years since Stella had become a Star God.

At this moment, Gravis also remembered his own tribulation.

Gravis had become a Star God when he had been 345 thousand years old, which meant that his tribulation would arrive when he reached the age of 1.345 million years of age, which would be in 60,000 years.

Who would Gravis' opponent be?

The gap between the Star God Realm and Ancestral God Realm equaled three levels of power. As far as Gravis knew, he could kill someone five levels above himself with confidence, but he wasn't sure about a six-level difference.

Gravis wasn't sure how powerful Ancestral Gods were, but he knew that they were incredibly powerful. Sure, Gravis already knew five level nine Laws and four level eight Laws, but the opponent would have a level eight Law with the power of a level nine Law.

Gravis had the advantage in Laws but jumping six levels was already beyond ridiculous. If Gravis didn't know so many Laws, he couldn't even attempt such a fight. This advantage in terms of Laws was the basis for the possibility of jumping so many levels in the first place.

Seven Levels?

Gravis doubted it.

Sure, Gravis' Battle-Strength had risen by ridiculous degrees, but he had also grown by five levels.

He had gone from the fourth level of the Star God Realm to the ninth.

Because of that, Gravis was pretty sure that he couldn't fight someone seven levels above himself.

So, who would his opponent be?

him would be a level one

be a

levels would be a level three Ancestral

Ancestral God would be two levels stronger than a level

four Ancestral God

be someone five levels above himself or

had an incredible Battle-Strength, as long as their Will-Aura wasn't far more powerful than their level, they wouldn't be able

that, it had to be a

pretty sure that he couldn't

a very

be an issue for normal Cultivators. After all, there were

Star God, they would fight another average level

God, they would fight another level nine

same thing was true for someone

got awkward. One would need to fight an Ancestral God in that case, but an Ancestral God was already more powerful than every other Star God in terms of Battle-Strength since they already knew

was three levels above a level nine Star God, they were in essence

was still not

would push the absolute geniuses of the world even more and would give them the opportunity to become

things would become

things, Gravis decided to consult with Mortis, but Mortis had put up the equivalent of a "do not disturb" sign onto his

was probably with Azure right

God,' Gravis thought. 'Level one Ancestral God sounds rather fitting. At that point, level six Ancestral Gods would be six levels above myself,

my opponent by a little bit, but they

is already at the Peak of the Ancestral God Realm. Since I can push my Law of Freedom only to the power of a level eight Law, I can't rely on it to boost my Will-Aura to the Divine God Realm without becoming an Ancestral God

his chin. 'However, as a level one Ancestral God, I can only push my Will-Aura to the first level

directly become a level

side

powerful. I'm not sure if I

or uncertainty in if I even have a chance of

'Both options suck.'

would solve the issue, but I can't

Suddenly, Gravis stopped moving.

'Wait, why not?'

just comprehend it whenever

to do it too, and he didn't even have any sort

to strategizing

get comprehended right

tell me what

I want, and

conviction gathered, and with all of his being, he believed that he could comprehend

Spirit entered the Laws and

that Law out and consumed

BOOOOM!