Lightning Is the Only Way

The three of them talked for several days. Gravis and Mortis were telling Zero's Essence about their entire life, and Zero's Essence was very intrigued by the story.

She had thought that her own story was very incredible, but it was nothing in comparison to Gravis.

Gravis had met several different Heavens while no one alive had even met one!

It was like the entire Cosmos was unfolding before Gravis and Mortis, breaking normal convention.

The entire time, Zero's Essence only listened, and she rarely spoke up. Gravis even asked several times if he was boring her, but she always gave a negative answer.

"No, continue. I'm very intrigued," she kept saying.

And then, she became silent again.

Gravis knew that Zero's Essence was probably a very introverted person, but her introversion was really something else. Gravis assumed that she saw Gravis' story as a show or entertainment, not a dialog.

In these days, it was basically only Gravis talking with Mortis adding some things at the side. Yet, even Mortis was talking more than Zero's Essence.

"And that's when you showed up," Gravis finished.

Zero's Essence didn't react.

Gravis looked at Mortis uncertainly, and Mortis just shrugged.

"So, is there anything else you want to know?" Gravis asked, trying to disperse the awkward atmosphere.

"Why did you tell me all of this?" Zero's Essence asked calmly.

That question surprised Gravis a bit. "Why not? We're family, and I like talking with people."

only a bond by blood. However, it's worthless when considering powerful Cultivators. We have not grown up together, and this is the first time we are

did you tell a stranger all of these things? Do

a major part of Zero's Essence's personality, he would have assumed her comment to be derisive since she basically interpreted bad and selfish

why Gravis was doing this, and she

and family, and

he had unveiled it

would he

you as a friend and/or sister

don't know me,"

I do," Gravis

Essence raised an

and freedom is true. I only have to find out what it is that you desire

a prideful person, but not unhealthily so. Lying and deceiving is not something you normally consider since you don't like it. Additionally, I am far weaker than you. If you

can see me telling you all of this stuff as a form of trying to gain goodwill from you, but that's just how normal human relationships work. People try to gain the goodwill of someone they like subconsciously or consciously. The only difference between their actions and

telling you my story won't be a danger to me. After all, you won't use it against me," Gravis

a while, Zero's Essence

that easy to analyze my entire personality?" she

the Law of Perceived Reality is the reason for the complexity in intelligent

of Life only supports life with the

a subconsciousness and instinct. That life is essentially as complex as an animal

of consciousness and intelligence. Complex relationships

your reactions and Law fragments from different perspectives, which slowly dispels their complex relationships with each other. When stripped

Essence fell into thought

but

that, even if she knew everything Gravis knew, she still wouldn't be able to navigate another person's mind to such

it seem

connections in someone's personality. A good example would be a writer. That writer would want to earn money by publishing a story, and to support their endeavor, they quickly copied