Lightning Is the Only Way

Gravis stood alone on top of one of the walls of the Heavenly Divine Sect.

He had been standing here for hours, simply looking aimlessly at the horizon.

Gravis was still in shock, and it was difficult for him to accept everything.

He hadn't expected that so many had died.

The feeling of losing his loved ones was not foreign to Gravis, but it was difficult every time.

Especially this time.

"You were her father, right?" a man said to Gravis after approaching him.

Gravis looked over at the person and read his Law fragments.

Then, he wordlessly nodded as he looked at the horizon again.

The man joined Gravis at the wall.

The two of them had never met each other before, but they felt the same thing right now.

Grief.

"She often spoke of you," the man said.

"She did?" Gravis asked absentmindedly.

"Yes," the man answered. "She always said that she didn't regret her choice, but I think that she regretted it a little bit. After she became a Star God, she gained a human mindset, and with it, feeling."

"Yet, so much time had passed, and she never found a good opportunity."

"I think she wanted to meet you again and bury the past," the man explained. "She always talked about how much she hated people running from their emotions, but I think that's because she was hating her past self for her decisions."

Silence.

"You know, I always hated you," the man said.

Gravis didn't answer.

"It was like your existence put an impossible pressure on her. She always wanted to push herself to the top. She always said that she had to overtake you. Every time she achieved something, it never was enough. She always said that her achievements were worthless. After all, you would have already long overtaken her."

"That pressure she put on herself was also extended to me, her husband," the man said. "I always had to listen to complaints. No matter what I did, I wasn't powerful enough. I wanted to spend more time with her. I just wanted to be with her."

"Yet, it never happened. She was fully focused on becoming more powerful. Honestly, I don't even know why she chose me as her husband."

The man took a deep breath.

"But I loved her. I loved her with all my heart."

dead. Dead because of a war that started because of

know where I could find her. Additionally, I wanted to let her have her space. If she didn't

snort. "Don't you realize that, sometimes, we want someone else to take the initiative? She didn't want

man took a deep breath. "And when she finally wanted to meet you again, she couldn't

one could find

the stalling group. Her disregard for your group of friends in the past disgusted her so much that

with disregard, but that disregard was targeted at

still alive. Why? Because I wasn't powerful enough

merely a level three Divine God. She was a level

Gravis didn't answer.

man said as he turned around. "I

Then, the man left.

looked at the

found someone that truly loves you, Cera," Gravis said to

at Cera's husband. After all, he was just as stricken with grief

to admit it, and he hated himself for it,

daughter, and yes, losing her deeply hurt

other in a

the tournament, but Cera hadn't seen Gravis back

last time

she had left

been a bit older

A thousand years.

Gravis was 4.6 million years

bound to be a feeling of disconnect between

she

that, she wasn't even the

about the friends he had

and previous mentor had died to his tribulation in

God Realm was as far as

where his journey

around him and his own creativity. Yet, every opponent

above his talent. He had managed to close the gap in power with his

had had a

heard, Dorian had already expected to

seemingly hadn't taken it seriously. It was like

of his life, he

still remembered when he had met Dorian,

death, and he had even given

grandson, Lasar, had died in the middle world, but Dorian had

lower world to the

beings could

live for

he could be proud of his

Just like Ferris.

Peak Ancestral God Realm. Sadly, his tribulation also spelled the end of