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 because of a war

there for her, but I didn't even know where I could find her. Additionally, I wanted to let her have her space. If she didn't want to meet me, that was

"Don't you realize that, sometimes, we want someone else to take the initiative? She didn't want to admit it, but I know that she missed you. Yet, you never

when she finally wanted to meet you again, she

one could find

she decided to join the stalling group. Her disregard for your group of friends in the past disgusted her so much that she joined a fight that would

man snorted with disregard, but that disregard was targeted

at me. I'm still alive. Why? Because

Divine God. She was a level four

Gravis didn't answer.

that was all I wanted to tell you," the man said as he turned around. "I hope this was what you

Then, the man left.

looked

that truly loves you, Cera," Gravis

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

for it, but he didn't mind Cera's death

been his daughter, and yes, losing

each other in a very

had seen her once in the tournament, but Cera hadn't seen Gravis

last time

left

then, Gravis had only been a bit older than

A thousand years.

was 4.6 million

was bound to be a feeling of disconnect between

now, she

top of that, she wasn't even

continued thinking about the

and previous mentor had died to his tribulation in the Ancestral God Realm. His opponent had killed

was as

his journey

extremes of power with the help of everyone around him

time, Dorian had effectively fought above his talent. He had managed to close the gap in power with his very creative techniques, but

least Dorian had

had already expected to die to his

taken it seriously. It was like he had already accepted his

years of his life, he had simply

remembered when he had

saved Gravis from certain death, and he had even given Gravis

died in the middle world, but Dorian had managed to get all the way to the Late Ancestral

lower world to the Late Ancestral

many beings could

live for

got very far, and he could be proud

Just like Ferris.

Realm. Sadly, his tribulation also spelled the