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."

of a war that started

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 her decision. I wasn't about to interfere

you realize that, sometimes, we want someone else to take the initiative? She didn't want to admit it, but I know that she

finally wanted to meet you again, she couldn't find

one could

you, this war happened, and she decided to join the stalling group. Her disregard for your group

disregard, but that disregard was targeted at

Why? Because I wasn't

a level three Divine God. She was a

Gravis didn't answer.

tell you," the man said as he

Then, the man left.

looked at

truly loves you, Cera,"

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

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

she had been his daughter, and yes, losing

hadn't seen each other

in the tournament, but Cera

the last time Cera had seen

she had left for the

a bit older than a thousand

A thousand years.

4.6 million

there was bound to be a feeling

she

of that, she wasn't even

the

had died to his tribulation in the

God Realm was as far as

his journey

the help of everyone around him and

He had managed to close the gap in power with

least Dorian had had

what Gravis had heard, Dorian had already

taken it seriously. It was like he had already

last years of his life, he had simply done

remembered when he had

Gravis from certain death, and he had even given Gravis his first real

middle world, but Dorian had managed to get all

the lower world to the Late

many beings could reach that

live for

he

Just like Ferris.

Sadly,