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."

war that started because of you," the

answered neutrally. "I always wanted to be there for her, but I didn't even know where I could find her. Additionally, I wanted to let her have her space. If

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.

deep breath. "And when she finally wanted to meet

one could

happened, and she decided to join the stalling group. Her disregard for your group of friends in the

but that

look at me. I'm still alive. Why? Because I wasn't powerful enough to

a level three Divine God. She was a

Gravis didn't answer.

to tell you," the man said

Then, the man left.

only looked at the

someone that truly loves you, Cera," Gravis said

he was just as stricken with grief as Gravis, probably even

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

and yes, losing

other in a very long

in the tournament, but Cera hadn't seen

time Cera

had left for the

had only been a bit older than a thousand

A thousand years.

Gravis was 4.6 million years

time, there was bound to be a

now, she was

of that, she wasn't

about the friends he

previous mentor had died to his tribulation

Realm was as

his

to the extremes of power with the help of everyone around him and his own creativity.

effectively fought above his talent. He had managed to close the

had

had heard, Dorian had

he seemingly hadn't taken it seriously. It

last years of his life, he had simply done

when he had met Dorian,

death, and he had even given Gravis his first real

Dorian had managed to

lower world to the Late Ancestral

many beings could

many beings could live for

far, and he

Just like Ferris.

Peak Ancestral God Realm. Sadly, his tribulation