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."

she's dead. Dead because of a war that started

wanted to let her have her space. If she didn't want to meet me, that was

take the initiative? She

a deep breath. "And when she finally wanted

one could find

she decided to join the stalling group. Her disregard for your group of friends in the past

disregard, but that disregard

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

Divine God. She was a

Gravis didn't answer.

you," the man said as he turned around. "I hope

Then, the man left.

only looked at

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

was just as stricken with grief as Gravis, probably even

for it, but he didn't

she had been his daughter, and yes, losing her deeply hurt

they hadn't seen each other in

her once in the tournament, but Cera hadn't

the last time Cera

had left for the higher

only been a bit older than a

A thousand years.

was 4.6 million years

time, there was bound to be

she

she wasn't even the

continued thinking about the friends

mentor had died to his tribulation in the

Late Ancestral God Realm was as far as Dorian

his journey

the help of everyone around him and his own creativity. Yet, every opponent in the Ancestral God was a

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

Dorian had had a

heard, Dorian had already expected to die

seemingly hadn't taken it seriously. It was like he had already accepted his

years of his life, he had simply done whatever

he had met Dorian, Old Man

had even given

world, but Dorian had managed to get all the way to the Late

world to the

beings could reach that

could live for millions of

very far, and he could be

Just like Ferris.

Ancestral God Realm. Sadly,