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 because of you,"

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 her decision. I wasn't about to interfere in her freedom and force

else to take the

finally wanted to

one could

of not being able to see you, this war happened, and 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 almost certainly end

snorted with disregard, but

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

level three Divine God. She

Gravis didn't answer.

man said as

Then, the man left.

looked at the

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

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

Gravis didn't want to admit it, and he hated himself for it, but he didn't mind Cera's death as much as

his daughter, and yes, losing

they hadn't seen each other in

tournament, but

last time Cera

she had left for the

then, Gravis had only been a

A thousand years.

was 4.6

long time, there was bound

now, she

she wasn't even

about the friends he

to his tribulation in the Ancestral God Realm. His

was as far

his

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

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

least Dorian had had a great

Gravis had heard, Dorian had already expected to die to

hadn't taken it seriously. It was like he had

years of his life, he had simply

he had met Dorian, Old

had once saved Gravis from certain death, and he had even given Gravis his first real home in the lower

Dorian had managed to get all

the lower world to

beings could reach that

could live for millions

and he could be proud of his

Just like Ferris.

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