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."

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

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 she didn't want to meet me, that was

that, sometimes, we want someone else to take the initiative? She didn't want to admit it, but

finally wanted to meet you

could

of years 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

man snorted with disregard, but that disregard

me. I'm still alive. Why? Because I wasn't powerful enough to join the

God. She

Gravis didn't answer.

tell you," the man said as he turned around.

Then, the man left.

only looked at

truly loves you, Cera," Gravis

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

hated himself for it,

had been his daughter, and yes, losing

seen each other

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

time Cera had

she had left

had only been a bit

A thousand years.

was 4.6 million years

was bound to be a feeling

she was

that, she wasn't even the only

continued thinking about the friends

died to his tribulation

Late Ancestral God Realm was as far as

his

everyone around him and his

He had managed to close the gap in

Dorian had

Dorian had already

It was

life, he had simply done whatever he

when he had met

from certain death, and he had even given Gravis his

the middle world, but Dorian had managed to get all the

to the Late

beings could reach

live for millions of

far, and he could

Just like Ferris.

God Realm. Sadly, his tribulation also spelled the