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."

Dead because of a war that

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

to take the initiative? She didn't want to admit

man took a deep breath. "And when she finally

could

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

but that

Because

God. She was

Gravis didn't answer.

I wanted to tell you," the man said as

Then, the man left.

looked at

someone that truly loves you, Cera," Gravis said

wasn't angry at Cera's husband. After all, he was just as stricken with grief as

it, and he hated himself for it, but he didn't

daughter, and yes, losing

they hadn't seen each other in

tournament, but Cera hadn't seen Gravis back

time Cera had seen

she had left

then, Gravis had only been a bit older than a thousand

A thousand years.

Gravis was 4.6 million

a long time, there was bound to be

now, she

she wasn't even the only

thinking about the

had died to his tribulation in the Ancestral

Realm was as

where his journey

extremes of power with the help of everyone around him and his own creativity. Yet, every

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

Dorian had had

had heard, Dorian had already expected

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

of his life,

remembered when he had met Dorian, Old

and he had even given Gravis his

had died in the middle world, but Dorian had managed to get all the way to

lower world to the Late Ancestral

could reach that

live for millions of

and he could be proud of his

Just like Ferris.

had reached the Peak Ancestral God Realm. Sadly, his