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."

a war that started because of you," the man

I wanted to let her have her space. If she didn't want to

someone else to take the initiative?

"And when she finally wanted to

one could find

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

but that

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

God. She was a level four Divine

Gravis didn't answer.

wanted to tell you," the man said as

Then, the man left.

only looked at the

least you found someone that truly loves

wasn't angry at Cera's husband. After all, he was just

and he hated himself for it,

his daughter, and

hadn't seen each other

her once in the tournament, but Cera

last time Cera

had left

a bit older than

A thousand years.

4.6 million

long time, there was bound to be a

now, she

that, she

thinking about the

of his friends and previous mentor had died to his

God Realm was

his journey

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

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

least Dorian had had a

what Gravis had heard, Dorian had

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

of his life, he had simply done whatever he

had met Dorian, Old

from certain death, and he had even given Gravis his first real

but Dorian had managed

to the Late Ancestral

could reach

beings could live for millions

he

Just like Ferris.

Sadly, his tribulation also spelled the end of