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

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 my

that so?" the man asked with a snort. "Don't you realize that, sometimes, we want someone else to take the initiative? She didn't want to admit it, but I know that she missed you. Yet, you never

a deep breath. "And when she finally

one could

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

snorted with disregard, but that disregard was

I'm still alive. Why? Because I wasn't powerful enough

level three Divine God. She was a level four

Gravis didn't answer.

all I wanted to tell you," the man said as he turned around. "I hope this was

Then, the man left.

looked at the

someone that truly loves you, Cera," Gravis said

Cera's husband. After all, he was just as

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

she had been his daughter, and yes, losing

other in

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

last time

she had left for the

been a

A thousand years.

4.6 million years

long time, there was bound to be a feeling

now, she was

of that, she wasn't even

continued thinking about the friends he

his tribulation in the Ancestral God Realm. His opponent had

Late Ancestral God Realm was as

where his

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

to close the gap in power with his very creative techniques,

had

heard, Dorian had already

hadn't taken it seriously. It was like

life, he had simply done whatever he

when he had

once saved Gravis from certain death, and he had even given

but Dorian had managed to get all the

to the Late Ancestral God

many beings could reach

live for

he could be proud of his

Just like Ferris.

Sadly, his tribulation also spelled