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,"

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

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,

she finally wanted to meet

one could find

join the stalling group. Her disregard for your group of

but that disregard

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

merely a level three Divine God. She was a level four Divine

Gravis didn't answer.

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

Then, the man left.

looked at the

truly loves you, Cera,"

was just as stricken with grief as

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

had been his daughter, and

seen each other in a very

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

the last time Cera

she had left for

Gravis had only been a bit older than a

A thousand years.

Gravis was 4.6

long time, there was bound to be a feeling of

she

of that, she wasn't even the only

about the friends he had

mentor had died to his tribulation in the Ancestral God

Ancestral God Realm was as

where his

pushed to the extremes of power with the help of everyone around him and his own creativity. Yet, every opponent in the Ancestral God was a peerless

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

had

had heard, Dorian had already expected to die to his

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

the last years of his life, he had simply done

still remembered when he had met

had even given Gravis his first real home in the lower

in the middle world, but Dorian had managed to

the lower world to the

beings could

live

far, and he could

Just like Ferris.

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