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 because

to be there for her, but I didn't even know where I could find her. Additionally, I wanted to let her have her

to take the initiative? She didn't

man took a deep breath. "And when she finally wanted to meet you

could

war happened, and she decided to join the stalling group. Her disregard for your group of friends in the past disgusted

with disregard, but that

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

a level three Divine God.

Gravis didn't answer.

I wanted to tell you," the man said as

Then, the man left.

only looked

truly loves you, Cera," Gravis said

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

hated himself for it, but he didn't mind Cera's death

daughter, and yes, losing her deeply hurt

they hadn't seen each other in a

once in the tournament, but Cera hadn't

was the last time Cera had

had left for

only been a bit

A thousand years.

4.6 million

a long time, there was bound to be

she was

top of that, she

thinking about the friends he

of his friends and previous mentor had died to his tribulation in the Ancestral God Realm. His

God Realm was as far as

where his journey

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

his talent. He had managed to close the gap in power with his very creative techniques, but at some point,

least Dorian had had a great

had heard, Dorian had already expected to die

seriously. It was like he

life, he had simply done whatever

remembered when he had met Dorian,

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

Dorian had managed to get all the way to the Late Ancestral

lower world to

beings could

beings could live for millions of

and he

Just like Ferris.

Peak Ancestral God Realm. Sadly, his tribulation also spelled