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."

of a war that started because of you,"

but I didn't 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

so?" the man asked with a snort. "Don't you realize that, sometimes, we want someone else to take the

took a deep breath. "And when she finally

could

decided to join the stalling group. Her disregard for your group of friends in the

man snorted with disregard, but that disregard was

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

God. She was a level four Divine

Gravis didn't answer.

tell you," the man said as he

Then, the man left.

only looked

truly loves

After all, he was just as stricken with grief as Gravis, probably

it, but he didn't mind Cera's death as much as the other

and yes,

other in a very long

the tournament, but Cera

time

had left

a bit older

A thousand years.

was 4.6

such a long time, there was bound to be a feeling of disconnect between

now, she was

she wasn't even

continued thinking about the friends

died to his tribulation in the Ancestral God Realm. His opponent had killed

Ancestral God Realm was as far as Dorian

where his

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

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

had had a great

had already expected

seriously. It

the last years of his life, he had simply done whatever he

when he had met Dorian,

he had even given Gravis his

world, but Dorian had managed to get all the way to

world to the Late Ancestral

could reach

live

very far, and he could

Just like Ferris.

Ancestral God Realm. Sadly, his tribulation also spelled the end