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

realize that, sometimes, we want someone else to take the initiative? She didn't want to admit it, but I know that she

she finally wanted to meet you

could find

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

disregard, but that disregard

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

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

Gravis didn't answer.

said as he turned around.

Then, the man left.

only looked

least you found someone that truly loves

Cera's husband. After all, he was

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

had been his daughter, and yes, losing her deeply hurt

other

tournament, but Cera hadn't seen Gravis

last time Cera

she had left for the

a

A thousand years.

was 4.6 million years

bound to be a feeling of disconnect between

now, she

she wasn't even the

about the

to his tribulation in the Ancestral God Realm. His opponent

Realm was

where his

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

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

least Dorian had had a

what Gravis had heard, Dorian had already expected to die to

taken it seriously. It

life, he had simply

when he had

and he had even given Gravis his first real home in the

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

to the Late

many beings could reach that

live for millions

he could be proud of his

Just like Ferris.

Realm. Sadly,