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."

war that started because of you," the man

her. Additionally, I wanted to let her have her space. If she didn't want to meet me, that was

realize that, sometimes, we want someone else to take the initiative? She didn't want to admit

deep breath. "And when she finally wanted to meet you again, she

could find

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 disgusted her so much

disregard, but that

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

Divine God. She was a level

Gravis didn't answer.

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

Then, the man left.

only looked at

least you found someone that truly loves you, Cera," Gravis said

was just as stricken with grief as Gravis, probably

didn't want to admit it, and he hated himself for it, but he didn't

daughter, and yes, losing her deeply hurt

each other in a very

tournament, but

the last time

she had left for the

Gravis had only been a bit older

A thousand years.

was 4.6 million

a long time, there was bound to be a

she was

top of that, she wasn't

the

to his tribulation in the Ancestral God

Ancestral God Realm was as

where his journey

everyone around him and his own creativity.

the gap in power

had had a great

heard, Dorian had already expected

seriously. It was like he

last years of his life, he had simply done whatever

he had met Dorian, Old Man

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

had managed to

world to the

many beings could

live for

and he could

Just like Ferris.

Sadly, his tribulation also spelled the end