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."

dead. Dead because of a war that started because of you," the man

faults lie," Gravis answered neutrally. "I always wanted to be there 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 want to meet me, that was her decision. I wasn't about to interfere in her freedom and force

take the initiative? She didn't want to admit it,

she finally wanted to meet you again,

one could find

being able to see you, this war happened, and she decided to join the stalling group. Her disregard for your group of friends in

but that

alive. Why? Because I wasn't powerful

level three Divine God. She was a level four

Gravis didn't answer.

the man said as he turned around. "I hope this was what

Then, the man left.

only looked at the

that truly loves you, Cera," Gravis said

all, he was just as stricken with

it, but

she had been his daughter, and yes, losing

other in a

once in the tournament, but Cera

last time Cera

had left for the

had only been a bit older than a thousand

A thousand years.

4.6 million

bound to be a

now, she was

that, she wasn't even the

continued thinking about the friends he had

mentor had died to his tribulation in

God Realm was as far as Dorian could

where his

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

had managed to close the

least Dorian had had a great

had already expected to die to his

taken it seriously. It

his life, he

remembered when he had met Dorian, Old Man

saved Gravis from certain death, and he had even given Gravis his first real home in the lower

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

the lower world to the Late

many beings could reach that

many beings could live for millions of

far, and he could be proud

Just like Ferris.

God Realm. Sadly, his tribulation also