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

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

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

when she finally wanted to meet

one could find

for your group of friends in the past disgusted her so much that

man snorted with disregard, but that

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

God. She was

Gravis didn't answer.

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

Then, the man left.

looked

that truly loves you, Cera," Gravis said

was just as stricken with grief

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

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

seen each other in a

in the tournament, but

was the last time

she had left for

had only been a

A thousand years.

was 4.6

there was bound to be a

she

she wasn't even the only

about the friends

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

Late Ancestral God Realm was as far

where his

pushed to the extremes of power with the help of everyone around him

had effectively fought above his talent. He had managed to close the gap in

least Dorian had

had heard, Dorian had already expected to die

taken it seriously. It was like he

last years of his life, he

still remembered when he had met Dorian, Old Man

had

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

lower world to the Late Ancestral

beings could

beings could live for millions of

he could be proud of his

Just like Ferris.

the Peak Ancestral God Realm. Sadly, his tribulation also