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."

she's dead. Dead because of a war that started because of

my 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

the man asked with a snort. "Don't you realize that, sometimes, we want someone else to take the initiative? She didn't want to admit it, but

she finally wanted to

could

years 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

but that disregard was targeted

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

a level three Divine God. She was

Gravis didn't answer.

to tell you," the man said as

Then, the man left.

only looked at

you found someone that truly

angry at Cera's husband. After all, he was just as

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

his daughter, and yes, losing her

other in a

tournament, but Cera hadn't seen Gravis back

the last time Cera

she had left for the higher

then, Gravis had only been a bit

A thousand years.

was 4.6

long time, there was bound to be a feeling

now, she

top of that, she wasn't even the

continued thinking about the friends he had

his tribulation in the Ancestral God Realm.

Ancestral God Realm was as far

his

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

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

had

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

he seemingly hadn't taken it seriously. It was like he had already accepted his

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

had met

had even given Gravis his

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

lower world to the

could

beings could live for millions of

very far, and he could be proud of his

Just like Ferris.

Realm. Sadly,