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."

of a war that started

didn't even know where I could find her. Additionally, I wanted to let her have her space. If she didn't want

"Don't you realize that, sometimes, we want someone else to take the initiative? She

breath. "And when she finally wanted

one could

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 disgusted her so much that she joined a fight that would

snorted with disregard, but that

at me. I'm still alive. Why? Because

three Divine God.

Gravis didn't answer.

wanted to tell you," the man said

Then, the man left.

looked at

that truly loves you, Cera,"

husband. After all, he was just as stricken with

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

been his daughter, and yes, losing her deeply hurt

seen each other in a very long

the tournament, but Cera

last time

left

been a bit older than a thousand

A thousand years.

was 4.6 million years

long time, there was bound to be a

now, she

she

continued thinking about the

had died to his tribulation in the Ancestral God Realm. His

was as

his journey

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

a very long time, Dorian had effectively fought above his talent. He had managed to close the gap

had had a

had heard, Dorian had

seemingly hadn't taken it seriously. It

of his life,

he had met Dorian,

Gravis from certain death, and he had even given Gravis his first real home

the middle world, but Dorian had managed to get all

the lower world to the Late Ancestral

could reach that

could live

and he could

Just like Ferris.

Ancestral God Realm. Sadly, his