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 because of a war

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

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

breath. "And when she finally wanted to meet you again, she couldn't find

one could

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

but that disregard was

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

Divine God. She was

Gravis didn't answer.

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

Then, the man left.

only looked

found someone that truly loves you, Cera," Gravis

wasn't angry at Cera's husband. After all, he was just

admit it, and he hated himself for it, but he didn't mind Cera's

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

they hadn't seen each other

seen her once in the tournament, but Cera hadn't seen Gravis

was the last time Cera had seen

left

Gravis had only been a bit older than a

A thousand years.

Gravis was 4.6 million

bound to be a feeling of disconnect between

she was

top of that, she wasn't even the

continued thinking about the friends he

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

Late Ancestral God Realm was as far as Dorian

his journey

everyone around him and his own creativity. Yet, every opponent in the Ancestral God was

close the gap in power with his very creative

Dorian had had

Dorian had already expected to die

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

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

had met

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

had managed to get all the way to the

lower world to the Late

could reach that

many beings could live for millions

he

Just like Ferris.

Peak Ancestral God Realm. Sadly, his tribulation also spelled