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 that started because of you,"

her. Additionally, I wanted to let her have her space. If she didn't want to meet

sometimes, we want someone else to take the initiative? She didn't want to admit it, but I know that she missed you.

she finally wanted to meet you again,

could

of not being able to see you, this war happened, and she decided to join the stalling group. Her disregard for your group

disregard, but that disregard

I'm still alive. Why? Because

Divine God.

Gravis didn't answer.

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

Then, the man left.

looked at

truly loves you, Cera," Gravis

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

he hated himself for it, but

daughter, and yes, losing

seen each other in a very

seen her once in the tournament, but Cera

the last time Cera had seen

had left for

Gravis had only been a bit older than a thousand

A thousand years.

Gravis was 4.6 million

was bound

she

of that, she

about the friends he

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

Late Ancestral God Realm was as far as Dorian could

his

around him

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

had had a

Dorian had already expected to die

It was like he had already

his life,

when he had met Dorian, Old Man

and he had

Dorian had managed

world to

beings could

could live

he could be

Just like Ferris.

Realm. Sadly, his tribulation also spelled the