Lightning Is the Only Way

It was hard.

Gravis could deal with Cera's death. He could deal with his friends' death.

But Aris.

Aris' death was hard on him.

When was the last time the two of them had talked with each other?

Gravis remembered that the last time they had talked, they had been on their way to the tournament of the Lightning Peak Sect.

Back then, Gravis had joked with Aris about the fact that he was acting like a grandpa.

Gravis hadn't thought that this would have been the last time he would talk with his only son.

Gravis still remembered looking at his three children when they had grown up.

Back when Aris had been a newborn, he had stupidly tried to chase after stronger and faster beasts, which led to him being slower in this growth than his two sisters.

Cera had gone for a disarming approach while Yersi had gone with an ambush approach.

But things turned around pretty quickly when Aris gained more experience. He was the first one to truly jump levels. Cera had it difficult, and Yersi, who had been the strongest up to that point, had needed the help of her father to allow her to go outside.

When Aris was a newborn, he had just been an innocent kid that wanted to fight.

Then, after only staying inside a closed space with weaker opponents, he had grown incredibly arrogant.

Gravis and other beasts had needed to show him that his arrogance was misplaced several times until he finally got it.

In comparison, Cera hadn't changed very much in her earlier years. She had chased after Aris, wanting to become stronger than him. Sadly, even though Aris had been very arrogant, he had also been very talented.

Only Yersi had been more talented in terms of Cultivation. Sadly, the problem with her was her mindset. She had played it too safe her entire life, and she didn't like to join any fights that were too risky.

So, even though Aris' talent wasn't at the same level as Yersi's, he had managed to overtake her and stay in the lead ever since.

Then, Aris completely changed when he came back from the higher world. He had truly matured.

From a battle-hungry child to an arrogant adolescent to a responsible adult.

Gravis had been incredibly proud of Aris. Aris had even been talented enough to count as one of the favorites in the Lightning Peak Sect's tournament.

That was outstanding!

With enough time and resources, he could have become a genius on the level of the Peak Sects' geniuses.

And sure enough, he hadn't disappointed.

In just three million years, Aris had gone from a level one Ancestral God to a level six Divine God.

With some more resources and more time, he could have also become a Core Elder figure.

Sadly, there had been no more time.

had had only three million years to reach that level. One million more, and he could have probably become an average Core Elder. One had to remember that every single Core Elder had been one of

the Dead World. Gravis was

Laws also wouldn't have spelled a

had enough experiences with life that he had gained an

have

and the Law of Control would have been a huge issue for

talented, but that would have probably been

become a powerful

already far beyond

Aris simply hadn't

Heavenly Divine

been put before

Fight or flee?

He could have

hadn't wanted to abandon his new

join, their group might

didn't join, one of the Core Elders might have finished the fight too early, and they would have attacked the Formation Array, maybe even destroying it in

and Manuel's carefully crafted plans would

all the attackers would be able to communicate with each other

he knew that Gravis would

Array broke too early, several Ancestors might have decided to retreat

reason for Aris' choice to

Aris would be part of this war, but his actions would have still supported the

supporting Aris' fight from a

would support Gravis

they were fighting together,

And that was enough.

joined the battle, knowing that

Aris hadn't been able to triumph

his decision to fight made a

Nobody knew.

before the fight, and it

the fight had made a significant impact, but the same could be

those people had also had a

had been incredibly proud of

better person

the end, Aris had been one of the many small candles that represented the bonfire of

time with Yersi about

Gravis also couldn't keep his tears in check anymore, and

being there for Yersi,

It was difficult.

It was so difficult.

had never been so

through Gravis' mind again and

He missed him.

to

thing of all

the True Law

He could recreate Aris.