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.

and he could have probably become an average Core

could have then focused on the True Law of the Dead World. Gravis was

have

Laws wouldn't have been easy, but Aris had had enough experiences with life that he had gained an affinity for basically all

would have been the Law

he wanted, and

would have

a powerful Ancestor of a

that was already far beyond

Aris simply hadn't

Divine

had been put before

Fight or flee?

have simply fled to Opposer City and stay

wanted to abandon

their

early, and they would have attacked the Formation Array, maybe even destroying it in the

time, Arc's and Manuel's carefully crafted plans would have been thrown out the

the Formation Array had collapsed, all the attackers would

Gravis would have

early, several Ancestors might have decided

last reason for Aris' choice

didn't even know that Aris would be part of this war, but his actions would have still supported the Heavenly

way, without knowing it, Gravis had been supporting

support

were fighting together, but Aris knew

And that was enough.

the battle, knowing that several of them

been able to triumph over his

his decision to

Nobody knew.

been unknown before the fight, and it had

had made a significant impact, but the

those people had also had a choice in

been incredibly

person than Gravis

of the many small candles

talked a long time with Yersi about Aris and

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

wasn't Gravis being there for Yersi,

It was difficult.

It was so difficult.

never been so

growth shot through Gravis'

He missed him.

to

of all was that Gravis had

knew the True Law of

He could recreate Aris.