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.

he could have probably become an average Core Elder. One had to remember that every

could have then focused on the True Law of the Dead World. Gravis was sure that Aris would have

Laws also wouldn't have spelled a problem

easy, but Aris had had enough experiences with life that he had

problem would have been the

on freedom and doing what he wanted, and the Law

that would have probably

powerful

was already

simply hadn't had

had attacked the Heavenly Divine Sect before Aris could fully realize his

had been put before

Fight or flee?

hadn't needed to fight. He could have simply fled to Opposer

he hadn't wanted to abandon

he didn't join, their

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

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

the attackers would be able

Gravis, and he knew that Gravis would have attacked one of the

Ancestors might have decided to retreat to kill

last reason for Aris' choice

know that Aris would be part of this war, but his actions would

way, without knowing it, Gravis had been supporting Aris' fight from a distance,

support Gravis from

didn't know that they were fighting together, but

And that was enough.

knowing that several of them would

hadn't been able

to fight made a

Nobody knew.

unknown before the fight, and it

had made a significant impact, but the same could be said for nearly everyone

had lost their lives, and those people had also had a choice in

been incredibly

become a better person than Gravis could

small candles that represented the bonfire of hope

time with

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

wasn't Gravis being there for Yersi, but Yersi

It was difficult.

It was so difficult.

never been

growth shot through Gravis'

He missed him.

wanted to see him

all was that Gravis had the

the True

He could recreate Aris.