Lightning Is the Only Way

"Glad to see you again, Gravis. I always knew that you would get through this," Manuel said with a smile when he saw Gravis.

"Glad to see you're doing well, Manuel," Gravis said with a smile. "So, how does it feel?"

"How does what feel?" Manuel asked.

"Being at the top of the world," Gravis answered.

Manuel looked into the distance with a complex expression. "It doesn't feel much different from normal. I think that's mainly because I haven't truly been in this state for long enough. I still feel like I need to become more powerful, and I still feel like I have to increase the power of the Heavenly Divine Sect even more."

"In the past, I always knew that there was an even higher world waiting for me. Because of that, I never truly felt like I was at the peak. But now, there is no higher world. I am in the highest world, and no new world is waiting for me."

"I'm just here, and I basically have no enemies left, at least not until more Peak Divine Gods appear in the world."

"It's weird. It's like something I have been doing for my entire life suddenly vanished."

"In a way, I feel a bit aimless," Manuel explained.

"What's your goal?" Gravis asked.

"A couple million years ago, I would have said that I wanted to become a Heaven's Magnate, but I'm not so sure if I will ever reach that."

"Why are you so certain?" Gravis asked.

Manuel only smiled bitterly. "Gravis, you know that I am a person with a great affinity for control. Logically, I would also want to learn about that one elusive Law I still needed. So, yes, I know about the Law of Freedom, even though you all told me several times that it's a bad idea to look into it."

Gravis also smiled bitterly. "You couldn't help yourself, huh?"

"No, I couldn't," Manuel said with a sigh. "I still don't get the Law of Freedom. Freedom is making your own choices, right? I have the freedom to make any choice I want. I know all the necessary information, and I can choose whatever choice I want."

"So, how is it possible that I can't comprehend freedom? In my perception, I'm about as free as I can be right now."

"Are you?" Gravis asked.

Manuel looked at Gravis with a skeptical expression. "Everyone that's more powerful than me is not interested in going against me. Therefore, I can do whatever I want."

"What about yourself?" Gravis asked.

"Myself?" Manuel asked with confusion.

"Can you do whatever you want? Are you comfortable with every decision you've ever made?" Gravis asked.

don't like. Otherwise, we can't achieve our goal. If I always did what I wanted, I wouldn't

do whatever

groaned. "If you are adamant about splitting hairs, yes, I can't always do

you're not free," Gravis

something I don't want to do. You can be selfish and do whatever you want, but at that point, nobody will follow you, and those

enemy Sect, but the Sect is too powerful, I can't just go ahead and attack them just because I want to destroy

"Why not?" Gravis asked.

would die, Gravis," Manuel said with

only sighed when

could be. He treated everyone around him with genuine care, and he never

he always gave everything to his people. In his

him with all their heart and soul. They

fight each other to give these things to Manuel.

the perfect

also

perfect

exactly that was

smart and

and his decisions

Freedom required stupidity,

have these

were possible to tell Manuel exactly how to comprehend the Law, there would even be

something like that to comprehend the Law

what he would

ironic

Cultivators were affected by the temperaments of their Elements. Wind always desired freedom, and Manuel had also

had been his

unable to comprehend

definition of freedom was off from the Cosmos' definition. In Manuel's

subtle difference that almost bordered on trying to argue over nothing, but it was

achieved his goal of

he didn't achieve the

this moment, Gravis realized that Manuel would never comprehend the Law

Orthar, Manuel wouldn't

soon become a level nine Divine God, and he had no enmity with

an

them would stop at

this short conversation, Gravis dropped the subject, and the two of them only talked