Lightning Is the Only Way

Gravis and Mortis concentrated on all of their insights.

Back in the higher world, it had been an impossibility to comprehend the Law of the True World.

Why?

Because comprehending it required some knowledge about the deeper workings of Energy.

Now, as Peak Divine Gods with all the True Laws, Gravis and Mortis easily had this little bit of insight. It wasn't an entire Law all on its own, but just a very advanced principle of Energy.

If one didn't know enough True Laws, one wouldn't be able to extrapolate that principle since one was missing too many points of reference.

But, of course, knowing all the True Laws was more than enough.

Cultivators that didn't know that principle would find an issue in combining everything.

For example, Gravis went from the Law of Perceived Reality to the Law of Sentience to the Law of Sentient Life. Yet, when he tried to combine it with the sheer volume of Energy a dead world can provide, it somehow seemed to crumble apart.

It was like trying to shove an ocean of water through many tiny, complex, and fragile tubes. If not done correctly, the sheer pressure would destroy the tubes.

The same thing was true if one went from the Law of the Dead World to the Law of the Living World to the Law of the Complex Living World. Up to that point, everything would be fine, but if one wanted to expand the tubes with a more complex pattern, the tubes would break apart again.

But that didn't concern Gravis anymore.

All the insights flowed together, and they created one entire image.

The level one Laws flowed into the level two Laws, which flowed into the level three Laws, and so on.

The number of the Laws underwent three repetitions, all with very similar patterns.

That was until one reached the peak.

Like the trunk of a tree, the long, wide, and stable line narrowed into a single point.

It was like a spear.

Hundreds of Laws all combined into one single Law.

All the matter was included, no matter how weak or how powerful.

primordial forces were

the Elements were

complex principles were

WHOOOOM!

of Energy, but before he could absorb enough to reach the

of the True World had been

insights, Gravis

I can make

can make

thought about all the insights he had gained, he realized that he

He knew everything.

knew how to set up a flow of time, a force of gravity, or a network

the different Elements to create all the different forms

could transform Energy into the most complex forms of

the void between worlds right now and create his own higher world. With enough Energy, he could even create a

Everything made sense.

that this was the

due to Gravis' widened horizon, he knew

were two restrictions Gravis

I can't create a world in the Primordial Chaos. I have control over Energy, but as soon as I would try to gather the Energy to create something, the Primordial Chaos in the surroundings

pulled along with the Energy, and it would consume all of it. I wouldn't be able to create

can only create a world in a place

I can't create anything outside Orthar's system. All my knowledge and abilities lie within Orthar's Cosmos. I can't create new Elements, and I can't create new kinds of space and time. I

Law of the True World

interaction between the Primordial Chaos

on which I can

I want a castle of my own, I need to learn how to create my own island in the endless ocean of chaos, and that's

Mortis said from the side with an

come far," Gravis

truly us?"

it?" Gravis asked

was," Mortis answered. "I have always been an extra. I followed all your orders, and I did as

would be dead

you need an arm to survive doesn't

way too much cynicism," Gravis said with a snort. "You were the one that supported me when I was afflicted with the Sin Aura. You were the one that controlled the battles when I emulated the mindset

us. Sure, I might have had more control, but the 99% still need 1%