Female Novel
Chapter 719
Gravis got another 200 years added to his Virtualization Array since he was sure that he wasn't close to comprehending it. Theclerk wanted to have some small talk, but Gravis blocked it and left quickly.
Gravis felt guilty.
When was the last time Gravis had lied? That had probably been before his mind had become attuned to lightning. Lying aftersuch a long time felt like a betrayal to Gravis, even if he lied for a good reason.
Gravis entered his room again but didn't put the Virtualization Array in it immediately. Instead, he only stood in the empty room,staring blankly into space as he was lost in thought.
Gravis wasn't sure what he should feel since this was a complex situation. He wasn't even sure what he was actually thinkingabout. It was more like processing emotions and trying to make sense of what he was feeling.
After around ten minutes, Gravis sighed. "I'm overcomplicating things," he said to himself. "When | can't make sense of thissituation, it's most likely not as complex as | think."
Gravis made his decision and left his room.
SHING!
Gravis appeared in front of Jake and Yersi again, who were still not certain what they should do.“Listen, | think I've handled the situation incorrectly," Gravis said slowly.
Jake was positively surprised that Gravis returned this quickly. Immortals often took months or even years to think about theirdecisions, but Gravis returned after only a couple of minutes.
"You don't need to apologize, father," Yersi said. "| know that you have not been truthful, but | can also understand you. Youdidn't want to worry me and betrayed your own principles so that | can feel better."
Gravis sighed again. Hearing his daughter's words only made him feel even more guilty. "| know, but that was wrong of me,” hesaid as he came closer. "I was treating you like a child, not like an adult. You are over 2,000 years old, and I'm sure that you canhandle and understand these kinds of problems."
"I've already said that you don't have to apologize," Yersi said with a quiet voice. "You have done nothing wrong. Most peoplewould lie to protect their loved ones, and | don't think that there is anything wrong with that."
Yersi looked at Jake. "After getting to know Jake, | know how much we want to protect the ones we love, even if it hurts us. In myopinion, you not being entirely honest to protect me only shows that you care about me."
Gravis went closer and held his daughter close to him. What had he done to deserve such a wonderful daughter? She was socompassionate and understanding of his problems, even though these were problems that shouldn't involve her. As a parent, itwas Gravis' responsibility to deal with all these problems.
A minute of closeness passed.
Yersi felt her father's feelings, and she also felt happy that Gravis had been her father. Gravis’ life had not been easy, and sheknew that he had to deal with a lot of problems. Yet, even with all these problems, he still found the time to protect her. Gravishad also never belittled her problems in the past.
Well, except for that one time when her two siblings thought that Yersi was going through hell under the Tornado Emperor, butthat truly wasn't anything major. This couldn't be used as an example.
Gravis slowly stepped away from Yersi and looked at Jake. "Jake, | think it's time that | tell you more about my life. You havebeen together with Yersi for a long time and have treated her honestly. You deserve at least this amount of respect from me."
Jake was not an arrogant and unreasonable person. In his opinion, he also didn't fault Gravis one bit for his lie. After all, Jakealso had often said that not cultivating was not a big deal for him to make it easier for Yersi, when in fact, it was a huge deal tohim.
"I'm fine with hearing it, Gravis," he said.The three of them sat down on the shore and looked at the gigantic lake as Gravis started to tell his story.
Yersi had told some things about Gravis’ past to Jake, but not much. After all, it was her father's decision if he wanted to sharehis past or not.
The first thing that Gravis said to Jake was the fact that he had zero Karmic Luck. In the past, telling someone about KarmicLuck had been a no-go, but that was because of the individual Heavens. The individual Heavens controlled Karmic Luck, and thelower Heaven didn't want anyone to know anything about it that it didn’t want them to know.
In the middle world, Karmic Luck had become irrelevant since no one had Karmic Luck.
And in the highest world, every powerful Cultivator knew about Karmic Luck. At some point in their journey, they would be able tounravel the mystery of luck. Because of that, the highest Heaven saw no point in trying to keep it secret.
Jake had already heard that all of the Opposer's children had this trait. This was nothing new to him.
But when he heard about the actual effects of Karmic Luck and what the lower Heaven had done, the reality set in for him.Thinking that having worse luck than everyone else didn't sound bad. After all, you only had to be more powerful than everyoneelse. Then, luck didn't matter anymore, right?
That might be true to an extent, but Gravis’ "bad luck" in the lower world was not entirely due to his lack of Karmic Luck. The bulkof his problems came from the lower Heaven constantly trying to kill him or stop him from becoming more powerful.
The first huge shock came to Jake when he heard how Gravis had adapted his Spirit to Destruction Lightning. Sure, with Jake'scurrent Will-Aura, he wouldn't have any issues dealing with the pain, but to deal with such pain as someone in the EnergyGathering Realm was simply insane. On top of that, this made no sense in regards to any Laws he knew.
Jake knew a ton of Laws due to his Realm and due to his job. One could say that his comprehension of Laws was outstanding,even among Peak Immortal Emperors. Yet, in his mind, it was absolutely impossible to fuse something as destructive asDestruction Lightning with something as fragile as a Spirit.
The next shock came when Gravis said how he had killed the lower Heaven. Jake had never heard about anyone having killedany kind of Heaven before. He hadn't even known that this was possible.
To the Cultivators in the highest world, Heaven was only a concept, a kind of amalgamation of rules. There seemingly was nointent behind Heaven as it only enforced rules. Almost everyone believed that Heaven wasn't even sentient, but just the Lawsthemselves.novelbin
When the Opposer revolted, they all felt like he was trying to destroy the world with Heaven always stopping it. To them, it feltlike someone was attacking an immovable wall, the debris killing a ton of bystanders. Why would you attack such a passive wall?Because of that, the Opposer was universally hated by everyone, but of course, no one dared to show that hatred.
Yet, the more Jake listened to Gravis, the more he could see a personality in Heaven. The fact that Heaven could become angrywhen someone didn't break the rules was the perfect example.
Something without a personality wouldn't get angry because of some words, but Gravis managed to enrage the lower Heavenwith his words and even managed to enrage the middle Heaven with his words. Getting angry at provocations was what livingbeings did, not dead things.
Jake felt more nervous as he listened to more of Gravis’ story. It was like he had lived in a village on top of a mountain for hisentire life, not knowing that the mountain was actually a gigantic, living beast that listened in on everything.
And right now, Jake felt like another village kid was insulting this beast by simply unveiling what it had done in the past.
Gravis noticed that Jake became more nervous and quickly reassured him. Heaven didn't care. It was a believer of true power,and even if Jake ever became a Heaven's Magnate, Heaven still wouldn't care. After all, everyone was under Heaven's control.
Jake managed to calm down somewhat, but it still felt scary when someone spoke unpleasant things about something muchmore powerful. This felt no different than if someone insulted the Opposer in front of Jake. This was just unnecessarily puttingtheir life at risk.
The nail in the coffin was Gravis' showdown with the middle Heaven. The fact that it didn't immediately kill Gravis and that theytalked quite a bit showed the cunning and planning nature of Heaven. This was not a mere concept but an actual living being.
"And that is why | still believe that thisis one of Heaven's schemes," Gravissaid. "My most important friends areall still alive while pyiless importantfiferids ee What's the chance thatthe four closest friends | made in thelower world would all reach thehigher worlds? This chance isprobably one in a trillion. It's insanelyunlikely." The content is onNovelDrama.Org! Read the latestchapter there!
"That is also why | believe that Manuel will also continue cultivating in the future. Heaven won't allow for his longevity to run out. |don't know if it truly wants to repay me or if it wants to use everyone as a backup plan. It might even be both,” Gravis said.
"Heaven is achieving its goal and ischanging and running part of my life
without me being wae! changeitnase bart time, it's
d irld itin a way that is only a netpositive. It's like someone comingover and shoving huge amounts ofGod Stones into your Spirit Spacewithout you being able to stop them."The content is on NovelDrama.Org!Read the latest chapter there!
"Should | become angry with that? | mean, it's a net positive, so | shouldn't become angry. Yet, it also feels like I'm losing controlover my freedom. This is an insanely effective method of suppression."
Gravis looked over at Yersi. "| know that you don't want to continue cultivating, and | would really prefer if you didn't. Simply liveyour life however you want. Live life however you feel like it."
Gravis sighed. "At least, that's what | would want to say," he said. "Yet, even if you followed these words perfectly and did exactlythat, in the end, you would most likely still return to cultivation. Heaven's methods are soft beyond belief, and I've already noticeda pattern."
"Heaven never forces you to dosomething, but it changes yourenvironment and perception until-yousee and elieyeahadite ath it wantsyeu fo.cAoose is the best one. It willgrant you nearly everything you wantbut will leave exactly one path opento make your life even better, and thislast path is the path that Heavenwants you to tread." The content ison NovelDrama.Org! Read the latestchapter there!
"In the end, you will decide to follow Heaven's path out of your own free will, and you will feel happy while doing so. That's whyI'm so frustrated," Gravis said.
“Because no matter what | do, it feels like | will still follow down its path."