Lightning Is the Only Way

Chapter 787

"Anyway," Gravis said. "This concludes the demonstration of Situational Laws. As the name implies, you need to haveknowledge regarding specific situations and understand them. Danger doesn't exist in physical reality but in your perception.That's also why they are so hard to understand."

Stella was still shocked about Gravis' fighting style. Now that she thought about it, she should have won their fight easily. Gravisshould have never been able to close in on her, and she should have been able to defend herself better.

It was like physical reality told her that Gravis had had no chance against her, but since both of them believed that Gravis wasclose to killing her, their combined perception changed physical reality.

It was like Gravis was destroying the combat experience of his opponent with his Laws.novelbin

Stella nodded after a while. "So, what about that other thing?" she asked.

"The other thing that you need is a change in mindset," Gravis said. "I'm talking about the illusion of a pure path to power."Stella's brows furrowed. "Could you elaborate?"

“Not allowing anyone else to interfere has a lot to do with the illusion of wanting to reach supreme power with one's own strengthalone," Gravis said. "We want to say that we have gained the power we currently have all on our own. We want to say that it wassolely our own hard work that allowed us to become so powerful.”

"But that's not true," Stella interrupted Gravis.

Gravis lifted an eyebrow. That didn't sound like a question but a statement. Stella sounded like she had had similar thoughts inthe past.

Gravis gestured for her to continue.

Stella combed her hair with furrowed brows. "I've had these thoughts before," she said slowly. "| am obviously very talented.Otherwise, my teacher wouldn't have chosen Liam and me. "

“However, teacher and a lot of elders showed me the correct way. It's true that | had to build my strength myself, but they haveshown me the direction. If | didn't know the direction, | would have long died."

“Additionally, inside the Sect, I've never had to fight someone that was straight-up impossible to beat. There had always been achance of victory, even if my opponent was far more powerful than I. Of course, when | went outside, that didn't hold trueanymore. | had to flee for my life more than once. I've also had to find shelter and hide before."

Gravis didn't interrupt as he let her continue explaining.

Stella looked to the sky with a forlorn expression. "How can | call this power my own when all my close ones have shown me theway forward? Without their help, | would have already long been dead."

"However," Stella said as she looked at the ground again. "Whenever | voiced my doubts, people told me that | was talkingnonsense. They told me that without my own hard work and talent, | would have long since died. They said that no one elsewould have been able to survive in the situations | have been in."

“Even teacher said that my words were nonsense and that | shouldn't demean my own accomplishments,” Stella said and lookedat Gravis. "But I'm not! Yes, | am very talented, but that doesn't mean that | haven't received a lot of aid in my past."

“How can | call my path pure when | have been granted access to several Law Comprehension Areas, resources, safety, andtechniques? Plenty of people don't have access to these things. Wouldn't they think that my path wasn't pure?"

Gravis looked with surprise at Stella.

Understanding this concept had been incredibly difficult for Gravis. First, the middle Heaven had to beat Gravis down intoabsolute submission to the point that he even felt like a little kid. However, not even that was enough! After that, the BlackMagnate had told Gravis about the truth that power was absolute. It didn't matter where this power came from. Power waspower.

Yet, Stella had been able to find that out on her own?

For the first time in a long while, Gravis felt like someone else was superior to him in something. Usually, Gravis was always thebest in his cultivation Realm. He always had the most powerful Battle-Strength, knew the most Laws, had the most expansivehorizon, had the greatest strategies, but not this time.

Stella had managed to realize something that Gravis hadn't been able to see on his own. Gravis had needed others to show himthe way regarding this mindset, but Stella had found the solution on her own.

This required a tremendous ability of introspection and humility. Denying the pureness of one's path was like saying thateverything one stood and worked for had been given by others. Throwing away one's life's work like this was beyond difficult.

Also, since one of the important aspects to realizing this truth was humility, did Stella know the Law of Humility, the antithesis tothe Law of Pride? If that were the case, she would know two Emotional Laws, which would be incredible.

As Gravis came into contact with these revelations, he felt some of the magic of the world return.Did Gravis always think that he was the best?No.

Orthar was a good example. Gravis saw Orthar as someone that had been on the same level as him. Orthar was incrediblysmart, calculating, and Gravis could talk as much as he wanted with him about nearly everything. It was like Orthar and Gravishad been on the same wavelength.

This was also the biggest reason why Gravis saw Orthar as his closest friend. Gravis could talk however he wanted with Ortharand share his thoughts with him. Orthar would nearly always give good advice and logical input that helped Gravis.

Such an attraction was very powerful. After all, personality-wise, Orthar and Gravis were like fire and water. Orthar suppressedand manipulated everyone for his own personal gain, while Gravis only used suppression and manipulation on his enemies.

Orthar's personality was like an evil overlord that wanted power and resources above anything else, no matter the cost, whileGravis did whatever he wanted. As long as no one bothered Gravis, he wouldn't bother them.

Yet, despite all this, Orthar and Gravis were good friends.

However, the dynamic between Gravis and Stella was different.

While Gravis thought that Orthar was equal to him in basically everything, with Stella, Gravis felt inferior in one department.However, Gravis was also superior in other departments.

So, instead of two equals meeting, it was like two extreme opposites meeting. They were both good in basically everything, butthey had different attributes in which they were excellent.

Gravis knew about Laws and Cultivation.Stella had a superior ability to reflect on herself.They both knew a ton about Matter and Life Laws.

Gravis knew more about the Laws of Perceived Reality, but Stella knew more about the Emotional Laws.

For the first time, Gravis foundwonder in someone else'spersonality. When slbie wast \S erionincsorrethi _ their way ofthinking was different. This meantthat part of Stella's mind wassuperior to Gravis’ mind, and Gravisfound that intriguing. The content ison NovelDrama.Org! Read the latestchapter there!

Someone that knew something better than himself.Someone that was able to make connections that he wasn't able to make.

For some reason, Gravis found Stella's mind and words intriguing. He had believed that he had to teach Stella all about theillusion of pureness, but Stella had already known that.

Gravis had thought that he wouldhave to talk a lot with Stella andconvince her that her @jiefs (were!incorredh Ge Yhought that he neededto beat the illusion out of her like themiddle Heaven had beaten theillusion out of Gravis. The content ison NovelDrama.Org! Read the latestchapter there!

However, none of that was necessary.Stella already had the perfect mindset."Gravis," Stella said with some nervousness. "Could you stop looking at me like this?” she asked, becoming a bit embarrassed.

Gravis quickly shook his head and looked to the side. "Sorry, | was just so surprised by your words. | became lost in mythoughts."

Stella released a sigh for some reason. "Oh, ok," she said.

Gravis remained silent for a bit as hecontinued cursing Arc. Why had Arctold him about staltslNowethatGravis. W all about theirconnection, talking to her becamedifficult. Gravis hated awkwardness!The content is on NovelDrama.Org!Read the latest chapter there!

Usually, Gravis directly confronted his problems. He felt attraction for someone? Sure, he would just straight up tell them. If itworked, it worked. If it didn't, it didn't. That was that.

However, Gravis couldn't solve this issue right now. His attraction for Stella was real, but he couldn't act on these feelings untilthe issue with his lightning was solved.

Gravis sighed. ‘I hate this!"Stella looked with concern at Gravis while Gravis glared to the side.

As several seconds passed in silence, awkwardness reigned.