Chapter 350: A Fathers Love (2/2)

The Opposer put a hand on Gravis' shoulder and looked deep into his eyes. ”Don't feel guilty, Gravis,” he said strongly. ”I have made my decision, and I don't regret it. Don't forget that if you didn't exist, this possibility wouldn't have even existed in the first place.”

Gravis remained silent as he looked into his father's eyes.

”It isn't that you have committed a mistake or injured me. My decision to choose your life over my enmity just made everything return to how it was before. Don't forget that this all wouldn't have happened if you didn't exist.”

Then, the Opposer smirked. ”Also, it's not like we didn't gain anything out of this. After all, you have an unprecedented affinity towards lightning because of this. If anyone ever reaches my Realm, they can only be weaker or equally as strong as me since we followed the same path, but you are different.”

”If you reach my Realm, you will be immune to the old bastard's strongest weapon while keeping your full strength. So, while there is a possibility that you won't be stronger than me, you will definitely be stronger than the old bastard. After all, you're the perfect counter to him.”

Tears came out of Gravis' eyes. He had never felt much fatherly love from his father, but everything had changed today. His father had chosen him over his lifelong goal. He had often doubted that his father even loved him, but today, he was proven wrong.

His father might not have shown his love, but he obviously deeply felt for him. For the first time in a long while, Gravis felt genuinely happy. His victory against the lower Heaven had made him feel excited, but it hadn't made him feel happy.

”Thanks, father,” Gravis said with some tears.

His father smiled warmly at him. ”Don't mention it. You're my son, and I'm incredibly proud of you.”

They remained silent for a minute as Gravis enjoyed the closeness to his father.

”After all,” the Opposer said with a smirk. ”You managed to kill one of the bastard's children without ascending! No one has ever managed to do that before,” he said with a laugh.

Gravis laughed a bit. ”No one?” he asked.

”Well, there have been cases where someone from a higher world killed a Heaven from a lower world due to enmity, but a stronger Heaven quickly annihilated them.”

Gravis sighed. So it had been done before. ”But that's only because you protected me,” he said. Gravis was only still alive because someone stronger than him had protected him. This irked Gravis to no end. He didn't want to rely on anyone else.

”That's wrong,” the Opposer said, surprising Gravis. ”I know the old bastard pretty well, and I'm also pretty sure that he wouldn't kill a person that managed to kill a Heaven.” Then, the Opposer lifted a finger. ”As long as they didn't ascend to a higher world before killing it.”

”So,” the Opposer said with a smirk. ”Even without me, the old bastard wouldn't have killed you for killing one of his children. He values strength above everything else. If one of his children isn't able to kill someone in their world, even though they have the whole world as their weapon, he would find them useless. Thus, since he believes that weakness is wrong, they deserved to die.”

Gravis was surprised, but he also felt better about killing the lower Heaven now. ”The highest Heaven is this fair?” he asked. ”I thought that after the situation with Stella and with the lower Heaven's disgusting conduct, that the highest Heaven would also be like that.”

The Opposer sighed. ”Well, I don't like the old bastard, but I have to say that he is actually pretty fair. Of course, only if it doesn't involve me. He only acts like a dick towards our family and me. Everyone else, though, he treats pretty fairly. Shenanigans like Heavenborn or the suppression of powerful talents doesn't exist in the highest world.”

Gravis was a bit surprised. ”There are no Heavenborn?”

His father shook his head. ”No, why would he need them? He knows that he is in full control, except for me, of course, so why the need to create something like the Heavenborn? If he doesn't like something, he can just change the rules or get rid of it. Also, having some heaven-chosen people around would make the normal cultivators hate Heaven due to envy.”

The Opposer shrugged. ”The old bastard has a pretty solid reputation in the highest world. Sheep that follow willingly are easier to manage than sheep that dislike you. In the peoples' eyes, I am the antagonist. I mean, they're not wrong. I probably killed way more people than the old bastard.”

Gravis had never seen his father act and talk so casually. Gravis felt the gap between him and his father close further. The cold distance between them was slowly vanishing.

”Anyway, you wanted to know more about the highest world,” the Opposer said as he summoned more coffee for himself and his son. ”We kind of went off topic there for a while.”

Gravis drank his coffee with a smile.

”Do tell,” he said.