Chapter 641: No Big Deal (2/2)

Gravis stood up.

”If such an incident has such a gigantic impact on you, it might actually be better for you to stop cultivating,” Gravis said.

Silence returned.

”That's too far, father,” Yersi said.

”It's not,” Gravis answered. ”Only now have you gotten a true taste of cultivation. Do you think this will be the first time that any of this will happen? Only more pain will wait for you in the future. You guys know my story. Yet, instead of listening, put yourself in my situation. Don't think like it's something that someone else has experienced, but something you have experienced.”

”You can't compare yourself to us,” Cera said, less angry by now. ”Your circumstances are far from normal.”

Gravis looked at Cera for some seconds and sighed. ”Is this as far as you can go?” Gravis asked. ”Have you already accepted that you can't become as powerful as me?”

Gravis looked at Cera intently as Cera averted her eyes. ”Do you think my power has been handed to me? I won't be a hypocrite and say that I have achieved absolutely everything on my own, but I have achieved 95% on my own.”

”Without the assassination attempt on my life and being buried in a pile of shit for two weeks, I wouldn't have gotten Destruction Lightning. Without me killing someone I felt very close to, I wouldn't have had the opportunity to attune my Spirit to Destruction Lightning.”

”Without me constantly seeking my own death through insane tempering and pain, my Will-Aura would be nearly useless right now. Without me fleeing from my opponents in shame, I would be dead. Without me constantly fighting Heaven and purposefully walking into its traps, my Spirit and lightning wouldn't be so powerful, and I wouldn't even have come to this world.”

”Cultivation is pain,” Gravis said. ”If you can deal with the pain, great, but if you can't, it's better that you don't cultivate.”

Yersi and Aris listened intently. Cera didn't want to admit it, but her father's words also touched her a bit.

”When I've been a level five King,” Gravis continued as he walked around, ”I have been able to fight a beast three levels above me. Something like this doesn't even exist in this world. Yet, was that enough? Was that where I stopped?”

”No, I didn't. Instead, I spent three times of my current age at that point to push myself one level further.”

”Think about it,” Gravis said. ”That would be 2400 years for you right now. Would you be willing to not fight a single beast in the next 2400 years and only comprehend nothing but Laws to boost your Battle-Strength one more level? Would you be fine with remaining level one Emperors for 2400 more years?”

Silence reigned again.

”I think I would,” Aris said.

Gravis smirked when he heard Aris. That was a good mindset.

”And Yersi,” Gravis said as he looked at her. ”Don't coddle your siblings. You're only hurting their path to power by doing that.”

Yersi felt called out while Aris and Cera looked at Yersi with questioning looks.

Yersi smiled awkwardly. ”Actually,” she said slowly. ”I never thought of our situation to be so bad, but I didn't want to make you two feel weak.”

Aris sighed again when he heard that. ”I have a lot to work on,” he muttered.

Cera's insides churned in a mix of emotions.

”ARGH!” Cera suddenly said as she shook her head violently. ”Fine!” she shouted. ”Over is over. Can we change the topic now?”

Gravis had to chuckle a little when he heard her.

Then, the four of them talked about their lives, Laws, cultivation, power, experiences, and everything else.

And sooner than they thought, the deadline for the southern region had arrived.

”It's time,” Gravis said as he stood up after three days.

”What's your plan, father?” Yersi asked. Gravis had always avoided talking about this topic.

”You will see,” Gravis said with a smirk. ”The only thing I can say is that the dynamic of this entire war might change.”

”In truth,” Gravis said as he looked towards the west. ”There is a high possibility that this war will completely vanish in a few years.”