Chapter 684: Emptiness (1/2)

Gravis' mind was going crazy. He felt ashamed when he realized that he hadn't achieved everything on his own. It kind of felt… hollow. What was the point of being granted something when he didn't achieve it on his own? Did he even earn all the power he currently had?

Yet, Gravis was incomprehensibly powerful for his Realm. That was an undeniable truth. Gravis had this power, even if a lot of it came from outside. Gravis was the wielder of this power, and he controlled this power.

After a while, Gravis sighed. ”You are probably right, but it still feels hollow. I don't feel like I have achieved my power on my own.”

”All power feels hollow!” the young man said, his face suddenly transforming into aggressiveness for the first time. ”There is only a single person in the entire highest world that has power but is still happy with their power. Everyone else feels the emptiness that power brings, including me.”

This was something Gravis hadn't expected. ”I don't understand,” he said.

The young man turned to someone beside him. The world was still frozen, and this person just so happened to be frozen while looking directly at the young man.

SSHHHH!

Then, the person was immediately turned into dust by the young man.

”Do you see this?” the young man asked. ”A life has just been ended. Their loved ones will grieve for the death of this person. Isn't such an emotional impact interesting?”

Gravis thought about it. ”Emotions, in general, are interesting,” Gravis said.

”No, they are not,” the young man said. ”Watch,” he said.

Suddenly, some dust gathered together at the spot where the person had died.

Whoosh!

And the same person reappeared in the same position. Gravis trembled. Someone had just been resurrected directly in front of him!

”Have I killed this person? Have I resurrected this person? When no one remembers this person's death, has their death ever taken place? Is this still the same person?” the young man asked one question after the other.

Gravis found it very difficult to answer. These kinds of questions bordered on philosophy, something that didn't have a specific answer.

”I can tell you the truth of power, Gravis,” the young man said.

Gravis felt nervous. It was like someone was about to unveil a terrifying and scary truth right in front of him. Yet, Gravis wouldn't run from such situations.

”Tell me,” Gravis said.

”So be it,” the young man said. The young man turned to Gravis again with an even but calm look. ”Power is everything, but power is also empty.”

”Everything you strive for is emptiness and greyness,” he said.

Gravis tried to understand what he meant, but he didn't. ”I don't understand,” he said.

The young man looked at the sky. ”When you have reached the Unity Realm for the first time, have you seen the wonder of the world? When you came into contact with the Laws for the first time, have you felt their magic? The feeling of excitement of finding something new and learning something?”

Gravis nodded.

Whooosh!

Suddenly, the entire world moved again, and surprisingly, no one acted any different. It was like nothing had ever happened. Everyone was still passing by the two of them as if they didn't recognize them.

Only a very select few people remembered what happened.

The young man looked at Gravis again. ”You felt the magic when you first came into contact with the Laws,” he said. ”Now, tell me, when you were waiting to fight Heaven after becoming a Peak Law Comprehension Realm Cultivator, have the surroundings still seemed so magical?”

”When you have comprehended all the Basic Elemental Laws, time, space, gravity, life, and many other things, were these things still interesting? When that one Law Comprehension Plant gave you access to understand its plants, you were entranced. Yet, if it showed you these things again, would you still be interested in them?” he asked.

Gravis hadn't thought about this before. He had always chased power and always only looked at the Laws he didn't understand. Yet, as he thought about it, he realized that he hadn't thrown a second glance at the things he already understood.