Chapter 1172 - 1172 – Family (1/2)

After the Economistress had shown Stella her God Stone ocean, Stella realized that she had given up too early.

She had tried to help Gravis by comprehending Formation Arrays, and she was definitely making some headway in that direction, but she was sure that there was even more she could do.

Even if it wasn't much, she could still help Gravis with more things.

And she already had a plan.

However, the plan would take a long time to come to fruition.

But for now, Gravis and Stella only stayed together for a long while. Of course, Gravis didn't forget his other friends.

In the beginning, it was a bit awkward to talk with his friends, but eventually, the old feeling of friendship returned. They hadn't seen each other in a long while, but they had also known each other for a long time.

However, a lot of things had still changed in the last 150,000 years.

For example, Yersi and Jake had a couple of children now.

When Gravis heard that, he was shocked and asked why they hadn't informed him.

Yersi answered that she didn't want to distract Gravis.

Additionally, the lives of the children could pass very quickly.

One of Yersi's kids had decided against Cultivating, and she had died in her eighties with a loving family.

That had happened several thousand years ago, and by now, so many generations had passed that there basically wasn't any connection between them anymore.

Yersi had stopped cultivating to stay by their daughter in her life.

Sadly, to beings that were hundreds of thousands of years old, a hundred years passed in the blink of an eye.

They had also stayed in contact with their grandkids and their great-grandkids, but eventually, the visits had become more and more infrequent, and eventually, they hadn't visited in 200 years.

Any kind of familial connection had already been severed.

The only thing connecting them was a tiny part of their blood.

Gravis could only sigh when he heard all of that.

Sure enough, having children was difficult when one was also cultivating.

If the child decided to live a mortal life, their entire life would pass in the blink of an eye.

If they decided to cultivate, their life would pass even faster. After all, the chances of becoming truly powerful were minuscule.

In both cases, the child would only live for a tiny, bright moment.

It was like a spark that brightened up the surroundings, but as soon as the spark vanished, only darkness remained.

Luckily, their other daughter was already in the Law Comprehension Realm, and she visited her parents every century or so.

The two of them told Gravis where he could find his granddaughter, and Gravis quickly went over.

He watched her from afar as she was trying to comprehend a level three Law.

Gravis immediately felt a certain feeling of connection between him and his granddaughter. He wanted to go over there and meet her, but he decided against it.

'I'll return to my Cultivation soon. Meeting her would be nice, but I don't want to remain in her mind. A hundred thousand years is too much time for a Law Comprehension Realm Cultivator.'

'I'll meet her if she manages to become an Immortal Emperor.'

It wasn't easy for Gravis to make this decision, but he had already decided.

Gravis involuntarily remembered the time he had met Orpheus.

Back then, Gravis had asked why he hadn't seen any of his other siblings, and Orpheus had said that Gravis' life was too fleeting.

Back then, Gravis had understood their reasons, but he also didn't like it.

Later, Orpheus had told Gravis the truth, which was that the familial feeling had basically already died out due to the size of the family.

'Am I doing the same thing?' Gravis asked himself.

Silence.

'No, I'm not,' Gravis thought after a while. 'I'm not doing this because I don't love her or because I don't care about her. This isn't about me, but about her.'

'She can't miss something she has never had, and it's better if we only meet when she can deal with my long absences.'

Gravis watched his granddaughter for a while, but he eventually teleported away.

When Gravis returned, Yersi and Jake asked if that was truly the right decision. After all, Gravis also wanted to meet her.

Gravis answered that it was the best decision he could make.

Eventually, Yersi and Jake accepted it.

When Gravis left, he also thought about his own family.

'If I remember correctly, I've also had a younger sister called Artemis once,' Gravis thought. 'Sadly, she has decided to accept father's gift and became a Peak Immortal Emperor.'

'Her longevity has long since run out.'

Gravis' brows furrowed.

'Now that I think about it, father and mom didn't have any other children after that, and several hundred thousand years have already passed.'

'This means that all my brothers and sisters that decided not to cultivate have already died.'