<h4>Chapter 1006 - 1006 – Ascension</h4>
Gravis informed Ste of his new ns the same day.
Ste supported Gravis, but it was still hard for her. After all, two terrifyingly dangerous situations would hit Gravis back to back. First, the Gate of Death, and then, his fight with Arc.
However, it wasn''t only Ste that got surprised today.
Gravis also got a big surprise.
"Then, I''m going to ascend," Ste said.
Gravis was taken aback. "What? Already?"
Ste nodded with a sigh. "I would love to continue being with you, but I know that you will always have regrets if you lose your opportunity to be powerful because of me."
Gravis'' heart stopped. "That sounds like a breakup," he said.
"No. No!" Ste shouted, quickly waving her hands. "I''m not breaking up with you! I would never want to break up with you! Don''t even joke about that!"
Gravis released a sigh of relief when he heard her.
"Then, what exactly do you mean?" he asked.
"Well, in our time together, I was the one that got all the advantages," Ste said. "Since you haveprehended the level seven Law of Emotions, you have been able to help meprehend several level six Laws. Yet, what did you get in return? Nothing. You already know all the Laws I know, and even if Iprehended a new level six Law, I wouldn''t be able to help youprehend it since my Law of Empathy is too weak."
"Don''t say stuff like that," Gravis said with an ufortable expression. "Being with you is the only important thing to me. I don''t care if you can''t help me with Laws."
"I know," Ste said as she embraced Gravis. "But I still feel like I''m taking advantage of you, and I don''t want to feel like that."
"You''re not-"
"I know," Ste interrupted him. "However, feelings don''t always follow logic. You, of all people, should know that."
Gravis had to sigh again when he heard her words.
She was right, sadly.
Why did Emotions have to be so hard?
When it came to others, it was incredibly easy for Gravis to see through their personality.
Yet, when it came to himself and Ste, it was like Gravis was blind.
Gravis knew how to create specific emotions, but it also felt very weird.
It was like the ways to create these emotions had nothing to do with him.
"So, I''m going to ascend," Ste continued. "I''ve been distracting you for long enough, and I don''t want to be the reason for any of your dys. Do you understand what I mean?"
"You want to ascend so that I have one additional reason to be more powerful as quickly as possible, right?" Gravis asked with a sad expression.
Ste nodded. "That''s one of the reasons. Another reason is that I want to upgrade my Law of Empathy and get a head start on the level seven Laws. Like this, I can help you when you return."
Then, Ste smiled. "Additionally, it won''t be that long for me due to the time dtion, right?"
Gravis nodded. "Yes. For you, it should be 10,000 to 20,000 years maximum, probably less."
"So, are you okay with this?" Ste asked, looking into Gravis'' eyes.
Gravis looked back into Ste''s eyes and embraced her deeply.
"How can I not be okay with this? You''re willing to help me to such an extent. How couldn''t I be happy when I have someone like you?"
"Thank you for understanding," Ste said softly.
"No, thank you for understanding," Gravis answered. "I think you understand me better than I understand myself."
Ste only silently embraced Gravis.
Then, for thest day, Ste and Gravis only sat together, simply talking to each other.
Ste had informed Liam, and Liam had said that he woulde with her.
Whenpared to Gravis and Ste, Liam seemed supremely underwhelming. Yet, one had to remember that Liam was a terrifying genius in his own right.
How terrifying?
Liam had alreadyprehended two level six Laws.
This meant that he knew just one level six Law less than Ste. After all, Laws of Perceived Reality and Emotional Laws couldn''t be transmitted with the Law of Empathy. Because of that, Gravis had only been able to give Ste the level six Laws of Time and Divine Lightning. Ste had also learned one more level six Law on her own, the Law of ze, the fire equivalent to Divine Lightning.
Liam could only temper himself against Sect Masters, and finding a Sect Master for a fight to the death wasn''t easy.
Because of that, Ste and Liam both couldn''t temper themselves in this world anymore.
It was time to ascend.
In actuality, Liam had wanted to leave even earlier but had stayed because of Ste.
Both of them counted as geniuses, even in the most powerful higher world.
They were more than ready to ascend.
Thest day seemed to drag on for years, but it also seemingly passed in the blink of an eye for Gravis.
Gravis wanted this day tost forever.
Sadly, time couldn''t be stopped, and eventually, the time hade.
The three of them had traveled to the ce where they had initially met, one of the Resource Points for the Sect Alliance.
This was the ce where Gravis had fought Ste and where their teacher had saved Ste''s and Gravis'' life.
They thought that this was the perfect location to part ways.
They would separate at the very ce they had met.
Ste and Liam had already be Peak Immortal Emperors.
As soon as they had arrived, the memories came back to them.
"Who would have thought," Ste said as she looked at the mountain below them. "When I fought you, I had believed that you were some arrogant youngster. But then, you proved that you could fight me."
"The memory of your burning skull had haunted me for a long time back then. On top of that, my teacher had told me that you had a beast body," Ste said.
"In the beginning, I feared you very much, Gravis," Ste said, looking into Gravis'' eyes. "The image of your burning skull had severely shaken my will. Your determination to kill me was so powerful that it shook my will."
Then, Ste smiled warmly as she looked at Gravis. "Yet, here we are, an old couple. I would have never believed that we would end up together, but life works in funny ways sometimes, doesn''t it?"
"It sure does," Gravis answered with a chuckle. "When I heard that I was perfectlypatible with you, I was so confused and conflicted. It felt like someone else had decided that we would be together, and I felt like I was being suppressed. It was like I wasn''t free."
Gravis took Ste''s hands. "Yet, the more we talked over those seven years, the more I forgot these doubts. So what if it was decided by something more powerful? As long as I''m happy with it, and as long as I truly want it, I''m still free. Why run away from happiness?"
Ste leaned forward and kissed Gravis deeply.
Some secondster, they parted.
Some tears stained Ste''s face as she smiled happily at him.
"I''m so happy to have met you," Ste said with a shaking voice.
For the first time in a long while, tears also appeared in Gravis'' eyes.
"I''m also so happy to have met you," he said.
The two of them only looked into each other''s teary eyes as they smiled.
They didn''t want this goodbye to be painful.
"See you soon, Gravis," Ste said.
Gravis took a deep breath through his nose.
"See you soon, honey," Gravis said.
Then, the two of them parted.
Light gathered around Ste and Liam as they floated upwards.
"Please don''t die," Ste said silently with a shaking voice. "I can''t go on without you."
Gravis'' heart was torn apart by these words, and he gritted his teeth.
However, he still forced a smile on his face.
"I won''t," Gravis said with determination. "No matter what happens, I wille back to you! You will see! I will be back in no time at all!"
More tears rolled down Ste''s face. "Then, I''ll wait for you."
"I will be there in no time at all!" Gravis shouted again.
Ste nodded as she slowly closed her eyes.
Then, Ste and Liam vanished.
And Gravis broke down.
He was alone again.
Yet, he knew that all of this was only temporary.
Soon!
He would meet Ste again very soon!
He had to!