Lightning Is the Only Way

Gravis' Spirit Sense encompassed the Life Ring, showing to Stella and Liam that he was currently in there.

Stella and Liam were currently just sitting in front of each other, probably talking with voice transmissions.

"We should be safe," Gravis said. "I'm just in front of the northeastern river. Whatever happens outside shouldn't include this region."

"We'll come out in a second," Stella said. Then, she looked at Liam with a knowing look and nodded.

Liam nodded back.

After that, both of them left the Life Ring and appeared in the small underground room.

This far down, the temperature and gravity were still far more powerful than on the surface, but Gravis wasn't so deep down that they couldn't resist.

It was just a bit uncomfortable for them.

Gravis sat at one side while Liam and Stella sat on the other side, side-by-side.

For some seconds, everyone only looked at each other.

Then, Stella sighed.

Gravis' heart began racing.

"Gravis," she said slowly. "I need to know everything about you."

Liam nodded on the side.

"I know that you have saved both of us, and we are immensely grateful, but there are too many unknowns about you," Stella said. "For example, you know this powerful plant, which brings up several questions about your affiliation with the beasts."

"You also have a beast body, and we don't know where you got it from."

"I know that you trust me, but I want you to also trust Liam," Stella said as she gestured to Liam. "Liam is my closest person, and I don't want to keep secrets from him."

"If you want us to stay in contact, you need to trust my brother too," Stella finished.

Gravis closed his eyes and took a deep breath.

Trusting Stella was easy, but trusting Liam?

Difficult.

Liam and Gravis weren't close, and if he told the humans Gravis' secrets, it would become very dangerous.

Maybe even people from Arc's clearing would want to target him.

After all, Gravis knew a lot about the highest world, which was the next world that every Ascender would go to.

They would want to know everything about the highest world, and they would also want to know the secrets of the highest world.

Some people might even believe that Gravis had things from the highest world with him, and that was actually the case.

Even more, they would know that Gravis could make World Weapons, which would put an even bigger target on Gravis' back.

Maybe a powerful Ascender or Ancestor of the All-Matter Sect would want to kill him.

Maybe some other Sect coveted Gravis' World Weapon to sell it.

Maybe even the beasts would become interested.

In that case, Gravis could go nowhere in this world.

Telling Liam everything would put Gravis in a lot of danger.

Sure, maybe Liam would keep everything a secret, but what if Stella accidentally died?

What then?

Would Liam still keep Gravis' secrets?

Maybe he would fault Gravis for Stella's death, and unveiling all his secrets would be the best way to take revenge.

It was risky.

some seconds

also looked at Stella during this time, but he couldn't read her

such a risk for a chance to be with

his life on

even to think about?' Gravis

already put my life on the

I already probably offended

another

will share

probably had world-shaking secrets. Otherwise,

to share these secrets also with Liam showed how important she was to

furrowed his

two don't see eye-to-eye, I want my sister to

put a hand on

that Liam disliked Gravis immensely. However, for her, he was willing to work

also not something easy

were making sacrifices for Stella, and she felt happy. She also felt a bit guilty,

was impossible

Liam turned to

Gravis nodded.

in the highest world,

sentence was already a

The highest world?

an even

told them about his life in the highest

shock after the other hit Stella and

background was as powerful as it

told his story, the less

that could fight the most powerful

told his story, Liam

really

No matter how unbelievable his story was, they wanted

it was fiction, it was still

was when Gravis told them about his Elemental

shown

truly have

that came Gravis' tale

Gravis' experiences in the lower world,

able to get close to anyone while

It was depressing.

story even more unbelievable. After all, wasn't he intending to

intend to kill Stella by being close to

It made no sense.

Gorn's death, they felt even worse

one of

alone might

part was

going against his own will

obviously left scars in Gravis' mindset back then. He might have recovered by now, but Stella and Liam knew exactly how something like that could

lived for

chance that Gravis would suppress his emotions. He had felt too many horrible feelings in too short of an amount

noticed that the Gravis in the story became

came when Gravis told them that his Spirit had been adapted to Destruction Lightning instead of

something like that

It made no sense!

knew a ton of Laws, and they knew

temperaments. The only reason why Cultivators could adapt their Spirits to Energy was that Energy was basically devoid of

Lightning would fill Gravis' mind with a

Someone couldn't survive that.

even they could do that, and they were

even know how to combine lightning with

It just wasn't possible.

was against the very Laws

first

something like that," she said with

the world than back then, and he also realized that something like this should

can prove it," Gravis

"How?" Liam asked.