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 as he

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

willing to take such a risk for a chance to be with

put his

to

already put my life on

probably

took another

will share

She knew that someone like Gravis probably had world-shaking

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

only furrowed his

will not tell anyone else of your secrets," Liam said. "Even if we two don't see eye-to-eye, I want my sister to be happy. I might betray your trust, but I won't betray my

put a hand on Liam's

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

also not something easy

felt happy. She also felt a bit guilty, but she knew that there was basically no other

was impossible to

and Liam turned

Gravis nodded.

highest world, which is the world above

already a

The highest world?

from an

told them about his life in

after the other

background was as powerful as it

his story, the

fight the most powerful

Gravis told his story,

Gravis really

unbelievable his story was,

if it was fiction, it was still

thing that made them doubt Gravis' words was

shown that

truly have

tale

experiences in the lower world, even

get close to anyone while being surrounded by good

It was depressing.

After all, wasn't he intending to come

he intend to kill Stella by

It made no sense.

them about Gorn's death,

to oneself was one of the most horrible things one

guilt alone

part was Wendy's death at Gravis'

between power and going against his own will and emotions.

an intense conflict that obviously left scars in Gravis' mindset back then. He might have recovered by now, but Stella and Liam knew exactly

had lived for

too many horrible feelings in too short of an amount of time. A teenager couldn't get through these experienced without being changed

in the story

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

was something like that

It made no sense!

ton of Laws, and they

the Elements had temperaments. The only reason why Cultivators could adapt their Spirits to

Gravis' mind with

Someone couldn't survive that.

they could do that, and they were

wouldn't even know how to combine

It just wasn't possible.

very Laws and

the first

can't believe something like that,"

Gravis said. By now, he also knew far more about the world than back then, and he also realized

prove

"How?" Liam asked.