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.

waited for some seconds

looked at Stella during this time,

Gravis willing to take such a risk for a

he willing to put his life on

even to think about?'

already put my

probably offended

took another deep

Gravis said. "I will share everything with

She knew that someone like Gravis probably had world-shaking secrets.

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

furrowed

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

hand on Liam's

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

was also not something easy

she felt happy. She also felt a bit guilty, but she

impossible to like

and Liam turned to

Gravis nodded.

born in the highest world, which is the world above

a

The highest world?

from an even

about his life in the highest world and about his

other hit Stella

as

the more Gravis told his

that could fight the most

told his story, Liam

really telling

No matter how unbelievable his story

fiction, it was still interesting

them doubt Gravis' words was when Gravis

shown

he truly

tale

the lower world, even Liam felt

able to get close to anyone

It was depressing.

also made Gravis' story even more unbelievable. After all, wasn't

did he intend to kill

It made no sense.

them about Gorn's death,

oneself was one of the most horrible things one

guilt alone might

was

will and emotions.

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

had lived for

was a high chance that Gravis would suppress his emotions. He had felt too many horrible feelings in too short of an amount of time. A teenager

enough, they noticed that the Gravis in the story became colder and colder.

when Gravis told them that his Spirit had been adapted to

was something like that even

It made no sense!

a ton of Laws, and they

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

fill Gravis' mind with a different temperament and

Someone couldn't survive that.

even they could do that, and they were

wouldn't even know how to combine lightning with

It just wasn't possible.

Laws and principles of the

was the first

that we can't believe something like that," she said with furrowed

he also knew far more about the world than back then, and he also realized that something

prove it," Gravis

"How?" Liam asked.