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

looked at Stella during this time,

risk for a chance to be

put his life on the line for

is there even to think about?'

put my

already probably offended the

took another deep

said. "I will share everything with you

probably had world-shaking secrets.

share these secrets also with Liam

furrowed his

said. "Even if we two don't see eye-to-eye, I want my sister to

put a hand

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

was also not something easy

them were making sacrifices for Stella, and she felt happy. She also felt a bit guilty, but she knew that there was

was impossible to

Liam

Gravis nodded.

world, which is the

sentence was already a shock

The highest world?

from an

life in

after the other hit Stella

was as powerful as it

more Gravis told his story, the

fight

told his story, Liam and

really telling the

unbelievable his story was, they wanted to hear the

fiction, it was still interesting to hear

Gravis' words was when

shown that

truly have this

came Gravis' tale of the lower

lower world,

close to anyone

It was depressing.

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

intend to kill Stella by being close

It made no sense.

told them about Gorn's death, they felt even worse

oneself was one of the most horrible things

alone

surprising part was Wendy's death at Gravis'

between power and going against his own will and emotions. He didn't want to kill Wendy,

obviously left scars in Gravis' mindset back then. He might have recovered by now,

had lived

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 couldn't

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

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

like that

It made no sense!

both knew a ton of Laws, and they knew how

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

would fill Gravis' mind with a different

Someone couldn't survive that.

could do that, and they

even know how to combine

It just wasn't possible.

the very Laws and

first time

we can't believe something like that,"

the world than back then, and

prove

"How?" Liam asked.