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.

for some seconds

also looked at Stella during this time, but he

Gravis willing to take such a risk

willing to put his life on the line

even to think about?' Gravis

already put my life

probably offended

another deep

said. "I will share everything with you

probably had world-shaking secrets. Otherwise,

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

only furrowed

eye-to-eye, I want my sister to be happy. I might betray your

hand

immensely. However, for her, he

was also not something

of them were making sacrifices for Stella, and she felt happy. She also felt

impossible to

Liam turned to

Gravis nodded.

highest world, which is

sentence was already a shock to

The highest world?

from an even higher

about his life in the highest world and about his

other hit Stella and

background was as powerful

the more Gravis told his

fight the most powerful

told his story, Liam and

really telling the

unbelievable his story

if it was fiction, it was

them doubt Gravis' words was when

shown that ability

he truly have this

that came Gravis' tale of the

the lower

to anyone while

It was depressing.

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

intend to kill Stella by being close

It made no sense.

them about Gorn's death, they felt even

close to oneself was one of the most horrible things one could

the guilt alone might

next surprising part was

had to choose between power and going against his own will and emotions.

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

lived for over

there 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 get through these experienced

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

told them that his Spirit had been adapted

like that even

It made no sense!

both knew a ton of Laws, and

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

mind with a different

Someone couldn't survive that.

that, and they

know how to combine lightning with

It just wasn't possible.

Laws

the first

believe something like that," she

said. By now, he also knew far more about the world than back then, and he also realized that something like this should

prove it," Gravis

"How?" Liam asked.