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

during this time, but he couldn't read her

risk for a

put his life on

even to think about?' Gravis

my life on the

already probably

another deep

"I will share everything with you

that someone like Gravis probably

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

furrowed

I want my sister to be happy. I

a hand on

that Liam disliked Gravis immensely. However, for

was also not something easy to

felt happy. She also felt a bit guilty, but she knew that there was basically

was impossible

Liam turned

Gravis nodded.

in the highest world, which is the world above this

already a shock to

The highest world?

an

them about his life in the highest world and

other hit Stella and

was as powerful as

the more Gravis told his story, the

person that could fight the most powerful

story, Liam and Stella

Gravis really

unbelievable his story was,

it was fiction, it was still interesting to hear about

was when Gravis told them about his Elemental

shown that ability

he truly

came Gravis' tale of

to Gravis' experiences in the lower world, even

get close to

It was depressing.

more unbelievable. After all,

intend to kill Stella by

It made no sense.

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

to oneself was one of the most horrible things one

the guilt alone might kill

was Wendy's death

and going against his own will and emotions. He didn't want to

Gravis' mindset back then. He might have recovered by now, but Stella and Liam knew

had lived

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

story

that his Spirit had

was something like

It made no sense!

knew a ton of Laws, and they knew

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

Gravis' mind

Someone couldn't survive that.

they could do that,

how to combine lightning

It just wasn't possible.

against the very Laws and principles of

was the first time Stella interrupted

believe something like that," she

knew far more about the world than back

can prove it,"

"How?" Liam asked.