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

Stella during this time, but he couldn't

a risk for a

put his life on the line for

to

I already put my

probably offended the entire

another

"I will share everything with you

expression relaxed. She knew that someone like Gravis probably had world-shaking secrets. Otherwise, his Battle-Strength wouldn't be

fact that Gravis was willing to share these secrets also with Liam showed

furrowed his

two don't see eye-to-eye, I want my sister to be happy. I might

a hand on Liam's

disliked Gravis immensely. However, for

also not something

felt happy. She also felt

impossible to

Liam

Gravis nodded.

in the highest world, which is

a shock to

The highest world?

an even

about his life in the

after the other hit

was as

the more Gravis told his story, the less believable it

could fight

his story, Liam and Stella

Gravis really telling the

matter how unbelievable his story

was fiction, it was still interesting to

that made them doubt Gravis' words was when

hadn't shown

he truly have

came Gravis' tale of

to Gravis' experiences in the lower world, even

being able to get close to

It was depressing.

After

intend to kill Stella by being close to

It made no sense.

Gorn's death, they felt even

close to oneself was one

guilt alone

surprising part was

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

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

all, they had lived for over 100,000

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

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

Gravis told them that his Spirit had been adapted to Destruction Lightning

was something like

It made no sense!

both knew a ton of Laws, and they knew

only reason why Cultivators could adapt their Spirits to Energy

mind with a different temperament

Someone couldn't survive that.

that, and they were Peak Immortal

know how to

It just wasn't possible.

Laws and principles

the first time Stella

believe something like that," she said with furrowed

world than back then, and he also realized that something like this should

prove it,"

"How?" Liam asked.