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

at Stella during this time, but he couldn't read her

take such a risk for a chance

his life on the line for

even to

my life on

already probably offended the entire

another

Gravis said. "I will share everything with

knew that someone like Gravis probably

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

only furrowed his

we two don't see eye-to-eye, I want my sister to be happy. I might betray your trust, but I won't betray my sister's

put a hand on

Gravis immensely. However, for her, he

was also not something

sacrifices for Stella, and she felt happy. She also felt a bit guilty, but she knew that

impossible to like

and Liam turned to

Gravis nodded.

born in the highest world,

already a shock to Stella and

The highest world?

was from an even higher

his life in the

shock after the other hit Stella and

as powerful

his story, the less believable

could fight the most

told his story, Liam and Stella became

Gravis really telling

they didn't interrupt him. No matter how unbelievable his story was,

fiction, it was still

thing that made them doubt Gravis' words was when Gravis told them

shown that ability

truly have

came Gravis' tale of the lower

listening to Gravis' experiences in the lower world, even Liam felt bad for

being able to get close to anyone

It was depressing.

unbelievable. After all,

intend to kill Stella by being close

It made no sense.

Gravis told them about Gorn's death, they felt

killing the only person close to oneself was one of the most horrible

alone

surprising part was Wendy's death

choose between power and going against his own will and emotions. He didn't want

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

all, they had lived for

felt too many horrible feelings in too short of an amount of time. A teenager

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

surprise came when Gravis told them that his

like that

It made no sense!

ton of Laws, and they knew how a

Cultivators could adapt their Spirits to Energy was

mind with a different

Someone couldn't survive that.

even they could do that, and they were Peak

even know how to combine lightning with a

It just wasn't possible.

the very Laws and principles of

the first time Stella interrupted

can't believe something

about the world than back then, and he

prove it,"

"How?" Liam asked.