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 seconds as he

this

Gravis willing to take such a risk for a chance

willing to put his life on the

there even to think about?' Gravis thought

my life on the

already probably offended

another deep

Gravis said. "I will share everything with

that someone like Gravis probably had world-shaking

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

furrowed

your secrets," Liam said. "Even if we two don't see eye-to-eye, I want my sister to be happy.

hand

immensely. However, for her,

also not something easy

she felt happy. She also felt a bit

impossible to like

Liam turned to

Gravis nodded.

born in the highest world, which is the world above

sentence was already a shock to Stella

The highest world?

was from an

about his life in the highest world

shock after the other hit Stella and

as

more Gravis told his story, the less believable it

person that could fight the most

told his story, Liam and Stella

Gravis really

No matter how unbelievable his story was, they

if it was fiction, it was still interesting to

made them doubt Gravis' words was when

shown that ability

he truly have

came Gravis' tale

in the lower world, even

get close to anyone while

It was depressing.

Gravis' story even more unbelievable. After all, wasn't

to kill Stella by

It made no sense.

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

person close to oneself was one of the

alone might kill

was Wendy's

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

back then. He might have recovered

all, they had lived

his emotions. He had felt too many horrible

the Gravis in the story became

told them that his Spirit had

was something like that

It made no sense!

of Laws, and they knew how a Spirit

temperaments. The only reason why Cultivators could adapt their Spirits to Energy

mind with a

Someone couldn't survive that.

could do that, and they were Peak Immortal

even know how to combine lightning with

It just wasn't possible.

against the very Laws and principles of

first time Stella

we can't believe something like that,"

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

prove it," Gravis

"How?" Liam asked.