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 as

during this time, but he couldn't read

risk

he willing to put his life on the line for

there even to think about?' Gravis

put my

already probably

another

will share

like Gravis probably had

with Liam showed how

only furrowed his

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

put a hand on Liam's

knew that Liam disliked Gravis immensely. However, for her, he was willing to work together

also not something easy to

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

was impossible

and Liam turned

Gravis nodded.

was born in the highest world, which is the

was already a shock to Stella and

The highest world?

was from an even

them about his life in the highest world and about

after the other hit

background was as powerful as

told his story, the less

could fight the

story, Liam and

Gravis really telling the

they didn't interrupt him. No matter how unbelievable his story was, they wanted to hear the entire

if it was fiction, it was still

that made them doubt Gravis' words was when

hadn't shown that

truly

tale of

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

close to

It was depressing.

unbelievable. After all,

he intend to kill Stella by being close to

It made no sense.

Gravis told them about Gorn's death, they

was one of the most

the guilt alone

surprising part was Wendy's

will and emotions. He didn't want to kill Wendy, but he

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

had lived for over

many horrible feelings in too short of an amount of time. A teenager couldn't get through these experienced without being

the Gravis in the story became colder and colder.

told them that his Spirit had

something like

It made no sense!

Laws, and they knew how a

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

mind with a different temperament and

Someone couldn't survive that.

do that, and

even know how to

It just wasn't possible.

very Laws and principles of

first time Stella interrupted

something like that," she said

world than back

can prove it," Gravis

"How?" Liam asked.