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

at Stella during this

Gravis willing to take such a risk for a chance

to put his life

even to think

my life on

I already probably

another

said. "I will share everything

like Gravis probably had world-shaking secrets. Otherwise, his Battle-Strength wouldn't be so

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

furrowed

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

a hand on Liam's

Liam disliked Gravis immensely. However, for her, he was willing

not something easy

and she felt happy. She also felt a bit

was impossible to like

and Liam turned

Gravis nodded.

world, which

first sentence was already a shock to Stella and

The highest world?

was from an

told them about his life in the highest world and about his

other hit Stella

background was as

his story, the less believable

person that could fight

Gravis told his story, Liam and

Gravis really telling the

unbelievable his story was, they wanted to hear

fiction, it was still interesting to hear

them doubt Gravis' words was when Gravis told them about his

shown that ability

he truly

Gravis' tale of the

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

to get close to anyone while being

It was depressing.

also made Gravis' story even more unbelievable. After all, wasn't he intending to come

he intend to kill Stella

It made no sense.

told them about Gorn's death, they felt even

person close to oneself was one of the most horrible things one

guilt alone might kill

next surprising part was Wendy's death

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

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

lived for over 100,000

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 through these

the story became colder and colder. He became cold, bitter, cynical, and

the biggest surprise came when Gravis told them that his Spirit had been adapted to Destruction Lightning

was something like that

It made no sense!

of Laws, and they knew how a Spirit

had temperaments. The only reason why Cultivators could adapt their Spirits to Energy was that Energy was basically devoid of any temperament. It adapted to

Gravis' mind with a

Someone couldn't survive that.

even they could do that, and they

wouldn't even know how to combine lightning

It just wasn't possible.

Laws and principles

the first

something like

the world than back then, and he

prove it,"

"How?" Liam asked.