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 he

looked at Stella during this time, but he

to take such a risk for a chance

to put his life on the

there even to think

put my life on

probably offended the entire

took another deep

will share everything with you

knew that someone like Gravis probably had world-shaking secrets. Otherwise, his

with Liam showed how important she was to

only furrowed his

tell anyone else of your secrets," Liam said. "Even if we two don't see eye-to-eye, I want my sister

put a hand

immensely. However, for her, he

not something easy to

sacrifices for Stella, and she felt happy. She also

was impossible

Liam turned

Gravis nodded.

highest world, which is

was already a

The highest world?

from an even higher

life in the highest world

after the other

background was as powerful

told his story, the less believable it

that could fight the

his story, Liam

Gravis really

matter how unbelievable his story was,

fiction, it was still interesting

doubt Gravis' words was when Gravis told them about

hadn't shown

he truly have

tale of the lower

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

being able to get close to anyone while being surrounded

It was depressing.

unbelievable. After all, wasn't he intending to come close

he intend to kill Stella by being

It made no sense.

them about Gorn's death, they felt even worse for

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

the guilt alone

part was Wendy's death at Gravis'

own will

back then. He might have recovered by now, but Stella and Liam knew exactly how something like

they had lived for

his emotions. He had 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. He became

surprise came when Gravis told them that his Spirit had been adapted to

like

It made no sense!

both knew a ton of Laws, and they knew how a

why Cultivators could adapt their Spirits to

mind with a different

Someone couldn't survive that.

even they could do that, and they

know how to combine lightning with

It just wasn't possible.

Laws

was the first time

should know that we can't believe something like that,"

By now, he also knew far more about the world than back then, and he also realized that something like this should

prove it,"

"How?" Liam asked.