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

also looked at Stella during this time, but

to take such a risk

his

there even to

I already put my life on the

I already probably offended the

took another deep

Gravis said. "I will share everything

She knew that someone like Gravis probably had

that Gravis was willing to share these secrets also with Liam showed how

only furrowed his

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

hand

knew that Liam disliked Gravis immensely. However, for her, he

not something easy

also

was impossible to

and Liam turned

Gravis nodded.

the highest world,

was already a shock

The highest world?

an

them about his life in

after the other

was as powerful as

Gravis told his story,

person that could fight the most powerful

told his story, Liam and Stella became

Gravis really

matter how unbelievable his story was, they wanted to

was fiction, it was still

words was when Gravis told them about

shown

truly have this

tale of

listening to Gravis' experiences in the lower world,

to anyone while

It was depressing.

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

intend to kill Stella by

It made no sense.

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

killing the only person close to oneself was one of the

guilt alone might

surprising part was Wendy's death at

against his own will and emotions. He didn't

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

had lived for

that Gravis would suppress his emotions. He had felt too many horrible feelings in too short of an amount of time. A teenager couldn't

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

told them that his Spirit had been adapted

was something like

It made no sense!

knew a ton of Laws, and they knew how a

knew that the Elements 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

Lightning would fill Gravis' mind with a different

Someone couldn't survive that.

that, and they were

to combine lightning

It just wasn't possible.

Laws

the first

something like

he also knew far more about the world than back then, and he also realized that something

can prove

"How?" Liam asked.