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

looked at Stella during this time, but he couldn't read her

to take such a risk for a chance to

put his life on the

even to think about?' Gravis thought

my life on the

I already probably offended the

took another

said. "I will share everything with

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

these secrets also with Liam showed how important she was to

furrowed

eye-to-eye, I want my sister to be happy. I might betray

put a hand on Liam's

for her, he was willing

not something easy to

them were making sacrifices for Stella, and she felt happy. She also felt a bit guilty, but she

impossible to

and Liam turned to

Gravis nodded.

born in the highest world, which is the world above

sentence was already a shock to Stella and

The highest world?

an even higher

about his life in the highest world

shock after the other

as

more Gravis told his story, the less believable

could fight

his story,

really

him. No matter how unbelievable his story was, they wanted to hear the

if it was fiction, it was

made them doubt Gravis' words was when Gravis

shown

truly have

that came Gravis' tale of the lower

lower world,

close to anyone while being surrounded by

It was depressing.

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

to kill Stella

It made no sense.

about Gorn's death, they

oneself was one of

the guilt alone

next surprising part was Wendy's

had to choose between power and going against his own will and emotions.

He might have recovered by now, but Stella and Liam knew exactly how something like that could

had lived

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 experienced without being changed

story

that his Spirit had

like that

It made no sense!

both knew a ton of Laws, and they knew

why Cultivators could adapt their Spirits to Energy

fill Gravis' mind with a different

Someone couldn't survive that.

they could do that, and they

wouldn't even know how to combine lightning with

It just wasn't possible.

very Laws and principles of

first time Stella

that we can't believe something like that," she said with furrowed

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

prove

"How?" Liam asked.