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,

a risk

put his life on the line

there even to

put my life

already probably offended the entire

took another deep

"I will share everything with

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

to share these secrets also with Liam showed how important she was to him,

only furrowed

we two don't see eye-to-eye, I want my

hand on Liam's

immensely. However, for her, he was willing to work together

not something easy to

She also felt a bit guilty, but she knew that there was basically no

was impossible to

and Liam turned to

Gravis nodded.

world, which is the

was already a shock to Stella and

The highest world?

from an even

them about his life in the highest world

the other hit

as powerful as

Gravis told his story, the less believable it

fight the most

his story, Liam

really telling

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

if it was fiction, it was still interesting to

was when

hadn't shown that

he truly have

Gravis' tale

experiences in the lower world, even Liam

able to get close to anyone while being surrounded by good

It was depressing.

even more unbelievable. After all, wasn't

to kill

It made no sense.

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

person close to oneself was one of the most

the guilt alone

was Wendy's death

to choose between power and going against his own will and emotions. He didn't want to kill

back then. He might have recovered by now, but

they had lived for over

too many horrible feelings in too short of

they noticed that the Gravis in the story became

that his Spirit had been adapted to Destruction Lightning instead

something like that

It made no sense!

a ton of Laws,

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

Lightning would fill Gravis' mind with

Someone couldn't survive that.

do that, and

how to combine

It just wasn't possible.

was against the very Laws and principles of

the first

something like

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

prove

"How?" Liam asked.