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

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

willing to take such a risk for a chance to be

to put his

to think

my life on the

I already probably

another

will share everything with

Gravis probably had world-shaking secrets.

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

furrowed his

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

hand on

However, for her,

was also not something easy to

making sacrifices for Stella, and she felt happy. She also felt a bit

was impossible to like

and Liam turned

Gravis nodded.

world, which is the world above this

first sentence was already a

The highest world?

from an

them about his life in the

shock after the other hit Stella and

as powerful

more Gravis told his story, the less believable

person that could fight the most powerful

told his story, Liam and Stella

Gravis really telling the

his story

it was still interesting to

was when Gravis told them about

hadn't shown that ability

he truly

that came Gravis' tale of the lower

the lower

able to get close to anyone while being surrounded by good

It was depressing.

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

kill Stella by being close to

It made no sense.

death, they felt even worse for

oneself was one of the most horrible things one could

alone might

next surprising part was Wendy's death

will

intense conflict that obviously left scars in Gravis' mindset back then. He might have

lived for over

that Gravis would suppress his emotions. He had felt too many horrible feelings

the story became colder and colder. He

when Gravis told them that his Spirit had

was something like

It made no sense!

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

Cultivators could adapt their Spirits to Energy was that Energy was basically devoid of any

fill Gravis' mind with a different

Someone couldn't survive that.

that, and they were

know how to combine lightning with

It just wasn't possible.

very Laws and principles of the

the first time Stella

should know that we can't believe something like

Gravis said. By now, he also knew far more about the world than

prove it," Gravis

"How?" Liam asked.