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

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

willing to take such a risk for a chance to

he willing to put his life on the

to think about?' Gravis

already put my life on

already probably offended

another deep

Gravis said. "I will share

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

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

furrowed his

we two don't see eye-to-eye, I want my sister to be happy. I might

put a hand on

immensely. However, for her, he was willing to

not

happy. She also felt a bit guilty, but she knew that there was basically

impossible to like

Liam

Gravis nodded.

the highest world,

sentence was already a shock to Stella and

The highest world?

an even higher

told them about his life in the highest world and about his

other hit

as powerful

Gravis told his story,

fight the most powerful

his story, Liam and Stella became

Gravis really

his story

it was still interesting to hear about

doubt Gravis' words was

shown that ability

truly

that came Gravis' tale of

in the lower

to get close to anyone while being surrounded by good

It was depressing.

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

intend to kill Stella by being

It made no sense.

Gorn's death, they felt even worse for

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

alone might kill

surprising part was

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

have recovered by

all, they had lived

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 get through these

story became colder and colder. He became cold,

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

something like

It made no sense!

Laws,

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

mind with a different temperament and

Someone couldn't survive that.

even they could do that, and they

know how to

It just wasn't possible.

the very Laws and principles of the

first time Stella

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

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

prove

"How?" Liam asked.