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.

waited for some seconds as

Stella during this time, but he couldn't

a risk for

he willing to put his life

is there even to

already put my life

already probably offended

took another deep

"I will share everything

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

fact that Gravis was willing to share these secrets also with Liam showed how important she was to him, and she appreciated

only furrowed his

not tell anyone else of your secrets," Liam said. "Even if we two don't see eye-to-eye, I want my sister to be happy. I might betray your trust, but I won't

a hand

However, for her, he was willing to work together with

not something easy to

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

impossible to

Liam turned

Gravis nodded.

the highest world, which is

a shock to Stella and

The highest world?

from an

about his life in the highest world and about his

after the other hit Stella and

background was as powerful

more Gravis told his story,

that could fight the

his story, Liam and Stella became

Gravis really

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

fiction, it was still

was when Gravis told them

shown that

truly have this

that came Gravis' tale

in the lower world, even Liam felt bad for

to get close to anyone while being surrounded by

It was depressing.

After all, wasn't he intending to

kill Stella

It made no sense.

death,

person close to oneself was one of

alone might kill

surprising part was

and going against his own will and emotions. He didn't want to kill Wendy, but he

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

they had lived

chance that Gravis would suppress his emotions. He had felt too many horrible feelings in too short of an amount

sure enough, they noticed that the Gravis in the story

when Gravis told them that his Spirit had

something like that even

It made no sense!

of Laws, and they knew how a Spirit

Elements had temperaments. The only reason why Cultivators could adapt their Spirits to Energy was that Energy

Lightning would fill Gravis' mind with a

Someone couldn't survive that.

could do that, and they were Peak

how to combine

It just wasn't possible.

against the very Laws and

was the first time

can't believe something like that,"

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

prove

"How?" Liam asked.