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

during this time, but he couldn't read her

willing to take such a risk for a chance to be with

he willing to put his life

is there even to think about?'

my life

probably

another

"I will share everything with you

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

Gravis was willing to share these secrets also with Liam showed

only furrowed his

secrets," Liam said. "Even if we two don't see eye-to-eye, I want my sister to be happy. I

a hand on Liam's

immensely. However, for her, he was willing

not something easy to

also felt a bit guilty, but she knew that there

impossible

and Liam

Gravis nodded.

the highest world,

was already a shock to Stella and

The highest world?

an even

in the highest world and

after the other

background was as powerful as

the more Gravis told his story, the less

that could fight

his story, Liam and Stella

really telling the

No matter how unbelievable his story was, they

it was still interesting to

was when Gravis told them about

shown that

he truly have this

that came Gravis' tale of the

in the lower world, even

get close to anyone while being surrounded by good

It was depressing.

even more unbelievable. After all, wasn't he intending

to kill Stella

It made no sense.

them about Gorn's death, they

close to oneself was one of the most horrible things one could go

guilt alone

part was Wendy's death

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

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

had lived for over 100,000

felt too many horrible feelings in too short of an amount of time. A teenager couldn't get through these experienced

noticed that the Gravis in the story became

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

like that

It made no sense!

a ton of Laws, and they knew how

had temperaments. The only reason why Cultivators could adapt their Spirits to

Gravis' mind with

Someone couldn't survive that.

do that, and they were

know how to combine

It just wasn't possible.

the very Laws and principles

first

we can't believe something like that,"

also knew far more about the world than back then,

can prove

"How?" Liam asked.