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

looked at Stella during this time,

take such a risk for a chance to be with

put his life on the line for

there even to think about?'

my

probably offended

took another

said. "I will share everything with

She knew that someone like Gravis probably

these secrets also with Liam

only furrowed

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

hand

knew that Liam disliked Gravis immensely. However, for her, he was willing to

also not something

she felt happy. She also felt

impossible

and Liam turned

Gravis nodded.

world,

sentence was already a shock to

The highest world?

was from an

about his life in the highest world

the other hit Stella

was as powerful as

Gravis told his

that could fight the most

Gravis told his story, Liam

really

how unbelievable his story was,

was still interesting

made them doubt Gravis' words was when Gravis told them about his

shown that

he truly have this

that came Gravis' tale

lower world, even Liam

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

he intend to kill

It made no sense.

death, they felt even

person close to oneself was one of

the guilt alone might

part was

and going against his own will and

in Gravis' mindset back then. He might have recovered by now, but Stella and

they had lived for over

had felt too many horrible feelings in too short of an amount of time. A

enough, they noticed that the Gravis in the story became colder and colder. He became cold,

that his Spirit had been adapted to

was something like

It made no sense!

a ton of Laws, and they knew

why Cultivators could adapt their Spirits to

mind with

Someone couldn't survive that.

do that, and they

how to combine lightning with a

It just wasn't possible.

against the very Laws and principles of

the first time Stella interrupted

believe something like that," she said with furrowed

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

can prove it,"

"How?" Liam asked.