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.

some seconds

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

to take such a risk for a chance to

willing to put his life on

to think about?'

put my life on the

probably offended

another

will share everything with you

someone like Gravis probably had world-shaking secrets. Otherwise, his

that Gravis was willing to share these secrets also with Liam showed how

only furrowed

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

put a hand

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

was also not something easy

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

impossible to like

and Liam turned to

Gravis nodded.

born in the highest world,

sentence was already a shock

The highest world?

from an even higher

in the

other

background was as powerful

his story, the less believable it

could fight the most

his story, Liam and Stella became

really telling the

matter how unbelievable his

it was fiction, it was still interesting to hear about

thing that made them doubt Gravis' words was when Gravis told them

hadn't shown

he truly have this

Gravis' tale

the lower world, even Liam felt bad for

to anyone while being surrounded

It was depressing.

made Gravis' story even more unbelievable. After all, wasn't he

did he intend to kill Stella by being

It made no sense.

them about Gorn's death, they felt even

person close to oneself was one of the

alone might

was Wendy's death at Gravis'

against his own will and

Gravis' mindset back then. He might have recovered by now, but Stella and Liam knew exactly how

they had lived for over

emotions. He had felt too many horrible feelings in too short of an amount of

in the story became colder and colder. He became cold, bitter, cynical,

surprise came when Gravis told them that his Spirit

something like that even

It made no sense!

of Laws, and they knew how a

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

mind with a

Someone couldn't survive that.

do that, and

even know how to

It just wasn't possible.

against the very Laws and

the first

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

far more about the world than back then, and

can prove it,"

"How?" Liam asked.