Lightning Is the Only Way

It was difficult for Gravis to comprehend his current situation.

The things Peaceful Serenity was talking about were as far away from the truth as they could get.

Heaven wants allies?

Definitely not!

Gravis knew how Heaven Breakers got their power, and letting someone with so much Energy and power leave their Cosmos would weaken them massively!

Sure, the new Heaven Breaker might repay their previous Heaven, but that was an uncertainty. It relied fully on trust.

Was Orthar a trustful person?

Was Orthar someone that gave others a selfless present just to hope that they might repay him in the future?

Definitely not.

Orthar valued control above everything else!

Everything must be within Orthar's control at all times.

After a while of trying to grasp his current situation, Gravis realized that Peaceful Serenity's thoughts actually weren't absurd.

If one didn't know about the Primordial Chaos and Heaven Breakers, one might actually believe that Heaven wanted allies.

After all, why would Heaven allow them to reach the Heaven Realm if it didn't want them to succeed?

It would just kill them.

Of course, one might still doubt Orthar's sincerity. After all, there were also the three old foggies. They believed that they were destined to die, no matter what they did.

If someone knew all the information, one might believe Peaceful Serenity's beliefs to be ridiculous. However, if one were in the same situation, the chances were very high that they would believe the same thing.

Why?

Ambition and optimism.

If one had strived to reach their goal for their entire lives, the realization that the goal led to a dead-end would be too hard to handle.

It would invalidate their entire existence.

The Heaven's Magnates had worked harder than anyone else to reach their current spot, and that realization would hit them that much harder because of that.

They couldn't accept that, after everything they had invested, they would walk right into death.

There had to be a different reason, right?

Life couldn't be this hopeless, right?

And with no one directly telling them the truth, they were more likely to believe something that was easier to swallow.

As Gravis thought more about this, he realized how terrifyingly effective Orthar's conduct had been.

Orthar was raising valuable crops just to harvest them.

And even more, the crops happily jumped into the sickle.

Peaceful Serenity was the perfect example. She had told Gravis all of the secrets of the Cosmos.

Sadly, these secrets weren't the actual secrets.

secrets were a

a perceived

They didn't exist.

painted a beautiful picture of the outside world, filled with purpose and

was a

truth, but he couldn't.

he wouldn't allow anyone to

belonged to Orthar. They

the past, Gravis might have decided to try to make Peaceful Serenity understand regardless. After all, he didn't need to say any

now, it didn't

knew what

a bit later

well let her go

how to overcome the

lightning tribulation is the last obstacle before the Heaven Realm. Only after overcoming the lightning tribulation can you make your Cosmos

suggests, is a tribulation that involves Heaven attacking your Cosmos with lightning as you try to

parts of your Cosmos. Without

own Energy to help

really react to

Gravis' perspective, the surroundings were mired in

Serenity was like an optimistic child shortly before the enemy army raided their

It didn't matter.

It made no difference.

It changed nothing.

whatever you like," Gravis

way, Gravis felt a bit of pain and melancholy as

was

purpose was so

that

the situation, seeing someone

Gravis pitied Peaceful Serenity.

Gravis accept, she took a deep breath and nodded

voice. "I have remained in this Cosmos for far too long. It is interesting to watch life

finally leave this Cosmos and see the wider world. What else is out there? Are the previous Heaven's Magnates that managed to leave this

mind was filled with

her with a

Peaceful Serenity said. "I will show you how to overcome the lightning

Gravis only absentmindedly nodded.

Peaceful Serenity

WHOOOM!

her, but her world was different from the

nearly empty. Only in the middle of it could

This was a Cosmos.

filter. This filter protected the Cosmos against forces other than

At the moment, there was only one world inside

her Cosmos, the sky began to

shot throughout the clouds, slowly gaining

lightning

as I've thought,' Gravis thought.

with lightning, I can

This is not just lightning. This is Orthar's

realized this, a tiny ember of hope

Serenity began to expand

it. However, Peaceful Serenity had already seen that coming, and she had managed to shape it into a

the second

And the third.