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 perceived

They didn't exist.

painted a beautiful picture of the

that picture was a picture of

Serenity the truth, but he couldn't. This was still Orthar's Cosmos, and Orthar

he wouldn't allow anyone to ruin

to Orthar.

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

now, it didn't

what was

a bit later while knowing

as well let her go on her own

show me how to overcome the lightning tribulation?" Gravis asked

before the Heaven Realm. Only after overcoming

involves Heaven attacking your Cosmos with lightning as you try to create it. This might

out the weakest parts of your Cosmos. Without them,

It is sacrificing its own Energy to help us. This is the last and most costly sacrifice Heaven can give for its children," Peaceful Serenity

really react to anything

perspective, the surroundings were

was like an optimistic child shortly before the enemy

It didn't matter.

It made no difference.

It changed nothing.

you like,"

of pain and

power was

was

that it was

one knew the truth of the situation, seeing someone

Gravis pitied Peaceful Serenity.

Peaceful Serenity heard Gravis accept, she took a

"I have remained in this Cosmos for far

else is out there? Are the previous Heaven's Magnates that managed to leave this Cosmos still alive? Will I meet them? How unimaginably

Serenity's mind was

a bit of pain in his

Gravis," Peaceful Serenity said. "I will show

Gravis only absentmindedly nodded.

excited expression, Peaceful Serenity

WHOOOM!

was

sphere, which was nearly empty. Only in

This was a Cosmos.

border represented the filter. This filter protected the Cosmos against forces

could use to create worlds. At the moment, there was only one world inside Peaceful Serenity's

Cosmos, the sky

lightning bolts shot throughout the clouds,

lightning bolts, he released

thought,' Gravis thought.

one with lightning, I can stop Heaven's

not just lightning. This is Orthar's lightning. I

realized this, a tiny ember of hope

Peaceful Serenity began

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

second lightning

And the third.