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.

were

a

They didn't exist.

beautiful picture of the outside world, filled

was

he couldn't. This

he wouldn't

belonged to Orthar.

have decided to try to make Peaceful Serenity understand regardless. After all, he didn't need to say any specifics. Maybe he could just steer her mind in the

it didn't really

what

died now with illusions or a bit later

as well let her go on

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

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

with lightning as you try to create it. This might sound like an attack, but it is actually very similar to

weakest parts of your

its own Energy to help us. This is the last

react to

were mired in

was like an optimistic child shortly before the enemy army raided

It didn't matter.

It made no difference.

It changed nothing.

whatever you like," Gravis

of

power was

purpose was so

with purpose that it was difficult to dislike

of the situation, seeing someone like this only felt

Gravis pitied Peaceful Serenity.

Peaceful Serenity heard Gravis accept, she took a deep breath and nodded with

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

world. What else is out there? Are the previous Heaven's Magnates that managed to leave this Cosmos still alive? Will I meet them? How unimaginably powerful are the people out there? What have they gone through in their lives to reach

Serenity's mind was

watched her with a bit of

will

Gravis only absentmindedly nodded.

Serenity flew far

WHOOOM!

world was different from the worlds

sphere, which was nearly empty. Only in the middle of it

This was a Cosmos.

filter. This filter protected the Cosmos against

worlds. At the moment, there was only one world inside Peaceful Serenity's Cosmos. Later, all

the sky began to darken with

throughout

felt these lightning bolts,

thought. 'How naïve I

with

This is Orthar's lightning. I can't control

Gravis realized this, a tiny ember of hope that hadn't been extinguished yet left

Peaceful Serenity began to expand her

Cosmos, nearly breaking it. However, Peaceful Serenity had already seen that coming, and she had managed to

second lightning bolt

And the third.