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,

that picture was a picture of

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

he wouldn't allow anyone to

to Orthar.

have decided to try to make Peaceful Serenity understand regardless. After all, he didn't need

it didn't really

knew what

died now with illusions or a bit later while knowing the truth didn't make

her go on her

show me how to overcome

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

lightning tribulation, as the name suggests, is a tribulation that involves Heaven attacking your Cosmos with lightning as you try to create it. This might sound like an attack, but it is

parts of your Cosmos. Without them, our Cosmos might be born in an

It is sacrificing its own Energy to help us. This is the last and most

to

perspective, the surroundings were mired in grey

an optimistic child shortly before the

It didn't matter.

It made no difference.

It changed nothing.

you like," Gravis

a way, Gravis felt a bit of pain and melancholy as he saw Peaceful

was

was

purpose that it was difficult to

the

Gravis pitied Peaceful Serenity.

took a deep breath

have remained in this Cosmos for far too long. It is interesting to watch life go on,

previous Heaven's Magnates that managed to leave this Cosmos still alive? Will I meet them? How unimaginably powerful

Serenity's mind was

with a bit of pain

closely, Gravis," Peaceful Serenity said. "I will show you how

Gravis only absentmindedly nodded.

excited expression, Peaceful Serenity flew

WHOOOM!

was

was nearly empty. Only in the middle of it could

This was a Cosmos.

border represented the filter. This filter protected the

one could use to create worlds. At the moment, there was only one world inside Peaceful Serenity's Cosmos. Later, all of the empty space would be filled with different

her Cosmos, the sky began

black lightning bolts shot throughout the clouds, slowly gaining

Gravis felt these lightning bolts, he released a

I've thought,' Gravis thought. 'How naïve I

as I am one with lightning, I

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

tiny ember of hope that hadn't been

Serenity began to expand

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

second lightning bolt

And the third.