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

They didn't exist.

a beautiful picture of the outside world,

was a picture

Serenity the truth, but he couldn't. This was still

he wouldn't allow

to Orthar.

Peaceful Serenity understand regardless. After all, he didn't need to say any specifics. Maybe he could just steer

now, it didn't really

knew what was

a bit later while knowing the truth didn't make

her go on her

to show me how to overcome the

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

lightning as you try to create

strikes allow you to feel out the weakest parts of your Cosmos.

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

really react to

the surroundings were mired

was like an optimistic child shortly before

It didn't matter.

It made no difference.

It changed nothing.

whatever you like," Gravis said

bit of pain and melancholy as

was so

purpose was

was so filled with purpose that

when one knew the truth of the situation, seeing someone like this only

Gravis pitied Peaceful Serenity.

Peaceful Serenity heard Gravis accept, she took a

she said with a bright voice. "I have remained in this Cosmos for far too

the wider world. What else is out there? Are the previous Heaven's Magnates that managed to leave this Cosmos still alive? Will I meet

Serenity's mind was filled with

silently watched her with a bit of pain in

Peaceful Serenity said. "I will

Gravis only absentmindedly nodded.

excited expression, Peaceful Serenity flew far into

WHOOOM!

world was different

a black sphere, which was nearly empty. Only in the middle of it could one see the

This was a Cosmos.

spherical border represented the filter. This filter protected

inside the sphere represented space that one could use to create worlds. At the moment, there was only one world inside Peaceful

the sky began to darken with

black lightning bolts shot throughout the clouds, slowly gaining

these lightning bolts, he

thought,' Gravis thought.

with lightning, I can

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

ember of hope

Serenity began to

Serenity had already seen that coming, and she had managed to shape it into a form that

the second lightning bolt

And the third.