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

a

They didn't exist.

painted a beautiful picture of the outside world,

that picture was

Peaceful Serenity the truth, but he couldn't.

crops, and he wouldn't allow

Orthar. They were

the past, Gravis might 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

now, it didn't really

knew what was

illusions or a bit later while knowing

well let her go

how to overcome the lightning tribulation?" Gravis

Heaven Realm. Only after overcoming the lightning tribulation can

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

you to feel out the weakest parts of your Cosmos. Without them, our

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

didn't really react to

Gravis' perspective, the surroundings were mired in

like an optimistic child shortly before the enemy army

It didn't matter.

It made no difference.

It changed nothing.

whatever you like,"

way, Gravis felt a bit of pain and melancholy

was

purpose was

so filled with purpose that

the truth of the situation, seeing someone like

Gravis pitied Peaceful Serenity.

Serenity heard Gravis accept, she took

good day," she said with a bright voice. "I have remained in this Cosmos for far too long. It is interesting to

can 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 Cosmos still alive? Will I meet them? How unimaginably powerful are the people out there? What have they gone through

Serenity's mind was filled with

a bit of pain in his

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

Gravis only absentmindedly nodded.

an excited expression, Peaceful Serenity flew far

WHOOOM!

world was

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

This was a Cosmos.

represented the filter. This filter protected the Cosmos against forces

inside the sphere represented space that 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

summoned her Cosmos, the sky began

bolts shot throughout the

lightning bolts, he released

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

with lightning, I can stop Heaven's

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

of hope that hadn't

Peaceful Serenity began to expand her

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

second

And the third.