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

a perceived

They didn't exist.

of the outside world, filled

that picture was a

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

he wouldn't allow anyone to ruin

Orthar.

After all, he didn't need to say any specifics. Maybe he could just steer her

didn't really

what

Serenity died now with illusions or a bit

let her

show me how to overcome the lightning tribulation?" Gravis

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

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

weakest parts of your Cosmos. Without

is sacrificing its own Energy to

didn't really react to

were mired in grey

was like an optimistic child shortly before the enemy army raided their

It didn't matter.

It made no difference.

It changed nothing.

like,"

Gravis felt a bit of pain and melancholy as

was so

purpose was so

was so filled with purpose that it was difficult

the truth of the situation, seeing

Gravis pitied Peaceful Serenity.

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

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

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

Serenity's mind was filled

a

Peaceful Serenity said. "I will show you how to

Gravis only absentmindedly nodded.

an excited expression, Peaceful Serenity

WHOOOM!

world appeared behind her, but her world was

empty. Only in the

This was a Cosmos.

border represented the filter. This filter protected the Cosmos against

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

Serenity summoned her Cosmos, the

throughout the

these lightning bolts, he released a

as I've thought,' Gravis thought.

with lightning,

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

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

Peaceful Serenity began to

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

the second lightning

And the third.