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

were a perceived

They didn't exist.

of the outside

that picture was

wanted to tell Peaceful Serenity the truth, but he couldn't. This was still Orthar's Cosmos,

were Orthar's crops, and he wouldn't allow anyone

Orthar. They

Peaceful Serenity understand regardless. After all, he

it didn't really matter

what was

died now with illusions or a bit later while knowing the truth

her

to show me how to overcome the lightning tribulation?"

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

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 actually very

of your Cosmos. Without them, our

own Energy to help us. This is the last and

react to anything Peaceful

perspective, the surroundings were mired in

like an optimistic child shortly before the enemy army raided their

It didn't matter.

It made no difference.

It changed nothing.

whatever you like,"

a way, Gravis felt a bit of pain and

was

was

purpose that

of the situation, seeing someone like this only felt

Gravis pitied Peaceful Serenity.

she took a deep breath and

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

Are the previous Heaven's Magnates that managed to leave this

mind was filled

only silently watched her with a

Serenity said. "I will

Gravis only absentmindedly nodded.

Serenity flew far into the

WHOOOM!

world was different from the worlds of the other

which was nearly empty. Only in the middle of it could one see the

This was a Cosmos.

represented the filter. This filter protected the Cosmos

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

Peaceful Serenity summoned her Cosmos, the sky began to

black lightning bolts shot throughout

Gravis felt these lightning bolts, he released

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

as I am one with lightning, I can

This is not just lightning. This is Orthar's lightning.

Gravis realized this, a tiny ember of hope that

began

Serenity had already seen that coming,

second lightning

And the third.