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.

picture of the outside world, filled

that picture was a

the truth, but he couldn't. This was

crops, and he wouldn't allow anyone to

belonged to Orthar.

Serenity understand regardless. After all, he didn't need to

now, it didn't really

what was

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

her go on her own

me how to overcome the lightning tribulation?" Gravis asked

the Heaven Realm. Only after overcoming the

that involves Heaven attacking your Cosmos with lightning as you try to create it. This might sound like an attack, but it

out the weakest parts of your Cosmos. Without them, our Cosmos might be born in

own Cosmos. It is sacrificing its own Energy to help us. This is the last and most costly sacrifice Heaven can give for its

really react to

surroundings were mired in grey

child shortly before the enemy army

It didn't matter.

It made no difference.

It changed nothing.

whatever you like,"

Gravis felt a bit of pain

power was

was so

so filled with purpose that it was difficult to dislike

the situation, seeing someone

Gravis pitied Peaceful Serenity.

she took a deep

far too long.

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

was filled with

watched her with a

Peaceful Serenity said. "I will show you

Gravis only absentmindedly nodded.

Serenity flew far into the

WHOOOM!

appeared behind her, but her world was different from the worlds of

which was nearly empty. Only in the

This was a Cosmos.

represented the filter. This filter

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

summoned her Cosmos, the sky began to darken with

bolts shot throughout the clouds, slowly gaining

these lightning bolts, he released a

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

one with lightning, I can stop Heaven's

is not just lightning. This is

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

Serenity began

Peaceful Serenity had already seen that coming, and she had managed

second lightning

And the third.