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

were a

They didn't exist.

painted a beautiful picture of the outside world, filled with

that picture was

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

he wouldn't

to Orthar. They were

try to make Peaceful Serenity understand regardless. After all, he didn't need to say any specifics.

didn't

what

died now with illusions or a bit later

let her go

how to overcome the lightning tribulation?"

the last obstacle before the Heaven Realm. Only after overcoming the lightning

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 similar to

feel out the weakest parts of your Cosmos. Without

tribulation, Heaven is helping us create our own Cosmos. It is sacrificing its own Energy to help us. This is the last and most costly sacrifice Heaven

to anything Peaceful

Gravis' perspective, the surroundings were mired in grey and

Serenity was like an optimistic child shortly before the enemy army

It didn't matter.

It made no difference.

It changed nothing.

you like," Gravis said

felt a bit of pain and melancholy as he

power was so

was so

that it was

of the situation, seeing someone like this

Gravis pitied Peaceful Serenity.

accept, she took a deep breath and nodded with

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

to leave this Cosmos still alive? Will I meet them? How unimaginably powerful are the people out there? What have they

Serenity's mind was filled with

a bit of

Serenity said. "I will show you how to overcome the lightning

Gravis only absentmindedly nodded.

an excited expression, Peaceful Serenity flew far into

WHOOOM!

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

nearly empty. Only in the

This was a Cosmos.

the filter. This filter protected the Cosmos against

use to create worlds. At the moment, there was only

her Cosmos, the sky began to darken

shot throughout the clouds,

felt these lightning bolts, he released a

thought,' Gravis thought. 'How naïve I

with lightning, I

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

of hope that hadn't

began

Serenity had already seen that coming, and she

the second lightning

And the third.