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

were a perceived

They didn't exist.

a beautiful picture of the outside world, filled with purpose

picture was

the truth, but he couldn't. This was still Orthar's Cosmos,

he wouldn't allow anyone to ruin

belonged to Orthar.

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

it didn't really matter

knew what

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

let her go on her

to show me how to overcome

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

the name suggests, is a tribulation that involves Heaven attacking your Cosmos with lightning as you

weakest parts of your Cosmos. Without them, our Cosmos might be

own Cosmos. It is sacrificing its own Energy to help us. This is

really react to anything Peaceful

surroundings were

optimistic child shortly before the enemy army

It didn't matter.

It made no difference.

It changed nothing.

whatever you like," Gravis said

a bit of pain and melancholy as he saw Peaceful

power was so

purpose was

filled with purpose that it was difficult

the situation, seeing

Gravis pitied Peaceful Serenity.

heard Gravis accept, she took a

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

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 in their lives to

Serenity's mind was filled with

her with a bit of pain

said. "I will show you how to overcome the

Gravis only absentmindedly nodded.

an excited expression, Peaceful Serenity

WHOOOM!

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

Only in the

This was a Cosmos.

filter. This filter protected the Cosmos against forces other

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

the sky began

black lightning bolts shot throughout the clouds, slowly

Gravis felt these lightning bolts, he

thought,' Gravis thought. 'How

am one with lightning, I can stop Heaven's lightning,

This is Orthar's lightning.

tiny ember of hope that hadn't

Serenity began to expand

Peaceful Serenity had already seen that coming,

second

And the third.