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

a

They didn't exist.

a beautiful picture of the outside world, filled with

picture was

tell Peaceful Serenity the truth, but he couldn't. This was still

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

Orthar. They

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

didn't really

what was

bit later while knowing the truth didn't make a

let her go on her own

how to overcome the lightning

Heaven Realm. Only after overcoming the lightning tribulation can you make

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

parts of your Cosmos. Without them, our

lightning 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

didn't really react to anything Peaceful Serenity

surroundings were mired

an optimistic child shortly before the enemy army raided

It didn't matter.

It made no difference.

It changed nothing.

you like," Gravis

of pain and melancholy

was so

purpose was

purpose that it

knew the truth of the

Gravis pitied Peaceful Serenity.

accept, she took a deep

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

I can finally leave this Cosmos and see the wider world. What else 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 have they gone through

was filled

with a bit

Serenity said. "I will show

Gravis only absentmindedly nodded.

expression, Peaceful Serenity flew

WHOOOM!

but her world was

empty. Only in the middle of it could

This was a Cosmos.

filter. This filter

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

Peaceful Serenity summoned her Cosmos, the

throughout the clouds,

felt these lightning bolts, he released

thought.

with

is not just lightning. This is

of hope that hadn't been extinguished yet left

Serenity began to expand her

lightning attacked her Cosmos, nearly breaking it. However, Peaceful Serenity had already seen that coming, and she had managed to shape it into a form that resisted

the second

And the third.