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

were a perceived

They didn't exist.

of the outside world, filled with

picture was

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

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

belonged to Orthar.

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

it didn't

what was

now with illusions or a bit later

as well let her go

want to show me how to overcome the

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

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

lightning strikes allow you to feel out the weakest parts of your Cosmos. Without them, our Cosmos

sacrificing its own Energy to help us. This

didn't really react to

the surroundings were mired in grey

Serenity was 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," Gravis

a bit of pain

power was so

was so

so filled with purpose that it

knew the truth of the situation, seeing someone like this only

Gravis pitied Peaceful Serenity.

Peaceful Serenity heard Gravis accept, she took a

with a bright voice. "I have remained in this Cosmos for far too long. It

managed to leave this Cosmos still

Serenity's mind was

only silently watched her with a

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

Gravis only absentmindedly nodded.

expression, Peaceful Serenity flew far

WHOOOM!

her world was different from the worlds of the other Heaven's

a black sphere, which was nearly empty. Only in the middle of it could

This was a Cosmos.

This filter protected the Cosmos against

At the moment, there was only one world inside Peaceful Serenity's Cosmos. Later, all of the empty space would be filled

Peaceful Serenity summoned her Cosmos, the

throughout the clouds, slowly

these lightning bolts,

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

one with lightning, I can stop

This is Orthar's lightning. I can't

ember of hope that hadn't been

Peaceful Serenity began to

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

the second lightning

And the third.