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 perceived

They didn't exist.

a beautiful picture of the outside world, filled

that picture was a picture

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

Orthar's crops, and he wouldn't allow

to Orthar. They were

have decided to try to make Peaceful Serenity understand regardless. After all, he didn't need to say any specifics. Maybe he could just steer her mind in

didn't

what was

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

let her go on her own

show me how to overcome the lightning tribulation?" Gravis

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

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

weakest parts of your Cosmos. Without them, our Cosmos might be born in an incomplete

us create our own Cosmos. It is sacrificing its own Energy to help us. This is the last and most costly sacrifice Heaven can give for its children," Peaceful

really react to

the surroundings were mired in grey and

child shortly before the enemy army raided

It didn't matter.

It made no difference.

It changed nothing.

like,"

way, Gravis felt a bit of pain and

power was so

purpose was so

filled with purpose that it

of the situation, seeing

Gravis pitied Peaceful Serenity.

accept, she took a deep breath and nodded

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

else is out there? Are the previous Heaven's Magnates that managed to leave this Cosmos still alive? Will I meet

Serenity's mind was filled

a bit of pain

closely, Gravis," Peaceful Serenity said. "I will show you how

Gravis only absentmindedly nodded.

Peaceful Serenity

WHOOOM!

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

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

This was a Cosmos.

represented the filter. This filter protected the Cosmos

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 would

Serenity summoned her Cosmos, the sky began

shot throughout the clouds, slowly

lightning bolts,

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

one with lightning, I

This is Orthar's lightning. I can't control

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

began to expand

nearly breaking it. However, Peaceful Serenity had already seen that coming,

second

And the third.