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.

Serenity had painted a beautiful picture of the outside world, filled

that picture was a

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

crops, and he wouldn't

Orthar.

After all, he didn't need to say any specifics. Maybe

didn't really matter

what was

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

well let her go on her

show me how to overcome the lightning tribulation?"

"The lightning tribulation is the last obstacle before the Heaven Realm.

with lightning as you try to create it. This might

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

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

didn't really react to anything Peaceful

perspective, the surroundings were mired in grey

child shortly

It didn't matter.

It made no difference.

It changed nothing.

like," Gravis

a bit of pain and

was

was

so filled with purpose that it was

truth of the situation, seeing someone like this only felt

Gravis pitied Peaceful Serenity.

she took a deep breath

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 in their lives to reach

was filled

with a bit

said. "I will

Gravis only absentmindedly nodded.

Serenity flew far into the

WHOOOM!

but her world was different from the worlds of

nearly empty. Only in the middle of

This was a Cosmos.

represented the filter. This filter protected the Cosmos against

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

the sky began

bolts shot throughout

felt these lightning bolts, he

Gravis thought.

as I am one with lightning, I

This is Orthar's

this, a tiny ember of hope that hadn't

began to expand

breaking it. However, Peaceful Serenity had already seen that coming, and she had managed to shape it into a form

the second lightning bolt

And the third.