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

They didn't exist.

of the outside world, filled with purpose and

that picture was

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

he wouldn't allow

belonged to Orthar.

Gravis might 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

now, it didn't really matter

what

with illusions or a bit later while knowing the truth didn't

well let her go on her own

to overcome the lightning

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

Cosmos with lightning as you try

out the weakest parts of your Cosmos. Without them, our Cosmos

us create our own Cosmos. It is sacrificing its own Energy to

didn't really react to anything Peaceful Serenity

surroundings were mired in

Serenity was like an optimistic child shortly before the enemy army

It didn't matter.

It made no difference.

It changed nothing.

like," Gravis said

bit of pain

power was so

was

filled with purpose that it was difficult to

truth of the situation, seeing someone

Gravis pitied Peaceful Serenity.

she took

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

there? Are the previous Heaven's Magnates that managed to leave this Cosmos still alive? Will

Serenity's mind was filled with

her with a bit of pain in

Peaceful Serenity said. "I will

Gravis only absentmindedly nodded.

excited expression, Peaceful Serenity flew far

WHOOOM!

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

in the middle

This was a Cosmos.

filter. This filter

sphere represented space that 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

her Cosmos, the sky began to darken with

bolts shot throughout

these lightning bolts, he released a

thought,' Gravis thought. 'How naïve

with lightning,

This is Orthar's lightning. I can't

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

began to expand her

seen that coming, and she had managed

second lightning bolt

And the third.