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

They didn't exist.

painted a beautiful picture of the outside world,

that picture was a

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

were Orthar's crops, and he wouldn't

Orthar. They were

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

it didn't

what

now with illusions or a bit

her go on her own

to show me how to overcome the lightning tribulation?"

is the last obstacle before the Heaven Realm. Only after

attacking your Cosmos with lightning as you try to

parts of your Cosmos. Without them, our Cosmos might be born

It is sacrificing its own Energy to help us. This is the last and most costly sacrifice

to anything

surroundings were mired

like an optimistic child shortly before the enemy

It didn't matter.

It made no difference.

It changed nothing.

like," Gravis

Gravis felt a bit of pain and melancholy as he

was so

purpose was so

purpose that it was difficult to dislike

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

Gravis pitied Peaceful Serenity.

took a deep breath and nodded with

"I have remained in this Cosmos for far too long. It is interesting to watch life go on, but there

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

Serenity's mind was filled with

a bit of pain in

Serenity said. "I will

Gravis only absentmindedly nodded.

an excited expression, Peaceful Serenity flew far into

WHOOOM!

world was different from the worlds of

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

This was a Cosmos.

spherical border represented the filter. This filter protected the Cosmos against forces other

inside the sphere represented space that one could use to create worlds. At the moment, there was only one world inside Peaceful

summoned her Cosmos, the sky began to

black lightning bolts shot throughout the

these lightning bolts, he

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

I am one with

is not just lightning. This is

this, a tiny ember of hope that

began to expand

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

second lightning

And the third.