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

a perceived

They didn't exist.

painted a beautiful picture of the outside world, filled with purpose

that picture was a picture of

tell Peaceful Serenity the truth, but he couldn't. This was

Orthar's crops, and he

Orthar. They

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

now, it didn't really matter

knew what

died now with illusions or a bit later while knowing

let her go on

want to show me how to

Peaceful Serenity answered. "The lightning tribulation is the last obstacle before the Heaven Realm. Only after

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

your

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

react to anything Peaceful Serenity

Gravis' perspective, the surroundings were mired

shortly before the enemy

It didn't matter.

It made no difference.

It changed nothing.

you like,"

Gravis felt a bit of pain and melancholy as he saw

was

was so

with purpose that it was difficult to dislike

the situation, seeing someone like this only felt

Gravis pitied Peaceful Serenity.

Gravis accept, she took a deep breath and nodded

this Cosmos for far too long. It is interesting to

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

was filled with

a bit

closely, Gravis," Peaceful Serenity said. "I will show you how to overcome the lightning

Gravis only absentmindedly nodded.

Peaceful Serenity

WHOOOM!

appeared behind her, but her world was different

was nearly empty. Only in the middle of it could one see the actual

This was a Cosmos.

This filter protected

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

Peaceful Serenity summoned her Cosmos, the sky began

black lightning bolts shot throughout the clouds, slowly

Gravis felt these lightning

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

one with lightning, I can stop Heaven's

is not just lightning. This is Orthar's

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

began

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

second lightning

And the third.