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.

had painted a beautiful picture of the outside world, filled

picture was a picture

Serenity the truth, but he couldn't. This was still Orthar's

crops, and he wouldn't allow anyone

to Orthar. They

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

it didn't really

what was

a bit later while knowing the truth didn't

let her go on her

want to show me how to

Peaceful Serenity answered. "The lightning tribulation is the last obstacle before the Heaven Realm. Only after overcoming the lightning tribulation can you make your Cosmos a

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

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

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 Serenity

react to anything Peaceful

the surroundings were mired in grey

Serenity was like an optimistic child shortly before the enemy

It didn't matter.

It made no difference.

It changed nothing.

whatever you like," Gravis said

of pain and melancholy as he

was so

was

was so filled with purpose that it was difficult

when one knew the truth of the situation,

Gravis pitied Peaceful Serenity.

Serenity heard Gravis accept, she took

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

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?

Serenity's mind was filled

watched her with a bit of pain in his

will show you how to overcome

Gravis only absentmindedly nodded.

Peaceful Serenity flew far

WHOOOM!

her, but her world was different from

sphere, which was nearly empty. Only in the

This was a Cosmos.

filter protected the Cosmos against forces other than

was only one world inside Peaceful Serenity's Cosmos. Later, all of the empty

Serenity summoned her Cosmos, the sky began to darken

shot throughout

Gravis felt these lightning bolts, he released a

Gravis thought.

as I am one with lightning, I can stop Heaven's lightning,

This is Orthar's lightning. I

tiny ember of hope that hadn't been

Serenity began to expand

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

second

And the third.