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

were a

They didn't exist.

a beautiful picture of the outside world, filled

was a picture

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

and he

Orthar. They were

try to make Peaceful Serenity understand regardless. After all, he didn't need to say any specifics. Maybe he

it didn't really

knew what

or a bit later while knowing

as well let her go on

how to overcome the lightning tribulation?" Gravis asked

the last obstacle before the Heaven Realm. Only after

involves Heaven attacking your Cosmos with lightning as you

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

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

really react to

were mired in grey and

Serenity was like an optimistic child shortly before the enemy army raided their

It didn't matter.

It made no difference.

It changed nothing.

like," Gravis

a bit of pain and melancholy as he

was so

purpose was so

filled with purpose that it was difficult to dislike

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

Gravis pitied Peaceful Serenity.

took a deep breath and

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

this Cosmos still alive? Will I meet them? How unimaginably

mind was

with a bit of pain

said. "I will show you

Gravis only absentmindedly nodded.

an excited expression, Peaceful Serenity flew far into the

WHOOOM!

world appeared behind her, but her world was different from the

was nearly empty. Only in the middle of it

This was a Cosmos.

This filter protected the Cosmos against forces other than

emptiness inside the 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 sky

shot throughout the clouds,

these lightning

Gravis thought. 'How naïve I have

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

not just lightning. This is Orthar's

Gravis realized this, a tiny ember of hope

Serenity began to

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

second

And the third.