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

were a perceived

They didn't exist.

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

picture was a picture of

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

were Orthar's crops, and he

Orthar. They

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

now, it didn't really

knew what was

Peaceful Serenity died now with illusions or a bit later while

her go on her

to show me how to

the Heaven Realm. Only after

is a tribulation that involves Heaven attacking your Cosmos with lightning as you try to create it. This

you to feel out the weakest parts of your Cosmos.

It is sacrificing its own Energy to help us. This is

didn't really react to anything Peaceful Serenity

were mired in grey and

an optimistic child shortly before

It didn't matter.

It made no difference.

It changed nothing.

you like," Gravis

way, Gravis felt a bit of pain and

power was so

was

purpose that it was difficult

knew the truth of the situation, seeing

Gravis pitied Peaceful Serenity.

took a deep breath and

in this Cosmos for far too long. It is interesting to watch life

leave this Cosmos still alive?

mind was filled with

her with a bit of pain in

Peaceful Serenity said. "I will show you how to

Gravis only absentmindedly nodded.

Serenity flew

WHOOOM!

was different from

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

This was a Cosmos.

the filter. This filter protected

could use to create worlds. At the moment, there was only one world

summoned her Cosmos, the sky began to darken with

black lightning bolts shot throughout the clouds, slowly gaining

Gravis felt these lightning bolts, he released

thought. 'How naïve

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

This is not just lightning. This is Orthar's lightning. I

of hope that hadn't been extinguished

began to expand her

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

second lightning

And the third.