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

They didn't exist.

Serenity had painted a beautiful picture of the outside world, filled with

was a picture of

he couldn't. This

crops, and he wouldn't allow anyone to

to Orthar. They

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

didn't really matter

what

died now with illusions or a bit later while knowing the truth didn't make a

as well let her go on her

me how to overcome the lightning tribulation?" Gravis asked

Heaven Realm. Only after overcoming the lightning tribulation can you make your Cosmos

lightning as you

parts of your

helping us create our own Cosmos. It is sacrificing its own Energy to help us. This is the last and most costly

really react to anything

the surroundings were

child shortly before

It didn't matter.

It made no difference.

It changed nothing.

you like," Gravis

a bit of pain and melancholy as

was so

purpose was so

purpose that it was

truth of the situation, seeing someone like this only felt

Gravis pitied Peaceful Serenity.

accept, she took a deep breath

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

world. What else is out there? Are the previous Heaven's Magnates that managed to leave this Cosmos still alive? Will I meet them?

Serenity's mind was filled with

watched her with a bit of pain in his

"I will show you how to overcome

Gravis only absentmindedly nodded.

expression, Peaceful Serenity flew

WHOOOM!

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

sphere, which was nearly empty. Only in

This was a Cosmos.

This filter protected the

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

her Cosmos, the

lightning bolts shot throughout the clouds, slowly gaining

felt these lightning bolts,

I've thought,' Gravis thought. 'How

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

This is Orthar's lightning. I can't control

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

Serenity began to expand

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

the second lightning bolt

And the third.