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

They didn't exist.

a beautiful picture of the outside world, filled with

that picture was a picture of

Serenity the truth, but he couldn't. This

Orthar's crops, and he wouldn't allow

belonged to Orthar. They were

Serenity understand regardless. After all, he didn't need to say any specifics. Maybe he could just steer

now, it didn't really matter

knew what

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

her go

want to show me how to overcome the lightning tribulation?"

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

Cosmos with lightning as you try

weakest parts of your Cosmos. Without them, our

own Energy to help us. This is the last and most costly sacrifice Heaven can

to anything Peaceful Serenity

were mired in grey

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

It didn't matter.

It made no difference.

It changed nothing.

you like,"

Gravis felt a bit of

power was so

purpose was so

filled with purpose that it

knew the truth of the situation, seeing someone like this only

Gravis pitied Peaceful Serenity.

took a deep breath and nodded with

voice. "I have remained in this Cosmos for far

previous Heaven's Magnates that managed to leave this Cosmos still alive? Will I meet them? How unimaginably powerful are the people out there? What have they gone through in their lives

was filled with

a bit of pain in his

closely, Gravis," Peaceful Serenity said. "I will show you how

Gravis only absentmindedly nodded.

Serenity flew far into

WHOOOM!

world was different from the

Only in the middle of it could one see

This was a Cosmos.

This filter protected the Cosmos against forces other than

could use to create worlds. At the moment, there was only one world inside Peaceful Serenity's Cosmos. Later, all of the empty space would be filled with

the sky began

black lightning bolts shot throughout

felt these lightning bolts,

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

with lightning, I can stop Heaven's

just lightning. This is Orthar's lightning. I

ember of hope that

Serenity began

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

the second lightning bolt

And the third.