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

were a perceived

They didn't exist.

beautiful picture of the outside world, filled with purpose and

was a picture of

he couldn't. This was still Orthar's Cosmos, and Orthar wouldn't allow any

and he wouldn't allow anyone to ruin

belonged to Orthar. They

the past, 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 steer her mind

it didn't really

knew what was

Serenity died now with illusions or a bit later while knowing

well let her go on her own

to show me how to overcome

is the last obstacle before the Heaven Realm. Only after

a tribulation that involves Heaven attacking your Cosmos with lightning as

to feel out the weakest parts of your Cosmos. Without them, our Cosmos might

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

to anything Peaceful

the surroundings were mired in grey

optimistic child shortly before

It didn't matter.

It made no difference.

It changed nothing.

whatever you like,"

bit of pain and

power was

purpose was

was so filled with purpose that it was difficult

the truth of the situation,

Gravis pitied Peaceful Serenity.

she took a deep breath and nodded with a

remained in this Cosmos for far too long. It is interesting to watch life go on, but there is more for me out

else is out there? Are the previous Heaven's Magnates that managed to leave this Cosmos still alive? Will I meet them? How unimaginably powerful are the people out

mind was

watched her with a bit of

Peaceful Serenity said. "I will show you how

Gravis only absentmindedly nodded.

excited expression, Peaceful Serenity flew far into

WHOOOM!

but her world was different from the worlds of the other

nearly empty. Only in the

This was a Cosmos.

This filter

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

the sky began to

black lightning bolts shot throughout the clouds,

felt these lightning bolts, he released a

thought.

am one with lightning,

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

ember of hope that hadn't been extinguished yet

began to expand her

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

the second lightning bolt

And the third.