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.

painted a beautiful picture of the outside

picture was a picture

but he couldn't.

crops, and he wouldn't

belonged to Orthar.

understand regardless. After all, he didn't

now, it didn't really

knew what was

illusions or a bit later while knowing the truth didn't

as well let her go on

me how to overcome the lightning tribulation?" Gravis

lightning tribulation is the last obstacle before the Heaven

lightning tribulation, as the name suggests, is a tribulation that involves Heaven attacking your Cosmos with lightning as you try

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

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

really react to anything Peaceful

perspective, the surroundings were mired in

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

It didn't matter.

It made no difference.

It changed nothing.

you like," Gravis said

a way, Gravis felt a bit of

power was

was so

purpose that it was difficult to dislike

the truth of the situation,

Gravis pitied Peaceful Serenity.

heard Gravis accept, she took

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

to leave this Cosmos still alive? Will I

Serenity's mind was filled

with a

Peaceful Serenity said. "I will show you how to

Gravis only absentmindedly nodded.

Peaceful Serenity flew far into

WHOOOM!

but her world was different from

black sphere, which was nearly empty. Only in the middle of it could one see the actual

This was a Cosmos.

spherical border represented the filter. This filter protected

At the moment, there was only one world inside Peaceful Serenity's Cosmos. Later, all of the empty space would

Cosmos, the sky began to darken

shot throughout the clouds, slowly

these lightning

I've thought,' Gravis thought.

I am one with

lightning. This

of hope that hadn't been extinguished

Serenity began to

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

the second lightning

And the third.