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

a perceived

They didn't exist.

Serenity had painted a beautiful picture of the

that picture was a picture of

couldn't. This was still Orthar's Cosmos,

were Orthar's crops, and he wouldn't allow anyone to ruin

belonged to Orthar.

the past, Gravis might have decided to try to make Peaceful Serenity understand regardless. After all, he didn't need to

now, it didn't

what was

Serenity died now with illusions or a bit later while knowing the truth

let her go on

show me how to

"The lightning tribulation is the last obstacle before the Heaven

with lightning as you try to create it. This might sound like an attack, but it is actually

strikes allow you 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 can give for

didn't really react to anything Peaceful Serenity

Gravis' perspective, the surroundings were

Serenity was like an optimistic child shortly before the

It didn't matter.

It made no difference.

It changed nothing.

like," Gravis

Gravis felt a bit of pain

power was

purpose was

that it was difficult to dislike

the truth of the situation, seeing someone like this

Gravis pitied Peaceful Serenity.

took a

this Cosmos for far too long. It is interesting to

I can finally leave this Cosmos and see the wider world. What 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 there? What

Serenity's mind was

only silently watched her with a bit of pain in

Serenity said. "I will show you how to overcome

Gravis only absentmindedly nodded.

expression, Peaceful Serenity flew far into the

WHOOOM!

her world was

Only in the middle of it could one

This was a Cosmos.

border represented the filter. This filter

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

summoned her Cosmos, the sky began to darken with

throughout

Gravis felt these lightning bolts, he released

as I've thought,' Gravis thought.

am one with lightning, I can stop

is not just lightning. This is Orthar's

this, a tiny ember of hope that hadn't

began to expand

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

second

And the third.