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.

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

that picture was a picture

tell Peaceful Serenity the truth, but he couldn't. This was still Orthar's Cosmos,

and he wouldn't allow anyone to ruin

to Orthar. They

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

now, it didn't

knew what was

or a bit later while knowing the truth

well let her go on

show me how to overcome the lightning tribulation?" Gravis asked

tribulation is the last obstacle before the Heaven Realm. Only after overcoming the

tribulation that involves Heaven attacking your Cosmos with lightning as you try to create it. This might sound like an attack, but it

weakest parts of your Cosmos. Without them, our

lightning tribulation, Heaven is helping us create our own Cosmos. It is sacrificing its own Energy to help us.

to anything Peaceful Serenity

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.

whatever you like," Gravis

bit of pain and melancholy

power was

was

was so filled with purpose that it was difficult to

knew the truth of the situation,

Gravis pitied Peaceful Serenity.

Serenity heard Gravis accept, she took a deep breath

Cosmos for far too long. It is

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

was

silently watched her with a bit of pain in his

closely, Gravis," Peaceful Serenity said. "I will show you how to overcome the lightning

Gravis only absentmindedly nodded.

Peaceful Serenity flew far into

WHOOOM!

her, but her world was different from the worlds of the other Heaven's

in

This was a Cosmos.

the filter. This filter protected the Cosmos against forces

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

Serenity summoned her Cosmos, the sky began to darken

bolts shot throughout the

these lightning bolts, he released a

thought. 'How naïve I

with lightning, I can stop Heaven's

not just lightning. This is

a tiny ember of hope that hadn't been extinguished yet left

Serenity began to

Serenity had already seen that coming, and she had managed to shape

second lightning bolt

And the third.