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.

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

was a

Serenity the truth, but he couldn't. This was still

he wouldn't

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 in the

didn't really matter

knew what

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

as well let her go

me how to overcome the lightning tribulation?" Gravis asked

last obstacle before the Heaven Realm. Only after overcoming the lightning tribulation can you make your

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

your Cosmos. Without them, our Cosmos might be

is helping us create our own Cosmos. It is sacrificing its own Energy to help us. This is the last

really react to anything

surroundings were mired

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

Gravis felt a bit of pain and melancholy as he

was

purpose was so

filled with purpose that it was difficult

of the

Gravis pitied Peaceful Serenity.

took

far too long. It is interesting to watch life go on,

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 have they

mind was filled

silently watched her with a bit of

Serenity said. "I will show you how to

Gravis only absentmindedly nodded.

Serenity

WHOOOM!

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

in the middle of it could one see the

This was a Cosmos.

the filter. This filter protected the

moment, there was only

the sky began to

lightning bolts shot throughout

felt these lightning bolts, he released

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

I am one with lightning,

is not just lightning. This is Orthar's

realized this, a tiny ember of hope that hadn't been extinguished

Peaceful Serenity began to expand her

breaking it. However, Peaceful Serenity had already seen that

the second lightning

And the third.