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

were a perceived

They didn't exist.

painted a beautiful picture of the

was a picture of

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

and he wouldn't allow anyone

to Orthar. They were

regardless. After all, he didn't need to say any specifics. Maybe he could just steer her

didn't really

what

with illusions or a bit later

her go

want to show me how to overcome the lightning tribulation?"

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

is a tribulation that involves Heaven attacking your Cosmos with lightning as you

allow you to feel out the weakest parts of your Cosmos. Without them, our Cosmos might be born in

the lightning tribulation, Heaven is helping us create our own Cosmos. It is sacrificing its own Energy to help us. This is the last and most costly sacrifice Heaven can give for its children," Peaceful Serenity

really react to anything

perspective, the surroundings were mired in

optimistic child shortly before the enemy army

It didn't matter.

It made no difference.

It changed nothing.

you like,"

Gravis felt a bit of pain and melancholy as he saw

was

purpose was

was so filled with purpose that it was difficult

the truth of the situation, seeing someone like this

Gravis pitied Peaceful Serenity.

accept, she took

is a good day," she said with a bright voice. "I have remained in this Cosmos for far too long. It is interesting to watch life go on, but there is more

this Cosmos and see the wider world. What else is out there? Are the previous Heaven's Magnates that managed to leave this

mind was filled with

watched her with a bit of pain in

said. "I will

Gravis only absentmindedly nodded.

expression, Peaceful Serenity

WHOOOM!

but her world was different from

Only in the middle of it

This was a Cosmos.

border represented the filter. This filter protected the Cosmos against forces other

inside the sphere represented space that one could use to create worlds. At the moment, there was only

Serenity summoned her Cosmos, the sky

throughout the clouds, slowly

Gravis felt these lightning bolts, he

thought,' Gravis thought. 'How naïve I

with lightning, I can stop

just lightning. This is Orthar's lightning. I

tiny ember of hope that hadn't

Peaceful Serenity began to expand

seen that

second lightning bolt

And the third.