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

a

They didn't exist.

beautiful picture of the outside world, filled

was a picture of

Peaceful Serenity the truth, but he couldn't. This was still Orthar's Cosmos, and Orthar wouldn't allow any

crops, and he wouldn't allow anyone

Orthar. They were

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

didn't really

what

bit later while knowing the truth didn't make

let her go

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

before the Heaven Realm. Only

involves Heaven attacking your Cosmos with lightning as you

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

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

to anything Peaceful

surroundings were mired in grey and

like an optimistic child shortly before the

It didn't matter.

It made no difference.

It changed nothing.

like,"

of pain and melancholy as he saw

was

purpose was

filled with purpose that it was difficult

when one knew the truth of the situation, seeing someone like

Gravis pitied Peaceful Serenity.

heard Gravis accept, she took a deep breath and nodded

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

that managed to leave this

Serenity's mind was

with a

Gravis," Peaceful Serenity said. "I will show you

Gravis only absentmindedly nodded.

an excited expression, Peaceful Serenity flew far

WHOOOM!

world appeared behind her, but her world was different from the worlds of the

empty. Only in the middle

This was a Cosmos.

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

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

summoned her Cosmos, the sky began to darken

lightning bolts shot throughout the

these lightning bolts, he released a

thought. 'How

one with

just lightning. This is Orthar's lightning. I can't

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

Peaceful Serenity began to expand her

that coming, and she

the second lightning bolt

And the third.