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.

picture of the outside world, filled

that picture was a

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

he wouldn't allow anyone to

to Orthar. They were

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

it didn't

knew what

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

let her go on her own

to overcome the lightning

answered. "The lightning tribulation is the last obstacle before the Heaven Realm. Only after

involves Heaven attacking your Cosmos with lightning as you try to create it. This might sound like an attack, but it is actually very similar

of your Cosmos. Without them, our Cosmos might

is sacrificing its own Energy to help us. This is the last and most costly sacrifice Heaven can give for

react to anything Peaceful

perspective, the surroundings were mired in grey

was like an optimistic child shortly before

It didn't matter.

It made no difference.

It changed nothing.

like," Gravis

felt a bit of pain and melancholy as he

power was so

was

was so filled with purpose that it was

of the

Gravis pitied Peaceful Serenity.

took a deep breath and nodded

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

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 have they

mind was filled

only silently watched her with a bit of pain

said. "I will show you how

Gravis only absentmindedly nodded.

excited expression, Peaceful Serenity flew

WHOOOM!

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

Only in the middle of it could one

This was a Cosmos.

border represented the filter. This filter protected the Cosmos against

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

her Cosmos, the sky began to darken with

black lightning bolts shot throughout the

felt these lightning bolts, he released a

thought,' Gravis thought.

with lightning, I can stop

This is

tiny ember of

Serenity began

breaking it. However, Peaceful Serenity had already seen that

the second lightning

And the third.