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

a perceived

They didn't exist.

picture of the outside world, filled with purpose and

picture was a

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

were Orthar's crops, and he

belonged to Orthar. They

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

didn't really matter

what was

a bit later while knowing the

well let her go on

how to

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

lightning as you try to create it. This might sound like an attack, but

parts of your Cosmos. Without them, our Cosmos might

own Energy to help us. This is the

really react to anything Peaceful

perspective, the surroundings were mired in grey and

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 said

Gravis felt a bit of pain and

power was

was so

with purpose that it was difficult to

of the

Gravis pitied Peaceful Serenity.

heard Gravis accept, she took a deep breath and nodded with a

is a good day," she said with a bright voice. "I have remained in this Cosmos for far

finally 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?

mind was

watched her with a

will show you how to overcome the lightning

Gravis only absentmindedly nodded.

expression, Peaceful Serenity flew far into

WHOOOM!

her, but her world was different from the worlds of the other

black sphere, which was nearly empty. Only in the middle of it could

This was a Cosmos.

filter protected the Cosmos against forces other than

use to create worlds. At the moment, there was only one world inside Peaceful Serenity's Cosmos.

Peaceful Serenity summoned her Cosmos, the sky began to darken

black lightning bolts shot throughout the clouds, slowly gaining

Gravis felt these lightning bolts,

thought. 'How naïve I have

as I am one with lightning,

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

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

Peaceful Serenity began to

Peaceful Serenity had already seen that coming, and she had managed

the second lightning

And the third.