Lightning Is the Only Way

Stella thought about Arc's answer.

Fun to watch?

That obviously wasn't enough reason to keep this war going, but his first reason was already a pretty good one.

The war truly helped Cultivators to become more powerful.

Yet, Stella had expected more.

This reason felt a bit... simple.

Some seconds of silence passed.

"Gravis," the man said suddenly.

Gravis was a bit surprised that this illustrious senior brother wanted something from him.

"Yes?"

"Everyone in the world thinks that you are a beast, and you have been declared an enemy of humanity," the man said.

Stella felt like a heavy punch had hit her.

This was all because of her.

She knew what it meant to be the enemy of all of humanity.

Gravis could never show himself in the human territories again.

And why?

It was all because of her!

If she had been stronger, Gravis wouldn't have needed to save her!

"Okay," Gravis said without surprise. "So?"

Stella and Liam were surprised that Gravis was taking this development so well.

However, after thinking about what they have heard from Gravis' past, this really didn't seem to be that bad in comparison.

"Didn't you have some grand plan?" the man asked.

"Yes, but it seems like I can't go through with it now," Gravis said. "It requires the cooperation of at least one Peak Sect."

"If that's all, then you can still proceed with your plan," the man said.

Stella, Liam, and Gravis were all confused.

Didn't this man just say that Gravis was the enemy of humanity? How would any Peak Sect dare to cooperate with him?

"And which Sect would cooperate with me now?" Gravis asked.

"My Sect," the man said.

The three of them looked with surprise at this person.

His Sect?

So, this mysterious person was part of a Peak Sect!

Stella quickly went through all the different Ancestors and Ascenders she had met in the past.

None of them fit this person.

However, there was one Peak Sect that Stella had never gone to.

"The Purist Sect," Stella said.

The man nodded.

Ancestor of the Purist

The Purist Sect.

xenophobic. They didn't allow anyone to enter their territory, and they rarely talked with the

never involved itself

the other four

Sect wouldn't talk or cooperate with the other Peak Sects

went so far that the Highest Commander of

only thing that the Purist Sect did was to take care of

of humanity just had the

was no point in looking at the eastern

what humanity was able to extrapolate by several clues regarding the beasts'

front was basically

Sect even had enough leftover forces to completely control their adjacent

to the west couldn't deal with both

the Purist Sect did

Purist Sect almost seemed mysterious and

it definitely wasn't easy to deal with the

all, a Peak Sect wasn't

forces fighting at the frontline directly belonged to the Human Alliance. Only the remaining 40% were made up of the various

front was handled entirely by the Purist

also the main reason why the Human Alliance didn't force

to provoke

let it sleep and

Purist Sect would be willing to support my

"Yes," the man said.

very isolated, some people are bound to have heard of me and might report it to the other Peak Sects. At that point, they will

to offend four Peak Sects just so that my plan works," Gravis

right," the Ancestor of the Purist Sect

a couple of

do you offer to

one will notice you,"

that supposed to work? I need to be in contact with

I can choose which humans you

Sect is willing to be

"No," the man said.

a couple

Do you always need me to ask for clarification before you explain more?"

man looked evenly at

as

asked. "Can you even

I'm also the

Silence.

felt like

humanity, Underworld, was actually

Sect

is part of the Purist Sect, this secret would have long since

"No," the man said.

and trading hub. It is spread over the entirety

of Underworld is the leadership of

disciples don't know about the

and Liam had long gotten used

the most hidden secrets of the world, the location of Underworld's headquarters, had just

headquarters was actually at the very center

been able

would immediately be teleported into the very center of the

would an entire Peak Sect surround them, but even the entire eastern continent would

explained why Underworld had never

the humans wanted to eradicate Underworld, they would need

they even survive such a

humanity after such

this?" Liam asked. "Aren't you afraid that we might leak

"No," the man said.

so

weaken humanity so that

and Stella took