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 Sect," he

The Purist Sect.

allow anyone to enter their territory, and

nearly never involved itself with

other four Peak Sects wanted to get the cooperation of the Purist Sect. After all, the other four were working together very closely, while the Purist Sect only did their own

with the other Peak Sects as long as it didn't involve something of

that the Highest Commander of humanity didn't control the

the Purist Sect did was to take care of the eastern front and both of their

centers of humanity just had the eastern quarter of the

no point in looking

dealing with the beasts, and from what humanity was able to extrapolate by several clues regarding the beasts' movements, the Purist Sect was doing an outstanding

basically the most stable front out of all

even had enough leftover forces to completely control their

the west

the Purist Sect did it

Sect almost seemed mysterious and

definitely

Peak Sect

the Human Alliance. Only the remaining 40% were made up of the

the eastern front was handled entirely by the

why the Human Alliance didn't

to

let it sleep and do

"So, the Purist Sect would be willing to support my

"Yes," the man said.

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

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

the Ancestor of the

a couple

why do you offer to

notice you," the

in skepticism. "And how's that supposed to work? I need to be in contact with humans

can choose which humans you come into contact with," the

the Purist Sect is willing to be an intermediary for

"No," the man said.

couple of

you always need me to ask for clarification

looked evenly

as an intermediary,"

even speak for Underworld in this

also

Silence.

and Liam felt like

actually being

Sect

not possible," Stella interjected. "If Underworld is part of the

"No," the man said.

mercenary organization and trading hub. It is spread over the entirety of the world.

is the

don't know about

and Liam had long gotten

location

the very

no one had ever been able to

someone powerful wanted to hurt Underworld, they would immediately be teleported into the very center of the Purist

but even the entire eastern continent

also explained why Underworld

to eradicate Underworld, they would

even survive such

immediately overwhelm humanity after

you telling us this?" Liam asked. "Aren't

"No," the man said.

you so sure?"

is to weaken humanity so that they don't overwhelm

Stella took