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.

the Ancestor of the Purist

The Purist Sect.

Sect was always very isolated and xenophobic. They didn't allow anyone to enter their territory, and they rarely talked with the

nearly never involved itself with human

four Peak Sects wanted to get the cooperation of the Purist Sect. After all, the other four were working

they did, the Purist Sect wouldn't talk or cooperate with the other

went so far that the Highest

Purist Sect did was to take care of the eastern

important command centers of humanity just had the eastern quarter of the

in looking at

was easily dealing with the beasts, and from what humanity was able to extrapolate by

front was basically the most stable front out

enough leftover forces

to the west couldn't

the Purist Sect

Sect almost seemed mysterious and

to remember that it definitely wasn't easy to deal with the

Peak Sect

the Human Alliance. Only

was handled entirely by the

reason why the Human Alliance didn't force their cooperation on

didn't want to provoke a sleeping

it sleep and do

"So, the Purist Sect would be willing to

"Yes," the man said.

wouldn't my location be leaked? Even if the Purist Sect is 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 demand the Purist Sect to hand

don't think that you would be willing to offend four Peak Sects just so that my plan works,"

right," the Ancestor of the Purist Sect

a couple of

why do you

will notice you,"

skepticism. "And how's that supposed to work? I need to be

humans you come

the Purist Sect is willing to be

"No," the man said.

blinked a couple of

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

looked evenly

act as

asked. "Can you even

I'm also

Silence.

felt like their

was actually being

Sect was

of the Purist Sect, this secret would

"No," the man said.

trading hub. It is spread over the entirety of the world. Only

of Underworld is the

don't know about the

Liam had long gotten used

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

the

able to

Underworld, they would immediately be teleported into the very

an entire Peak Sect surround them, but

Underworld had never been eradicated

to eradicate Underworld, they would need to eradicate

they even survive

beasts would immediately overwhelm humanity after such an

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

"No," the man said.

so sure?" Liam

weaken humanity so that they don't overwhelm

and Stella took a