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.

didn't allow anyone to enter their territory, and

Sect nearly never involved itself with

all, the other four were

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

so far that the Highest

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

in the important command centers of humanity

in looking at the

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

basically the most stable front out of all of

Sect even had enough leftover forces to completely control their adjacent

the west couldn't deal with both

the Purist Sect did it

almost

definitely

Peak Sect

belonged to the Human Alliance. Only the remaining

front was handled entirely by the

also the main reason why the Human Alliance didn't

didn't want to provoke

it sleep and do

the Purist Sect would be willing to support

"Yes," the man said.

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

offend four Peak Sects just so that my plan

the Ancestor of the Purist Sect said.

blinked a couple of

you offer to

one will notice you,"

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

choose which humans you come into contact with," the

Purist Sect is willing to be an

"No," the man said.

couple of

you maybe talk in full sentences? Do you always need me to ask for clarification before you explain more?"

man looked evenly at

will act as an

Gravis asked. "Can you even speak for

because I'm also the leader

Silence.

and Liam felt like

of humanity, Underworld, was actually being

Sect

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

"No," the man said.

spread over the entirety of the world. Only the headquarters are in the

is the leadership

don't know

and Liam had long gotten used

secrets of the world, the location

at the very center of the

ever been able

Underworld, they would immediately be teleported into the very center

Peak Sect surround them, but even the entire

why Underworld had

Underworld, they would need to

they even survive such

humanity after such an insane

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

"No," the man said.

makes you so sure?" Liam

is to weaken humanity so

took a deep