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.

very isolated and xenophobic. They didn't allow anyone to enter

Purist Sect nearly never involved itself

the Purist Sect. After all, the other four were working together very closely, while the Purist

the Purist Sect wouldn't talk or cooperate with the other Peak Sects as long as it didn't involve something of massive

went so far that the Highest Commander of humanity didn't

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

humanity just had the

in looking at the

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

humanity saw, the eastern front was basically the most stable front out of all

Purist Sect even had enough leftover forces

to the west couldn't

the Purist Sect did it

almost

definitely

Peak

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

handled entirely by

the Human Alliance

to provoke a sleeping

it sleep and do its

said. "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.

to offend four

of the

a

why do you

notice you," the

that supposed to work? I need to be

can choose which humans you

shone. "So, the Purist Sect is willing to be an intermediary for

"No," the man said.

a couple of

always need me

man looked evenly at

act as

Gravis asked. "Can you even

because I'm also the

Silence.

like their reality was

disease of humanity, Underworld, was actually

Peak Sect

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

"No," the man said.

spread over the entirety of the world. Only

leadership of Underworld is the leadership of the

elders and disciples don't know

long gotten used to becoming

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

actually at the very

able

Underworld, they would immediately

would an entire Peak Sect surround them, but even

why Underworld had never

wanted to eradicate Underworld, they would need to eradicate the Purist

they even survive such a

would immediately overwhelm humanity after

"Aren't you afraid that we

"No," the man said.

makes you so sure?" Liam

to weaken humanity so that

took a