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.

of the

The Purist Sect.

and xenophobic. They didn't allow anyone to enter their territory, and they

nearly never

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

wouldn't talk or cooperate with

the Highest Commander of humanity didn't control the eastern

was to take care of the

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

no point in looking at

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

saw, the eastern front was basically the most stable

Purist Sect even had enough leftover forces to completely control their adjacent

the west

Sect did it

Purist Sect almost

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

all, a Peak

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

handled entirely by

was also the main reason why the Human Alliance didn't force their cooperation

want to provoke a sleeping

it sleep and

Purist Sect

"Yes," the man said.

have heard of me and might report it to the

to offend four Peak Sects just so that

Ancestor of the Purist Sect

blinked a

do you

no one will notice you," the

how's that supposed to work? I need

but I can choose which humans you come into contact

Purist Sect is willing to be

"No," the man said.

a couple of times in

maybe talk in full sentences? Do you always need me to

man looked

as an intermediary," he

asked. "Can you even

I'm also the leader

Silence.

like their reality was

disease of humanity, Underworld, was actually

Peak Sect was

of the Purist Sect, this secret would

"No," the man said.

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

the

and disciples don't

had long gotten used

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

actually at the very center of

ever been able to release

to hurt Underworld, they would immediately be

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

also explained why Underworld had never been eradicated

they would need

survive such

overwhelm humanity after

"Aren't

"No," the man said.

you so

to weaken humanity

and Stella took a