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 Purist

The Purist Sect.

didn't allow anyone to enter their territory,

never

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

talk or cooperate with the other Peak Sects as long as it didn't

even went so far that the Highest Commander

to take

strategic maps in the important command centers of humanity just had the eastern quarter of the world blackened

no point in looking at the

Sect was easily 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

basically the most stable front

had enough leftover forces to completely control their adjacent

west

Sect

Sect almost seemed mysterious and

that it definitely

a Peak Sect wasn't

human forces fighting at the frontline directly belonged to the Human Alliance. Only the remaining 40% were

front was handled entirely

also the main reason why the Human

didn't want to

let it sleep

Purist Sect would be willing to support

"Yes," the man said.

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

would be willing to offend four Peak Sects

of the Purist Sect said. "I

blinked a couple of

why do you

will notice you," the man

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

which humans you come into contact with,"

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

"No," the man said.

a couple of times in

me to ask

man looked evenly at

as an

asked. "Can you even speak

because I'm also the leader

Silence.

Liam felt like their

Underworld, was actually being led by the

Peak Sect

possible," Stella interjected. "If Underworld is part of the Purist Sect, this secret

"No," the man said.

organization and trading hub. It is spread over the entirety of the world. Only the headquarters are

is the leadership of the

elders and disciples don't know about the

and Liam had long gotten used

the location of

was actually at the very center of the Purist

one had ever been able to release the

to hurt Underworld, they would immediately be

but even the entire eastern continent would become

explained why Underworld had

they would need to eradicate the Purist

even survive such a

beasts would immediately overwhelm humanity after

you telling us this?" Liam asked. "Aren't you afraid that we might leak

"No," the man said.

so

to weaken humanity so

took a