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.

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

Purist Sect nearly never

wanted to get the cooperation of the Purist Sect. After all, the other four

talk or cooperate with the

that the Highest Commander of

only thing that the Purist Sect did was to take care of the eastern

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

was no point in looking at the

to extrapolate by several clues regarding the beasts' movements, the Purist Sect

what humanity saw, the eastern front was basically the most stable front

enough leftover forces to completely control their

to the west

the Purist Sect did it

Sect almost seemed

it definitely wasn't easy to deal with

a Peak

of the human forces fighting at the frontline directly belonged to the Human Alliance. Only the

the eastern front was handled entirely by

the Human Alliance didn't force their cooperation on the Purist

want to provoke a sleeping

it sleep

the Purist Sect would be

"Yes," the man said.

some people are bound to have heard of me and might report it to the other

that you would be willing to offend four Peak Sects just so

of the

blinked a couple

do you offer to

one will notice

how's that supposed to work? I need

but I can choose which humans you come into contact with," the

shone. "So, the Purist Sect is

"No," the man said.

blinked a couple of

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

man looked evenly at

as

"Can you even speak for

I'm also

Silence.

and Liam felt like their reality

of humanity, Underworld, was actually being led by

Peak Sect

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

"No," the man said.

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

the leadership of the

and disciples don't

and Liam had long gotten used to becoming shocked

location of Underworld's headquarters, had

at the

been able to release the secret of

hurt Underworld, they would immediately be teleported into the very center of the

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

explained why Underworld had never

eradicate Underworld, they would need to

they even survive such a

overwhelm humanity after

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

"No," the man said.

makes you so sure?" Liam

to weaken humanity so that they don't overwhelm

Stella took