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.

Purist Sect was always very isolated and xenophobic. They didn't allow anyone to enter their territory, and they rarely talked with

never

the other four were working together

the Purist Sect wouldn't talk or cooperate with the other

far that the Highest

take care of the eastern front and both of

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

no point in looking

Purist 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

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

enough leftover forces to completely control

Force Sect to the west couldn't deal with

the Purist Sect did it

Purist Sect almost seemed mysterious

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

all, a Peak Sect wasn't

the human forces fighting at the frontline directly belonged to the Human

was handled entirely by the Purist

the main reason why the Human Alliance didn't force their

to

it sleep

Gravis said. "So, the Purist Sect

"Yes," the man said.

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

be willing to offend four Peak Sects just

right," the Ancestor of the

blinked a couple

do you offer

one will notice you," the man

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

can choose which humans you

eyes shone. "So, the Purist Sect is willing

"No," the man said.

couple of times in

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

man looked

as an intermediary," he

asked. "Can you even speak for Underworld in this

because I'm also

Silence.

like their

Underworld, was actually being led by

Peak Sect

"If Underworld is part of the Purist

"No," the man said.

a mercenary organization and trading hub. It is spread over

the leadership of the

disciples don't know

gotten

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

headquarters was actually at the very

one had ever been able to release the

would immediately be teleported into the very center of

entire Peak Sect surround them, but even the entire eastern

Underworld

Underworld, they would

even survive such

would immediately overwhelm humanity after such an insane

are you telling us this?" Liam asked. "Aren't you

"No," the man said.

so

is to weaken humanity

Stella took a