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.

the Ancestor of the Purist Sect,"

The Purist Sect.

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

never involved itself

get the cooperation of the Purist Sect. After all, the

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

far that the Highest Commander of humanity didn't control the eastern

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

centers of humanity just had the eastern

in looking at the eastern

with the beasts, and from what humanity was able to extrapolate by several clues regarding the beasts' movements, the Purist Sect was doing an outstanding

humanity saw, the eastern front was basically the most stable

had enough leftover forces to completely control their

Sect to the west couldn't deal

the Purist Sect did

Purist Sect almost seemed mysterious

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

Peak Sect wasn't

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

front was handled entirely by the Purist

the Human Alliance

to provoke

it sleep

Gravis said. "So, the Purist Sect would be willing to support

"Yes," the man said.

my location 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

that you would be willing to offend four Peak Sects

the

blinked a couple of

why do you offer to

one will notice

"And how's that supposed to work? I need

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

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

"No," the man said.

a couple of times in

talk in full sentences? Do you always need me to

looked evenly

will act as an intermediary,"

even

I'm also the leader of

Silence.

Liam felt like

of humanity, Underworld, was actually

Sect was

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

"No," the man said.

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

the leadership of the

disciples don't know about the

had long gotten used to

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

was actually at the very center of

had ever been able to release

hurt Underworld, they would immediately be teleported

Peak Sect surround them, but even the

why Underworld

the humans wanted to eradicate Underworld, they would need to

they even survive

overwhelm humanity after such an

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

"No," the man said.

you so sure?" Liam

job is to weaken humanity so

took a