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 Sect," he

The Purist Sect.

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

nearly never involved itself

Sect. After all, the

Sect wouldn't talk or cooperate with the other

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

Purist Sect did was to take care of the eastern

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

point in looking at the eastern

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

enough leftover forces to completely control their adjacent

west

Sect did

Sect almost seemed mysterious and

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

all, a Peak Sect wasn't

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

handled entirely by the Purist

the main reason why the Human Alliance didn't force their cooperation on the Purist

want to provoke a sleeping

it sleep

"So, the Purist Sect would be

"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

to offend four Peak Sects just

the

blinked a couple

do you

notice you," the

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

choose which humans you come into contact with," the

the Purist Sect is willing to

"No," the man said.

blinked a couple of times

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

looked

act as an intermediary,"

what?" Gravis asked. "Can you even speak for

because I'm also the leader of

Silence.

felt like

humanity, Underworld, was actually being led

Sect was

is part of the

"No," the man said.

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

the

disciples don't know about the

had long gotten used to becoming

world, the location

was actually at the very

wonder no one had ever been able to

powerful wanted to hurt Underworld, they would immediately be teleported into the very

them, but even the entire eastern continent would

explained why Underworld

Underworld, they would need to eradicate the Purist

they even survive such

overwhelm humanity after

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

"No," the man said.

you so sure?" Liam

Underworld's job is to weaken humanity so that they don't overwhelm the

and Stella took a deep