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.

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

never

After all, the other four were

did, the Purist Sect wouldn't talk or cooperate with the other Peak Sects as long as it didn't involve

even went so far that the Highest

to take care of

humanity just had the eastern quarter of the

was no point in looking at the

what humanity was able to extrapolate by several

humanity saw, the eastern front was basically the

Sect even had enough leftover forces to

west couldn't deal with

the Purist Sect

almost seemed mysterious and

that it definitely wasn't easy

a Peak Sect wasn't

the frontline directly belonged to the Human Alliance.

the eastern front was handled entirely by the

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

didn't want to

let it sleep and do

"So, the Purist Sect would be

"Yes," the man said.

location be leaked? Even if the Purist Sect is very isolated, some people are bound to have heard of me and

to offend four Peak Sects

the Purist Sect

a couple

do you offer to

notice you," the man

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

but I can choose which humans you come

shone. "So, the Purist Sect is

"No," the man said.

couple of times in

talk in full sentences? Do you always need me to

man looked

as

even

also

Silence.

Liam felt like their

humanity, Underworld, was actually being led by the Purist

Peak Sect

of the Purist Sect, this

"No," the man said.

mercenary organization and trading hub. It is spread over the entirety

the

elders and disciples don't know about

had long gotten used to becoming shocked

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

the very center of

no one had ever been able to release the secret of

immediately be teleported into the very

but even the

also explained why Underworld had never

to eradicate Underworld, they would

survive such a

immediately overwhelm humanity after such an

this?" Liam asked. "Aren't

"No," the man said.

makes you so sure?" Liam

Underworld's job is to weaken humanity

Stella took a deep