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," he

The Purist Sect.

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

never

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

wouldn't talk or cooperate with the other Peak Sects as long as it

even went so far that the Highest

that the Purist Sect did was to take

the strategic maps in the important command centers of humanity just

in looking at the eastern

what humanity was able to extrapolate by several clues regarding the beasts' movements, the Purist Sect was doing

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

enough leftover forces to completely control their adjacent

to the west couldn't deal

Sect did

almost seemed

to remember that it definitely wasn't easy to

Peak Sect wasn't

at the frontline directly belonged to the

handled

the Human Alliance didn't force their cooperation

didn't want to

sleep

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

"Yes," the man said.

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

that you would be willing to offend four Peak Sects just so that my plan works,"

Ancestor of the Purist Sect said.

a couple of

you

notice you,"

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

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

"So, the Purist Sect is willing to be an intermediary

"No," the man said.

a couple of times in

in full sentences? Do you always need me to ask for clarification before you

looked evenly at

act as

you even speak for Underworld in this

because I'm also the leader

Silence.

and Liam felt like their reality was

Underworld, was actually being

Peak Sect was

the Purist Sect, this secret would have

"No," the man said.

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

leadership of Underworld is the leadership of

don't

long gotten used to becoming

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

at the very center of the Purist

wonder no one had ever been able to release the secret of Underworld's

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

Sect surround them, but even the entire eastern

also explained why Underworld had never

the humans wanted to eradicate Underworld, they would need

survive

humanity after

Liam asked. "Aren't you afraid that

"No," the man said.

you so

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

took