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 Sect,"

The Purist Sect.

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

Purist Sect nearly never involved itself with human

After all, the other four were working together

no matter what they did, the Purist Sect wouldn't talk or cooperate with the other Peak Sects as long as it

Highest Commander

take care of the eastern front and both of

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

no point in looking at

with the beasts, and from what humanity was able to extrapolate by several clues regarding the beasts' movements, the

basically the most stable

enough leftover forces to completely control their

Force Sect to the west couldn't deal with both of their

the Purist Sect did it

Purist Sect almost seemed

to remember that it definitely

Peak Sect wasn't

the frontline directly belonged to the Human Alliance. Only the remaining 40% were

handled entirely by the Purist

the Human Alliance didn't force their cooperation

want to provoke a sleeping

it sleep and do

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

"Yes," the man said.

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 point, they will demand the Purist Sect to hand me

think that you would be willing to offend four Peak Sects just so that my

right," the Ancestor of the Purist Sect said.

a couple of

do you

no one will notice you," the man

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

humans you come into contact

Sect is willing to be an

"No," the man said.

blinked a couple of times in

full sentences? Do you always need me

looked evenly

as an

"Can you even speak for Underworld in

because I'm also the leader

Silence.

and Liam felt like their reality was

Underworld, was actually being led by the Purist

Peak Sect

of the Purist Sect, this secret would have long since been

"No," the man said.

over the entirety of the

is the

elders and disciples don't know

long gotten used to

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

actually at the very center of the

ever been able to release the secret of Underworld's

would immediately be teleported into the very

Peak Sect surround them, but even the entire eastern

also explained why Underworld had never been eradicated

wanted to eradicate Underworld, they would need to eradicate

they even survive such

overwhelm humanity after

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

"No," the man said.

you so sure?"

Underworld's job is to weaken humanity

took a