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

The Purist Sect.

anyone to enter their territory, and they rarely

never involved itself

of the Purist Sect. After all, the other four were working together very closely, while the Purist Sect only

or cooperate with the other

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

take care of the eastern front and

of humanity just had the eastern quarter of the

point in looking

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

basically the most

enough leftover forces to completely control their

Force Sect to the west

Sect

Purist Sect almost seemed mysterious and

definitely wasn't easy to deal with the

Peak Sect wasn't

to the Human Alliance. Only the remaining

was handled entirely by

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

to provoke a

let it sleep and

"So, the Purist Sect

"Yes," the man said.

some people are bound to have heard of me and might report it to

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

the Ancestor of the Purist Sect said. "I

blinked a

why do you

one will notice you," the

brows furrowed in skepticism. "And how's that supposed to work? I need to be in contact with humans

but I can choose which humans you come into contact

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

"No," the man said.

a couple

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

looked evenly at

will act as an intermediary,"

Gravis asked. "Can you even speak for Underworld in

because I'm also the leader

Silence.

Liam felt like their

of humanity, Underworld, was actually being led by

Peak Sect was

part of the Purist Sect, this secret

"No," the man said.

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

the leadership

elders and disciples don't

Liam had long gotten used

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

was actually at the very center of

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

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

Sect surround them, but even the

explained why Underworld

the humans wanted to eradicate Underworld, they would need to eradicate the Purist

even survive

would immediately overwhelm humanity after such an insane

Liam asked. "Aren't you

"No," the man said.

makes you so

weaken humanity so that

Stella took