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

The Purist Sect.

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

never involved itself

Sects wanted to get the cooperation of the Purist Sect. After all, the other four were working together very closely, while the Purist Sect only did their own

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

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

Purist Sect did was to take care of the eastern front and both

the important command centers of humanity just had the

point in looking at

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

was basically the most stable front out of all of

had enough leftover forces to completely control their adjacent

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

the Purist Sect did

Purist Sect almost seemed mysterious and

remember that it definitely wasn't easy to deal

Peak

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

eastern front was handled

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

didn't want to provoke a sleeping

let it sleep

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

"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 it to the other Peak Sects.

be willing to offend four

the Purist Sect

blinked a

you offer

notice

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

humans you come into contact with," the man

is willing to be an

"No," the man said.

a couple of times

me to ask for clarification

man looked evenly at

act as

asked. "Can you even speak for Underworld in this

because I'm also the leader

Silence.

and Liam felt like their

Underworld, was actually being

Sect

Underworld is part of the

"No," the man said.

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

leadership of Underworld is the

don't know

long gotten used to becoming

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

was actually at the very center of the

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

Underworld, they would immediately be teleported into

an entire Peak Sect surround them, but even the entire eastern continent

Underworld

the humans wanted to eradicate Underworld, they would need

survive such

beasts would immediately overwhelm humanity after

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

"No," the man said.

makes you so sure?"

is to weaken humanity so that they

Stella took a deep