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.

didn't allow anyone to enter their territory, and they rarely talked with

Sect nearly never involved itself with

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

cooperate with the other Peak Sects as long as it didn't

the Highest Commander of humanity didn't control

did was to take care of the eastern front and both of their adjacent

important command centers of humanity just had the eastern quarter of

in looking at the eastern

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

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

even had enough leftover forces to completely control

to the west couldn't deal with both of

Sect did

Purist Sect almost seemed mysterious

remember that it definitely wasn't easy

a Peak Sect

human forces fighting at the frontline directly belonged to the Human

handled entirely by the

the main reason why the Human

didn't want to provoke a sleeping

let it sleep and do

Gravis said. "So, the Purist Sect would

"Yes," the man said.

very isolated, some people are bound to have heard of me and might report it to the other Peak Sects. At that point,

willing to offend four Peak Sects just so that my plan works," Gravis

right," the Ancestor of the Purist Sect said. "I

a couple

you offer

one will notice you," the man

supposed to work?

you come into contact with," the man

"So, the Purist Sect is willing to be an

"No," the man said.

couple of times in

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

man looked evenly

act as an intermediary," he

you even speak for

also the leader

Silence.

felt like their reality was

was actually being led by the Purist

Peak Sect

"If Underworld is part of the Purist Sect, this secret would have

"No," the man said.

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

Underworld is the leadership

disciples don't know about

Liam had long gotten used to

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

the very center

been able to release

would immediately be teleported

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

explained why Underworld had never been eradicated

wanted to eradicate Underworld, they

survive such a

beasts would immediately overwhelm humanity after

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

"No," the man said.

makes you so sure?" Liam

to weaken humanity so that

Stella took a deep