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 Purist Sect,"

The Purist Sect.

always very isolated and xenophobic. They didn't allow anyone to enter their territory, and they rarely talked with

Purist Sect nearly never involved

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

matter what they did, the Purist Sect wouldn't talk or cooperate with the other Peak Sects as long as it didn't

far that the Highest Commander

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

command centers of humanity just had the eastern quarter of the world blackened

in

to extrapolate by several clues regarding the beasts' movements,

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

had enough leftover

Primordial Force Sect to the west couldn't

the Purist Sect

Purist Sect almost

had to remember that it definitely wasn't easy to deal with

all, a Peak

the Human Alliance. Only the remaining 40% were made up

was handled entirely

Human Alliance didn't force their cooperation on

didn't want to provoke a

let it sleep and

"So, the Purist Sect would

"Yes," the man said.

Sect is very isolated, some people are bound to have heard of me and might report

willing to offend four

the Purist Sect

blinked a couple of

you

notice

to work? I need to be in contact with

can choose which humans you come

"So, the Purist Sect is willing

"No," the man said.

a couple

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

man looked evenly

as an intermediary," he

what?" Gravis asked. "Can you even

also the

Silence.

and Liam felt like their

actually

Peak Sect

part of the Purist Sect, this secret

"No," the man said.

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

Underworld is the leadership of

don't know about the

gotten

location of Underworld's headquarters, had just been

actually at the very

able to release the

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

but even the entire eastern

also explained why Underworld had never

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

survive such

beasts would immediately overwhelm humanity

asked. "Aren't you afraid that

"No," the man said.

makes you so sure?"

to weaken humanity

took a deep