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

The Purist Sect.

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

nearly never involved itself with

wanted to get the cooperation of the Purist Sect. After all, the other

Purist Sect wouldn't talk or cooperate with

Highest Commander of humanity

the Purist Sect did was to take care

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

point in looking at

Sect was easily dealing with the beasts, and from what humanity was able to extrapolate by several clues regarding the beasts' movements, the Purist Sect was doing

eastern front was basically the most stable front out

leftover

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

the Purist Sect did it

Sect almost seemed

definitely wasn't easy to deal with

Peak Sect

to the Human Alliance. Only the remaining 40% were made up of the various

the eastern front was handled entirely by

Human Alliance didn't force their cooperation on the Purist

didn't want to

sleep and do its

Sect would be willing to

"Yes," the man said.

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

be willing to offend four Peak Sects just so

of the Purist Sect

blinked a

do you

no one will notice

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

you come

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

"No," the man said.

couple

you maybe talk in full sentences? Do you always need me

looked

as an intermediary," he

even speak for Underworld in

I'm also

Silence.

and Liam felt like

disease of humanity, Underworld, was actually

Peak Sect

is part of the Purist Sect, this secret would

"No," the man said.

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

is the leadership of the Purist

elders and disciples don't

had long gotten used to becoming

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

was actually at the very center of the

ever been able to release the

they would immediately be teleported into the very center of the

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

also explained why Underworld had

eradicate Underworld, they would need to eradicate the

they even survive such a

overwhelm humanity after such an

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

"No," the man said.

makes you so

Underworld's job is to weaken humanity

and Stella took