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.

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

Sect nearly never involved itself

to get the cooperation of the Purist Sect. After all, the other four were working together very

the Purist Sect wouldn't talk or cooperate with the

so far that the Highest Commander of

the Purist Sect did was to take care

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

point in looking at the eastern

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

saw, the eastern front was basically the

Purist Sect even had enough leftover forces to completely control their adjacent

to the west couldn't deal with both of their

Purist Sect did it

almost seemed

that it definitely wasn't easy to deal with the

a Peak

the human forces fighting at the frontline directly belonged to the Human Alliance. Only the remaining 40% were made up of

eastern front was handled entirely by the Purist

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

didn't want to provoke a

let it sleep and

Purist Sect would be

"Yes," the man said.

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

don't think that you would be willing to offend four Peak Sects just so that my

the Ancestor of the Purist Sect said.

a couple of

you offer

one will notice you,"

that supposed to work? I

but I can choose which humans you come

Purist Sect is willing to be

"No," the man said.

blinked a couple

sentences? Do you always need me to ask for clarification

man looked evenly at

as an intermediary," he

what?" Gravis asked. "Can you even speak for Underworld in

also the leader

Silence.

and Liam felt like their reality was

disease of humanity, Underworld, was actually being led by the Purist

Sect

not possible," Stella interjected. "If Underworld is part of the Purist Sect, this secret would have long since

"No," the man said.

trading hub. It is spread over

is the leadership of the

disciples don't know about the

and Liam had long gotten used to becoming

the world, the location of Underworld's headquarters,

at the very

been able to

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

would an entire Peak Sect surround them, but even the

also explained why Underworld had never been eradicated

eradicate Underworld, they would need

they even survive such a

immediately overwhelm humanity after such

asked. "Aren't you afraid

"No," the man said.

you so sure?"

job is to weaken humanity so that they don't overwhelm

and Stella took