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.

of the Purist Sect,"

The Purist Sect.

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

never

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

Sect wouldn't talk or cooperate with the other Peak Sects as long as

far that the Highest

Purist Sect did was to take care

maps in the important command centers of humanity just had the eastern quarter

was no point in looking

from what humanity was able to extrapolate by several clues regarding the beasts' movements, the Purist Sect was doing an

basically the most stable front out of all of

leftover forces to completely control their adjacent

the west couldn't

Sect did

almost seemed mysterious and

it definitely wasn't easy to

Peak

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

eastern front was handled entirely by

also the main reason why the Human Alliance

didn't want to provoke

let it sleep and do its

"So, the Purist Sect would be willing to support my

"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

willing to offend four Peak Sects just so

the Ancestor of the

blinked a couple of

why do you offer to

will notice you," the

to work? I need to be in contact with humans

you

Purist Sect is willing to

"No," the man said.

blinked a couple

sentences? Do you always need me to ask for clarification before you explain more?"

looked

as an

Gravis asked. "Can you even speak for Underworld in this

I'm also

Silence.

and Liam felt like their

disease of humanity, Underworld, was actually being

Peak Sect

Underworld 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.

the leadership of

don't know

had long gotten used to becoming shocked

of the world, the location of Underworld's headquarters,

actually at the very center

wonder no one had ever been able to release the secret

would immediately be teleported into the very center of

Sect surround them, but even the entire eastern continent

Underworld had never been eradicated

to eradicate Underworld, they would need

even survive

humanity after

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

"No," the man said.

makes you so

is to weaken humanity so that

took