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 Ancestor of the

The Purist Sect.

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

Purist Sect nearly never involved itself with human

cooperation of the Purist Sect. After all, the other four were working

or cooperate with the other Peak Sects as long

went so far that the Highest

take care of the eastern front

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

point in looking at the

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 an outstanding

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

enough leftover forces

west couldn't deal with

the Purist Sect did it

Purist Sect almost seemed

it definitely wasn't easy to deal with

Peak

at the frontline directly belonged to the Human Alliance.

was handled entirely by

was also the main reason why the Human Alliance didn't force their

want to provoke

let it sleep and do

Purist Sect would

"Yes," the man said.

wouldn't 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 other Peak Sects. At that point, they

don't think that you would be willing to offend four

of the Purist Sect said. "I

blinked a couple of

you offer

no one will notice

how's that supposed to work? I need to be in contact with

I can choose which humans you come into contact

shone. "So, the Purist Sect is willing to be

"No," the man said.

a couple

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

man looked

as an

what?" Gravis asked. "Can you even

also the leader of

Silence.

like

humanity, Underworld, was actually being led by the

Peak Sect

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

"No," the man said.

It is spread over the entirety of the world.

the leadership

and disciples don't know about the

Liam had long gotten

of the world, the location of Underworld's

headquarters was actually at the very center of the Purist

one had ever been able to release the

someone powerful wanted to hurt Underworld, they would immediately be teleported

but even the

explained why Underworld had never been eradicated

wanted to eradicate Underworld, they would need to

they even survive

would immediately overwhelm humanity after such an

Liam asked. "Aren't you afraid that

"No," the man said.

makes you so

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

and Stella took a