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 their territory, and they rarely talked with the

nearly never involved itself with

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

Purist Sect wouldn't talk or cooperate with the other Peak Sects as long as it didn't involve something of

even went so far that the Highest Commander of

only thing that the Purist Sect did was to take care of the eastern front and

centers of humanity just had the eastern

no point in looking at

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

was basically the most stable front out of all

enough leftover forces to completely

Sect to the west couldn't deal with

Purist Sect

Purist Sect almost

it definitely wasn't easy to deal with the

Peak Sect

at the frontline directly belonged to the Human Alliance. Only the remaining

the eastern front was handled entirely by

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

to provoke a

let it sleep and do

Purist Sect

"Yes," the man said.

people are bound to have heard of me and might report it to

offend four Peak Sects just so that

right," the Ancestor of the Purist Sect

a couple of

why do you offer

notice you," the man

"And how's that supposed to work?

but I can choose which humans you come into contact with,"

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

"No," the man said.

couple of

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

man looked evenly

will act as

even

also the

Silence.

Liam felt like their reality was

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

Sect was

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

"No," the man said.

a mercenary organization and trading hub. It is spread over the entirety

Underworld is the

don't know

long gotten

the most hidden secrets of the world, the location of Underworld's headquarters, had just been exposed in front

at the very center of the

able

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

but even the entire eastern continent

Underworld had never been eradicated

to eradicate Underworld, they would need to

survive such a

beasts would immediately overwhelm humanity after

asked. "Aren't you afraid that we might

"No," the man said.

you so sure?"

to weaken humanity so that

and Stella took a