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 Purist

The Purist Sect.

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

Sect nearly never involved itself with human

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

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

even went so far that the Highest Commander

take care of the eastern

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

in

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

front was basically the most stable front out of all of

even had enough leftover forces to completely control

Primordial Force Sect to the west couldn't deal with

the Purist Sect did it

Sect almost seemed mysterious

had to remember that it definitely

all, a Peak

of the human forces fighting at the frontline directly belonged to the Human Alliance. Only the

eastern front was handled entirely by

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

want to

let it sleep

the Purist Sect would be

"Yes," the man said.

heard of me and might report it to the other Peak Sects. At that point, they will demand the Purist Sect

would be willing to offend four Peak Sects just so that

Ancestor of the Purist

a couple

why do you

notice you," the

to work? I need

but I can choose which humans you come into contact

Sect is willing to

"No," the man said.

a couple of times

full sentences? Do you always need me to ask for clarification before you

looked evenly

as an

"Can you even speak

I'm also

Silence.

like

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

Sect

not possible," Stella interjected. "If Underworld is part of the Purist

"No," the man said.

trading hub. It is spread over the entirety of the world. Only

is the

elders and disciples don't know

gotten used

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

the very center of

no one had ever been able to

would immediately

Sect surround them, but even

also explained why Underworld had never been

wanted to eradicate Underworld, they would

even survive such

humanity after such an

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

"No," the man said.

so

job is to weaken humanity so that they

and Stella took