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

The Purist Sect.

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

Sect nearly never involved itself with human

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

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

the Highest Commander of humanity didn't control the eastern

Purist Sect did was to take care of the eastern front and both

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

was no point in looking at the eastern

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

front was basically

even had enough leftover

the west couldn't deal with both

Purist Sect

almost

that it definitely wasn't easy to deal with

Peak Sect wasn't

the Human Alliance. Only

was handled entirely

Human Alliance didn't

didn't want to provoke a

it sleep and

said. "So, the Purist Sect would be

"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 will demand the Purist

willing to offend four Peak Sects just so

right," the Ancestor of the Purist

a couple of

do you

no one will notice you,"

that supposed to work? I need to be

you come into contact

shone. "So, the Purist Sect is willing to

"No," the man said.

blinked a couple of times

talk in full sentences? Do you always need me to

looked

will act as an

you even speak

I'm also the leader

Silence.

felt like their

actually being led by

Sect was

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

"No," the man said.

a mercenary organization and trading hub. It is spread over the entirety of the world. Only the headquarters are in the

Underworld is the leadership of the

and disciples don't know about the

and Liam had long gotten used

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

was actually at the very center of

no one had ever been able to release the

immediately be teleported

Sect surround them, but even the entire

why Underworld had never been

the humans wanted to eradicate Underworld, they would

even survive such a

humanity after such an insane

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

"No," the man said.

you so

weaken humanity so that they don't

and Stella took