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 Purist

The Purist Sect.

didn't allow anyone to enter their territory, and they rarely talked with

Purist Sect nearly never involved itself

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

or cooperate with the other Peak Sects as long

that the Highest Commander of humanity didn't control the eastern

thing that the Purist Sect did was to take

important command centers of humanity

point in looking at the eastern

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

eastern front was basically the most stable front out of all of

had enough leftover forces to completely control their adjacent

Sect to the west

Sect did it

Sect almost

remember that it definitely wasn't easy to

a Peak Sect

at the frontline directly belonged to the Human Alliance. Only the remaining 40% were made up of the various

front was handled entirely by the

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

want to provoke a

sleep

Purist Sect would be

"Yes," the man said.

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

you would be willing to offend four Peak Sects just so that my plan works,"

the Ancestor of the Purist Sect

a couple

do you

will notice

to work?

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

is willing to be

"No," the man said.

a couple of times in

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

looked evenly

act as an

asked. "Can you even speak for Underworld

also the leader of

Silence.

and Liam felt like their

was actually being led by

Sect was

the Purist Sect, this secret would have long since

"No," the man said.

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

Underworld is the leadership of the

elders and disciples don't

Liam had long gotten used to

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

at the very center of

ever been able to

to hurt Underworld, they would immediately

an entire Peak Sect surround them, but even the entire eastern

why Underworld had never been eradicated

to eradicate Underworld, they would

even survive such

overwhelm humanity after such an

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

"No," the man said.

so sure?"

humanity so that they don't

and Stella took