"If you do not Wash Away Sins from your body, benefactor, it will be difficult to cross Punishment Mountain. If you force your way in, you will certainly die."
Xuan Zhu reminded him.
Punishment Mountain was the second trial on Hell Road.
As its name implied, Punishment Mountain was a mountain that meted out punishment, and those punished were naturally people burdened with sins.
Jiang Ping An had learned from Chan WuXiang that Punishment Mountain would materialize the sins of those climbing it and press them onto their bodies in the form of gravity.
The heavier one's sins, the greater the pressure one would endure while ascending Punishment Mountain.
Even a Celestial Immortal-level powerhouse could be crushed alive.
Beyond that, Karmic Fire and World Cleansing Purple Firmament Lightning also filled the mountain.
Both of these trials were tied to the climber's sins.
It could be said that Punishment Mountain existed to bar those burdened by grave sins within the Yellow Springs River, forcing them to suffer tribulations in Yellow Springs. It had never intended to let sinners pass.
"How would I know if I don't try?"
Jiang Ping An intended to first see just how difficult Punishment Mountain was. If he truly could not get through, he would think of another way.
As the two spoke, they saw a majestic mountain, with waves of terrifying thunder rumbling from its slopes.
As they drew closer, Jiang Ping An saw wildfires covering the mountain and World Cleansing Purple Firmament Lightning flickering everywhere.
"Ah—"
A scream rang out from the mountain. An Earth Immortal covered head to toe in Karmic Fire ran down its slope.
"I'm not climbing anymore! I'll Wash Away Sins in Yellow Springs! Let me leave, let me leave!"
This Earth Immortal wanted to leave Punishment Mountain, but the mountain