"That guy is actually still climbing the mountain. Is he not afraid of death?"
"Could he possibly withstand the pressure and reach Reincarnation Lake at the summit?"
"The punishment at the foot of the mountain is the weakest. The farther up one goes, the greater the pressure one must bear—unless he is ten times stronger than he is now."
Seeing Jiang Ping An continue upward, many beings were astonished. They felt he was simply courting death.
The World Cleansing Purple Firmament Lightning, Red Lotus Karmic Fire, and gravity rules at the foot of the mountain were already terrifying. The farther upward he went, the stronger they would become.
Sure enough, as Jiang Ping An climbed higher, the thunderclouds overhead began to churn violently, turning black as ink. The purple lightning seemed to grow enraged, and the power it contained became increasingly terrifying.
The Karmic Fire beneath his feet surged forth even more fiercely, as though it wanted to burn away everything.
The faces within the Karmic Fire Red Lotus became even more savage. Gravity rules as immense as stars tore at Jiang Ping An's body.
Jiang Ping An climbed step by step, his pace growing slower and slower. His body, which had originally recovered, began to blacken once more, on the verge of being burned away completely.
After a long while, Jiang Ping An's body reached its limit, and he stopped.
He looked back. He had completed one-third of Punishment Mountain, with two-thirds still remaining.
He was in no hurry. He sat cross-legged on the mountain once more.
Many beings were utterly bewildered by this sight.
"This person should have reached his limit. Why isn't he coming down? What is he sitting there for?"
The ripples emanating from the World Cleansing Purple Firmament Lightning and Karmic Fire alone made these