Countless streaks of spiritual light suddenly appeared, and the entire earth began to rumble. The ground within a hundred li trembled and split open with countless enormous fissures, from which blazing, high-temperature flames erupted. Nine mountain peaks rose out of nowhere, thrusting up a thousand zhang from beneath the earth.
Wang Mang was instantly surrounded by the nine strange peaks, and an enormous pressure bore down on him. He spat out a mouthful of black water. The liquid swirled incessantly around him, gradually devouring the immense pressure.
"It's Netherworld Water! Something that can devour divine sense!"
Wang Mang swung the Black Whip in his hand. With a rumble, the enormous whip unleashed its power, and black lightning flashed wildly across the sky. Countless bolts struck the nine peaks, sending rocks flying. The peaks emitted ten thousand zhang of purple light, revealing their true forms. They weren't mountains at all, but nine purple pillars carved from Purple Wood. Each pillar was engraved with countless intricate patterns. Streaks of spiritual light rose from their bases, then slowly coiled around the Black Whip, holding it in place.
Wang Mang gave a cold snort. "Why have you obstructed me time and again?"
The man replied, "Fellow cultivator, you intend to defy Heaven. I simply don't want you to sink any deeper."
Wang Mang said, "Heaven and Earth have their own order. You recklessly changed the Heaven and Earth Rules. Isn't that defying Heaven?"
The man replied, "You're mistaken, fellow cultivator. You occupied Wang Mang's body, which was itself an act of defying Heaven. We merely set things right."
Wang Mang said, "I had the good fortune to come from the Earth Immortal Realm into the Mortal Realm and merge with Wang Mang's primordial spirit. That was Heaven's will. Yet you Righteous Path Cultivators insist