Brilliant silver-white light suddenly flashed across the heavens and earth. A bolt of lightning struck down from the sky, its writhing serpentine form seeming to tear a crack in the heavens. Then came the rumble of thunder. A figure threaded through a barren wasteland strewn with rocks, devoid of life and filled only with endless desolation.
Wang Mang glanced up at the strange space and gave a wry smile. "I never thought the Ghost Cart's way of welcoming guests would be like this. What a nuisance." The only reply was the thunder's incessant roar. When he entered the Taiji Wall guarded by the ferocious beast Ghost Cart, he had found himself alone in this strange place. The Dark Giant and Mirage Dragon were nowhere to be seen.
The storm winds and flashes of lightning overhead sounded like furious, unwilling roars, filled with boundless rage and oppression.
Boom!
A massive bolt of lightning crashed toward Wang Mang, but he nimbly dodged it. "Could it be that misfortune has already set its sights on me?" A cold wind swept past, filling him with an eerie chill. Wang Mang sensed danger drawing near. "This is bad!" A huge boulder fell toward his head. Only then did he realize that the ground where he had landed had turned into a muddy pit like a swamp. Its tremendous suction held his feet fast.
The boulder had shattered beneath the massive lightning strike, and its largest piece came crashing down toward Wang Mang's head. Wang Mang suddenly stretched his body out, but the enormous weight crushed him completely. His body burst apart, blood splattering across the entire puddle. The lightning in the sky did not abate. A sudden whistling sound cut through the air, and a sharp piece of stone came flying at high speed, spinning