Zhao Gongming

Biodata

Feature	Details
Name	Zhao Gongming (趙公明)
Alias(es)	Fat Zhao; Zhao Fatty; “little fatty” 17 18
Gender	Masculine
Affiliation	Jie Sect; Daoism 17 163
Occupation/Role	Disciple and senior disciple of Jie Sect/Daoism; ranked second on Jie Sect’s Heaven’s Pride Ranking 81
Status	Active 171
First Appearance	Chapter 17 17

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Late-stage Great Luo Golden Immortal; physical body at mid-stage Quasi-Sage and Primordial Spirit at early-stage Quasi-Sage	102	Zhao Gongming identifies this split cultivation before undergoing Li Er’s procedure to unite body, soul, and the Twenty-Four Sea-Calming Divine Pearls. The process ends with him collapsing after seemingly nearing success. 102
Body becoming a Sage; early Saint realm	160	By the rescue expedition through the Chaos Geng Wind passage, his body had become sage-like and his strength had entered the early Saint realm. 160
Mid-stage Sage	167	He breaks through during his extended battle against strange creatures, using Chaos Qi and refined Law power gained through Li Er. 167

Appearance

Zhao Gongming is repeatedly characterized by his chubby build and is deliberately presented as someone easy to overlook despite his potential. 17

• Chubby or “fatty” appearance. 17 81
• Lively eyes and an outwardly righteous-looking face. 17
• His physical body becomes extraordinarily durable, eventually comparable in resilience to a Sage-level physique. 160 163

Personality

Zhao Gongming is resilient, adaptable, and much more cautious than his boisterous manner suggests. Harsh simulation training and repeated punishments teach him the Steadiness Sutra’s survival-first mentality; he habitually prepares formation plates when he senses danger. 18 31

He can also be lazy about conventional cultivation, fond of food, fishing, and obtaining benefits from others. His appetite for Li Er’s cooking is strong enough to override his usual caution, while he is willing to leverage secrets—such as Sixth Crow’s identity—for profit. 82 84 97

Despite this opportunism, he is loyal to his fellow disciples. He volunteers for Li Er’s dangerous body-and-Primordial-Spirit procedure partly to help save Sixth Crow, whom he considers one of Daoism’s earliest companions. 102 In battle, he can become reckless and exhilarated by combat, especially when given a chance to turn Li Er into an improvised weapon. 163 167

Abilities & Skills

Hunyuan Physique

Zhao Gongming specializes in bodily cultivation and close-quarters combat.

• Catches Kong Xuan’s divine sword with his bare hand during their spar. 81
• Forms golden defensive runes around his body and recovers from injuries quickly. 81
• His body withstands attacks from strange creatures that cannot meaningfully harm him. 163
• His body and Primordial Spirit were cultivated separately to Quasi-Sage levels before he sought their complete union. 102

Twenty-Four Heavens

The Twenty-Four Sea-Calming Divine Pearls become central to Zhao Gongming’s path toward a world-based cultivation method.

• Can manifest the Twenty-Four Heavens in his palm to conceal auras, suppress injuries, and escape through the void. 51
• During Li Er’s procedure, the twenty-four pearls integrate with his spine as his body and Primordial Spirit begin to merge. 102
• Later allows the Twenty-Four Heavens to envelop him and form the Hammer of Myriad Worlds, turning his own body into a giant weapon. 167
• He believes the future power of the Twenty-Four Heavens could let him withstand Sixth Crow’s attacks directly. 167

Mental Resistance

His prolonged Daoism training leaves him unusually difficult to manipulate through emotion or desire.

• Resists the strange creatures’ methods of stirring the Seven Emotions and Six Desires. 163
• His emotions have become integrated into his physical actions rather than remaining easily provoked independent fluctuations. 163
• Applies the Steadiness Sutra by remaining vigilant and preparing for hidden threats. 31

Formation Use and Survival Skills

• Deploys formation plates when he detects surveillance or danger. 31
• Endures Li Er’s illusion-array curriculum, including escalating numbers of illusory opponents. 18
• Uses the Twenty-Four Heavens to erase traces and escape with an injured Old Wu Liu during a tribulation. 51

Law-Harvesting Combat

On the dark side of the Primordial World, Zhao Gongming develops an unorthodox combat style around Li Er’s body.

• Wields Li Er as a human-shaped sword, hammer, and rotating “windmill” weapon against strange creatures. 163
• Feeds the pure Laws dropped by slain creatures into Li Er, receiving Chaos Qi in return to sustain his own combat. 163 167
• Learns to use Li Er as a human-shaped treasure more effectively after Li Er corrects his technique. 167
• His prolonged combat and Law harvesting contribute directly to his breakthrough to mid-stage Sage. 167

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Twenty-Four Sea-Calming Divine Pearls — integrated with his spine and developed into the foundation of the Twenty-Four Heavens. 51 102
• Formation plates / array discs — used for vigilance, simulations, and survival training. 18 31
• Li Er — temporarily and improvisedly used as a human-shaped magical weapon in the dark-side battlefield. 163 167

Relationships

• Sect Master Tongtian — His sect master and “Grand Master.” Tongtian recruits him into Jie Sect, later reads his diary and intensifies his training. 17 18
• Li Er — His “Little Master” and primary trainer. Li Er subjects him to simulations, physical training, and a dangerous body-and-soul integration procedure; Zhao Gongming later relies on Li Er as a weapon in battle. 18 102 163
• Kong Xuan — Fellow disciple and competitive rival. Zhao Gongming is second on the Heaven’s Pride Ranking before sparring Kong Xuan, who defeats him after revealing stronger techniques. 81
• Sanxiao — His three younger sisters. Zhao Gongming gives them cultivation methods and resources before their 500-year seclusion; they later intervene when they believe Kong Xuan is bullying him. 82
• Duobao — Fellow disciple and companion in Daoism. Both volunteer to help save Sixth Crow, though Zhao Gongming insists on undergoing Li Er’s procedure first. 102
• Sixth Crow — One of Zhao Gongming’s earliest Daoism companions. Zhao Gongming regards him with brotherly affection and risks himself in an attempt to aid him. 102

Story Role / Major Arcs

Recruitment and Secret-Realm Training

Tongtian and Li Er recruit Zhao Gongming into Jie Sect’s secret training area, where he is required to build a house without using cultivation and to operate under the alias “Fat Zhao.” 17 His early training includes five-year simulations, three-year examinations, restrictive array discs, and combat against illusory opponents. 18

Tribulation and the Twenty-Four Heavens

Zhao Gongming’s tribulation draws a world-destroying lightning calamity and the attention of the Heavenly Dao. He manifests the Twenty-Four Heavens, protects the unconscious Old Wu Liu, conceals their traces, and escapes through the void. 51

Heaven’s Pride Ranking and Kong Xuan Duel

Ranked second on Golden Turtle Island’s Heaven’s Pride Ranking, Zhao Gongming spars with Kong Xuan after arguing over seniority. He demonstrates formidable bare-handed defense but is ultimately forced to concede when Kong Xuan prepares his five flying swords. 81

Super Processor Procedure

Seeking a path beyond his cultivation bottleneck, Zhao Gongming volunteers for Li Er’s experimental procedure. His body, Primordial Spirit, and Twenty-Four Sea-Calming Divine Pearls begin to unite, but he collapses after the Super Processor is implanted into his fragmented soul. 102

Dark-Side Battle

Zhao Gongming accompanies Li Er into the dangerous dark side of the Primordial World. After Li Er is incapacitated, Zhao Gongming carries him, fights swarms of strange creatures, and uses him as an indestructible weapon while collecting their pure Law power. 162 163

His sustained fighting drives him into a berserk state, but also elevates him to the mid-stage Sage realm. Li Er eventually turns the Twenty-Four Heavens’ power back on Zhao Gongming, using him as the Hammer of Myriad Worlds. 167

Tomb of Innate Supreme Treasures

While fishing with Li Er on the dark side of the Primordial World, Zhao Gongming discovers a colossal tomb containing countless Innate Supreme Treasures. Li Er identifies it as connected to the future direction of their Twenty-Four Heavens world. 171

Notable Quotes

“Little Master, I know I was wrong!!” 167

“Where do you think you’re running, monster!!” 163

Trivia

• Zhao Gongming keeps a diary, which Tongtian discovers and uses to learn the details of his secret-realm training. 18
• His question about whether Li Er was feeding spirit fish leads to further punishment in the simulation arrays. 18
• Although he is a capable fisherman, Li Er considers his fishing style akin to cheating and dislikes bringing him along. 80
• He refuses Li Er’s offer of the Qingping Sword during the Chaos Geng Wind rescue mission, considering it too important to Daoism and Jie Sect to accept. 160