Transmigrated Into a Brick, Starting by Hitting Pangu

Lu Chen's last memory was his vision going black—he'd pulled three all-nighters in a row to keep up with the #1 ranked Qimao Novel, Primordial Era: I, Devouring the Twelve Ancestral Witches at the Start.

His eyes closed, then opened, and he was gone.

No, he wasn't even a person anymore.

"Where... where am I?"

Lu Chen "looked" around, only to find he had no eyes. His consciousness was trapped in a mass of chaotic darkness, only able to vaguely perceive the terrifying scene outside—

Chaos churned, gray mist-like currents like a raging sea. A giant, reaching to the heavens, held a massive axe and was battling countless indescribable monsters!

Some of those monsters were covered in eyes, others had a thousand hands and feet, each exuding an aura that made Lu Chen's soul tremble. But with one swing of the giant's axe, the monsters screamed as they disintegrated into chaotic currents.

"Pangu's Sky-Opening?!"

Lu Chen was stunned.

As a veteran Primordial Era fan, he was all too familiar with this scene—the Three Thousand Demon Gods attacking Pangu, the Sky-Opening Calamity!

But how could he be here? And turned into a... brick?

Lu Chen tried to "look down," and finally perceived his form: a three-foot-long, one-foot-wide, completely black brick. Its surface was pockmarked, its material unknown, and it floated heavily in the chaos.

No limbs, no facial features, just consciousness trapped within the brick.

"I transmigrated into a brick?!"

Lu Chen wanted to curse, but he didn't even have a mouth. What was more terrifying was that a terrifying residual battle wave swept over him, the chaotic currents like knife cuts. His brick body cracked with a "kacha," a fine line appearing.

Pain! A soul-tearing pain!

"I'm gonna die, I'm gonna die, I'm gonna die!" Lu Chen panicked. He was nothing more than a broken brick now; any stray wave could crush him into dust.

Just then, he "saw" the axe.

The Sky-Opening Axe!

Its blade split the chaos, each swing extinguishing a Demon God. But Lu Chen noticed a faint crack on the axe handle—likely left by a desperate final attack from a Demon God earlier.

The crack was expanding.

With every swing of the axe, the crack spread a little further. At this rate, after a few dozen more swings, the axe handle would break!

Lu Chen's heart stirred.

Wait, I'm a brick!

What are bricks for? Hitting people, smashing things, acting as weapons! Even if I don't know the origin of this Black Brick, it must be special if it can exist in the Chaos, right?

A crazy thought emerged.

"What if... I could chip off a piece of the Sky-Opening Axe..."

All Primordial Era fans knew that after the Sky-Opening Axe shattered, the blade turned into the Taiji Diagram, Pangu Banner, and Chaos Bell, while the handle transformed into the Four Swords of Zhu Xian. Even a fragment the size of a fingernail would be a remnant of a Chaos Supreme Treasure!

Even more crucial—Sky-Opening Merit!

After Pangu opened the sky, his body became all things, and the Heavenly Dao bestowed immeasurable merit. When the axe shattered, the first trace of merit fell onto the axe. If he could touch the axe, could he snag some merit?

The more he thought about it, the faster his heart beat.

"Let's do it! Fortune favors the bold!"

Lu Chen concentrated all his consciousness, trying to control the brick's movement.

Move! Move for me!

The brick trembled and slowly drifted in the chaos—slower than a snail's crawl.

"Faster! Faster!" Lu Chen was burning with anxiety.

At the center of the battlefield, Pangu was fighting like a madman. Ninety percent of the Three Thousand Demon Gods were dead, the Chaos had been split open, and the clear and turbid energies began to separate. But the cracks on the axe handle were like a spiderweb, ready to collapse at any moment.

The final blow!

Pangu roared, holding the axe with both hands, and with his last ounce of strength, he swung it at the strongest, Daoist Shichen.

Now!

Lu Chen desperately urged the brick, charging towards the crack on the axe handle. His speed was a joke in the Chaos, but he'd calculated the angle—the chaotic currents stirred by the axe's swing would sweep him along and accelerate him!

"Borrowing some wind!"

The chaotic currents surged like a tsunami. Lu Chen's brick was caught and shot towards the axe handle at an incredible speed.

"Closer! Even closer!"

He could clearly see the mysterious patterns on the axe handle. Deep within the crack, a faint golden light flowed—it was the Sky-Opening Merit automatically repairing itself!

But the repair speed couldn't keep up with the destruction speed.

"Smash--!"

Lu Chen "roared" this with his consciousness, and the brick fiercely struck the deepest part of the axe handle's crack.

"Clang—!"

A crisp sound erupted the moment the Black Brick contacted the axe handle.

Time seemed to stand still.

Lu Chen "saw" a fingernail-sized chip break off the axe handle. The fragment was dark gold, densely covered in primordial Dao patterns, with Golden Light of Merit flowing within.

At the moment of impact, the cracks on his Black Brick spread wildly, nearly shattering it on the spot. However, the Golden Light of Merit it touched seeped into the brick like a warm current, repairing the cracks at a speed visible to the naked eye!

Not only was it repaired, but the brick became darker, heavier, and a faint golden halo appeared on its surface.

The axe handle fragment, struck by the residual force, was sent flying towards Lu Chen.

"Mine!"

Lu Chen had an epiphany. The brick "leapt" forward, catching the fragment with its surface.

The instant the fragment touched the brick, it actually melted into it!

BOOM--!

A massive stream of information surged into Lu Chen's consciousness:

[Sky-Opening Axe Handle Fragment (Minor)]
[Contains: Fragment of the Law of Strength, a wisp of Sky-Opening Merit]
[Can be slowly absorbed to strengthen the main body]

Success!

Lu Chen was overjoyed. But before he could celebrate for long, a pressure that froze his soul descended.

Pangu's Gaze fell upon him.

Those eyes, as vast as the sun and moon, with Chaos perishing and being born within them. With just a glance, Lu Chen felt his consciousness being seen through.

"I'm finished..." Lu Chen was so scared his brick body turned cold.

He was just a broken brick now, and he had stolen a piece of Pangu's axe. If Pangu got angry, a single breath would obliterate him.

But Pangu only glanced at him, a hint of... confusion flashing in his eyes?

The giant's lips moved, and a voice like a great bell echoed through the Chaos:

"Anomaly..."

The two words made Lu Chen's consciousness buzz.

The next second, Pangu withdrew his gaze and paid him no further attention. The giant used his last bit of strength to prop up the heavens and earth, his body beginning to disintegrate.

The clear and turbid separated completely, the sky rose, and the earth thickened. Pangu's spine became Buzhou Mountain, his eyes became the sun and moon, his blood became rivers...

Meanwhile, Lu Chen, carried by the chaotic airflow, was swept to the edge of the Primordial Era and smashed into a newly formed mountain range.

"RUMBLE--"

The mountain was pierced through, and the brick embedded itself deep into the ground.

Darkness. Silence.

Lu Chen was shaken, taking a long while to recover.

"I survived... And I chipped Pangu's Sky-Opening Axe?"

He sensed the inside of his brick body. The axe handle fragment floated quietly, a wisp of golden merit slowly releasing, nourishing the brick. His consciousness, also nourished by the merit, gradually became clearer and stronger.

He could even vaguely sense the outside world – a desolate stone mountain, with thin spiritual energy and no living beings around.

"I'll lie low for now and absorb the merit!"

Lu Chen made up his mind. The Primordial Era was too dangerous, with the Dragon-Phoenix Calamity, the Witch-Demon War, the Investiture of the Gods Calamity... He was just a broken brick now; any random beast could step on him.

I must become stronger!

Time flowed by as he cultivated. The Primordial Era had just begun, and years were not counted.

After an unknown amount of time, one-tenth of the axe handle fragment had been absorbed. Lu Chen's brick body underwent a drastic change:

It was completely black and shiny, with faint dark golden patterns appearing and disappearing on the surface. Its weight had increased a hundredfold; a single strike could probably knock out a True Immortal. Most importantly, it had developed sentience, and could weakly control its own movement!

"Let's test its power."

Lu Chen controlled his brick body, flying out from underground and hovering in mid-air.

He aimed at a ten-thousand-jin boulder a hundred zhang away.

"Go!"

The brick transformed into a black light and shot towards the boulder with a "whoosh."

"BOOM--!"

The boulder exploded into powder, and a ten-zhang-deep pit was created in the ground.

"This power... It's potent!" Lu Chen was satisfied.

Just then, the sound of breaking air came from the horizon.

Two streams of light approached from afar and landed on the desolate mountain. Lu Chen quickly suppressed his aura, and his brick body "clattered" onto the ground, disguised as an ordinary stone.

The newcomers were an old man and a young boy. The old man had white hair and beard and held a whisk, while the boy had rosy lips and white teeth and carried a medicine basket on his back.

The young man asked, "Master, is the Dao Ancestor truly preaching on Jade Capital Mountain?"

The old man stroked his beard. "Naturally. Dao Ancestor Hongjun will begin lecturing on the Great Dao of Hunyuan on Jade Capital Mountain in three thousand years. Those with fate may all attend. We must prepare early..."

Hongjun! Preaching on Jade Capital Mountain!

Lu Chen's heart trembled.

This was the greatest opportunity in the Primordial Era. Three thousand guests at Purple Heaven Palace, with the lowest among those listening to the Dao being a Grand Unity Golden Immortal!

Wait, I'm just a brick right now, how can I go?

As he fretted, he heard the old man speak again, "However, the journey is long and Chaos is perilous. This black stone is quite good; it can be refined into a Protective Magic Treasure..."

Saying this, the old man bent down and picked up Lu Chen.

Lu Chen: "!!!"

Being picked up and treated as refining material? Lu Chen panicked—he had to transform quickly! But transformation required spiritual energy, and this desolate mountain... Wait, what did that old man just say? Jade Capital Mountain? Dao Ancestor Hongjun?

A bold plan began to form in Lu Chen's mind.