Primordial World.
The world had just opened, and the land was a barren wilderness.
Pangu slew the Three Thousand Demon Gods to open the heavens and earth. In the end, he too exhausted his strength and died.
After his death, he transformed into all things, giving rise to countless beings of the Primordial World.
The flesh and blood of the Three Thousand Demon Gods, along with their unwilling resentment and hatred, became countless mindless Fierce Beasts that rampaged across the Primordial Wilderness.
On this day, a thunderous voice drowned out the countless gales and resounded across the entire Primordial Wilderness.
"Great Dao above! I, Shen Ni, chieftain of the Fierce Beast Race, establish the Fierce Beast Dynasty today. I shall be the Beast Emperor and wield the authority over slaughter in Heaven and Earth. May the Great Dao bear witness!"
Rumble!!!!
As soon as the words fell, a Haotian Thunder streaked across the sky, as if acknowledging Shen Ni's identity and the existence of the Fierce Beast Dynasty.
Whoosh!
Just then, high above the nine heavens, within a vast ocean of rolling thunder.
A bolt of purple lightning shuddered, seeming like an outsider, then rose up from the sea of thunder.
Immediately after,
An ancient, weathered voice rang out from within, sounding as if it were asking itself a question—or perhaps expressing confusion.
"Where am I?"
"Holy crap!"
"Where are my hands?!"
"Where are my feet?!"
Lei Jun felt his body swelling, swelling, as if it were about to explode.
A flood of enormous, jumbled information poured into his mind, bringing him unbearable pain.
He could only absorb it bit by bit.
Who knew how many years had passed?
The sea of thunder above the nine heavens had vanished. Amid the sea of clouds, only a lone bolt of Innate Purple Lightning remained, like a rootless duckweed. It drifted in a daze, carried by the wind, wandering across the Primordial Wilderness.
Rumble!
On this day, thunder roared above the nine heavens, as if the sky were collapsing.
Lei Jun awoke from his stupor. He circulated the energy throughout his body, absorbing the spiritual energy and thunder power between Heaven and Earth. The rolling thunderclouds all became nourishment for him.
"I actually transmigrated to the Primordial Wilderness!"
"And I even became the first bolt of Innate Purple Lightning in Heaven and Earth?"
A strange feeling crossed Lei Jun's mind.
In terms of innate potential, he was no worse than the other Innate Great Beings. In fact, because he had been born from the first thunderbolt in Heaven and Earth, he had been born with authority over Heavenly Punishment.
In other words, the Three-Nine Heavenly Tribulation, Four-Nine Heavenly Tribulation, Six-Nine Heavenly Tribulation, and even the Nine-Nine Annihilating Heaven Divine Punishment faced by cultivators when they advanced in their cultivation would all be under Lei Jun's control.
That was the status Heaven and Earth had bestowed upon him!
"Hm?"
"What's this?"
Lei Jun's Divine Soul stirred.
In his mind, a black grinding disc revolved endlessly. Everything it passed was ground away, reduced to dust, and erased from Heaven and Earth.
"The World-Destroying Grinding Disc!"
Lei Jun cried out in shock.
This was a Chaos Supreme Treasure! It was damaged, but it was still more than powerful enough to defy Heaven.
He hadn't expected his bolt of Innate Purple Lightning to be so blessed with good fortune that the World-Destroying Grinding Disc had been born alongside him!
"Next, I need to transform as soon as possible!"
After his excitement subsided, Lei Jun thought to himself.
As for his appearance after transforming,
he would naturally give himself the most handsome face and the most refined, classical air.
It hadn't been easy to transform.
Why would he want to end up with an ugly mug?
Wouldn't that just be making himself sick?
Guided by this principle, Lei Jun began sculpting his face...
Time held no meaning in the Primordial Wilderness.
Years flew by like a white horse glimpsed through a crack.
On this day, Lei Jun felt a stirring in his heart.
He knew he could transform!
Whoosh!
At the thought, the purple lightning shifted in the next moment, becoming a young man with sharp brows, bright eyes, and handsome features, dressed in a purple robe embroidered with golden threads and thunderbolts.
"I finally look like a proper person!"
Lei Jun moved his hands and feet and let out a soft sigh.
To be honest, he was still more accustomed to having hands and feet.
He had wanted to be a person so badly.
The transformation had gone even more smoothly than Lei Jun had expected.
That was mainly because the Heavenly Dao had yet to emerge in this era, and the Great Dao remained hidden. With all the laws in chaos, even someone with an utterly heaven-defying innate nature wouldn't attract a Heavenly Tribulation.
"People say Innate Great Beings face a Thunder Tribulation when they transform, and the more heaven-defying their innate nature, the more terrifying the tribulation!"
"Looks like I won't get to experience that. After all, I'm the Thunder Tribulation myself!"
Lei Jun suddenly started humblebragging.
"This is the Fierce Beast Tribulation!"
"The entire Primordial Wilderness is in chaos. The myriad spirits are nowhere to be seen, and only the Fierce Beast Race rules the land!"
"Those Fierce Beasts only know brute force. They don't even know how to use magical power or divine abilities."
"In other words, all those Supreme Treasures, Spirit Treasures, and Spirit Roots are currently unclaimed. And unclaimed treasures go to those who are worthy!"
"And I'm the worthy one!"
Lei Jun's eyes lit up at once.
If he didn't take a chance, how could he survive in the Primordial World, where Da Luo immortals were everywhere and Golden Immortals were worth less than dogs?
With his mind made up, the rest was simple.
Lei Jun spent a little more time consolidating his cultivation.
After about ten thousand years,
Lei Jun descended from the nine heavens to the Primordial Wilderness.
"What a dense Fierce Aura!"
Lei Jun swept his gaze around, stunned by the sight before him.
The innate energy across the land was impure. Along with spiritual energy, there was Resentment Qi, Tribulation Qi, Fierce Aura, and all sorts of other energies.
No decent living beings could possibly be born in an environment like this.
"Roar!"
Just as Lei Jun was taking it all in, a beast's roar interrupted his thoughts.
He'd run into a Fierce Beast!
Fierce Beasts had formed from the remains and essence-blood of the Three Thousand Chaos Gods and Devils, as well as their resentment after death.
In essence, they were descendants of the gods and devils.
They were natural enemies of the myriad spirits of the Primordial World, who were born from Pangu's Legacy.
Thus, from the moment the Fierce Beast Race came into existence, all they knew was how to destroy and ravage the Primordial Wilderness.
"A Golden Immortal-level Fierce Beast?"
"That'll make a good sparring partner!"
Lei Jun hadn't fought since he was born and had been itching for a fight.
Now, he had a willing opponent delivered right to his door.
He wanted to see just how powerful the first bolt of purple lightning in Heaven and Earth, the one who wielded Lightning Punishment, really was!
"With my current strength, the Three-Nine Heavenly Tribulation is my limit."
"But it should be enough!"
Lei Jun's expression was cold.
The moment his words fell,
one tribulation cloud after another gathered above his head. Thunder rolled within them, rumbling without end!
The mere pressure was suffocating.
The Fierce Beasts, who had been so ferocious just moments earlier, suddenly stopped in their tracks. Their legs trembled uncontrollably.
"Fall!"
The next moment,
the entire area was swallowed by thunder. Countless bolts of lightning came crashing down from the sky, washing over the land.
This was the first time Heavenly Punishment had descended since the creation of Heaven and Earth!
Boom!!!
Boom!!!
Boom!!!
A full twenty-seven strikes—each one a boundless sea of thunder crashing down all at once.
All the thunder roared in unison, and the horizon blazed with light!
When the final bolt of lightning faded,
not a single Fierce Beast remained on the ground. They had all turned to Tribulation Ash and vanished from Heaven and Earth.
"I didn't expect my lightning to deal extra damage to the Fierce Beast Race!"
Lei Jun couldn't help exclaiming.
Thunder was supremely hard and yang.
The Fierce Beast Race, on the other hand, was entirely formed from resentment, Turbid Qi, and hatred. They were the greatest evil in the Primordial Wilderness!
Thunder naturally countered Evil Spirits!
Makes perfect sense!
What's more, Lei Jun noticed that after he wiped out those Fierce Beasts,
he seemed to have gained a trace of Source of Blessing?
What was Source of Blessing?
Simply put, it was luck!
With good luck, you could find treasures wherever you went. If your luck was heaven-defying, you might even find a Spirit Treasure just by stepping outside!
"This is a tremendous opportunity!"
"I wield Lightning Punishment, so I'm already carrying out Heaven's will. The Heavenly Dao hasn't emerged yet, so I'll take its place and purge the Fierce Beast Race. When the Heavenly Dao does emerge, won't it owe me a huge amount of Merit?!"
At the thought, Lei Jun grew eager to act.
An opportunity like this was far better than any Spirit Treasure or Spirit Root.
Perhaps in the next Tribulation Period, he could even become a Child of Destiny!
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