Transmigrating to the Primordial World, I Became Zhao Gongming!

"It hurts..."

"Who am I?"

"Where is this?"

Zhao Gongming woke from his coma, a trace of confusion still on his face.

But when he saw the scene before him clearly, his eyes instinctively widened, his face filled with incredulous shock.

Looking up, he seemed to be above a boundless sea. At that moment, thunderclouds of tribulation gathered across the heavens, stretching for well over a hundred thousand miles.

Thick bolts of lightning like giant pythons descended from the sky, radiating a terrifying aura of destruction that sent all living beings within a million-mile radius fleeing for their lives.

Within that lightning were three clouds—white, azure, and pink—swaying precariously, as though they could no longer hold on.

Buzz!

At that moment, a flood of information surged into his mind, jolting Zhao Gongming back to his senses.

"I transmigrated? And I became the infamous sister-dooming maniac, Zhao Gongming, of the Primordial World?"

As he absorbed the information in his mind, disbelief filled Zhao Gongming's eyes.

In his previous life, he had been a corporate slave on Blue Star. His greatest pastime had been curling up beneath the covers after work to read novels.

Among all the webnovels, his favorite had been Primordial World stories, so the name Zhao Gongming was practically etched into his bones.

He was Tongtian Cult Leader's disciple, the senior brother of the Interception Sect's outer disciples. With the Dragon-Binding Rope at his waist and Sea-Calming Pearls in hand, his cultivation had reached the Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal Realm. He was truly a man of immense divine abilities!

Unfortunately, Zhao Gongming had sat atop a mountain of treasure without recognizing it. He treated the Dinghai Divine Pearls, which could evolve into the Twenty-Four Heavens, as mere treasures for smashing people, never realizing their profound mysteries. In the end, he had let that old thief Ran Deng profit from them!

And that wasn't all. After losing his treasure, Zhao Gongming had been cursed to death by Lu Ya using the Nail-Head Seven Arrows Technique through Jiang Ziya's hand. His billions of years of cultivation had all flowed away like water.

That would have been one thing, but because Zhao Gongming died miserably, his Three Xiao Sisters, who had been deeply attached to him, descended the mountain to avenge their brother. They became entangled in the Investiture of the Gods Calamity and even dared to rage against a Saint.

In the end, they too died and vanished from the Dao, filling the Investiture List.

After reviewing the original owner's fate, Zhao Gongming's mouth twitched.

If the memories in his head were correct, the Three Xiao Sisters currently being struck by lightning before him seemed to be connected to the original owner as well.

This was the era of the Primordial World, when innate spiritual energy was abundant and living beings throughout the world were taking form. There was no such thing as lightning tribulations yet.

The Three Xiao Sisters in particular were innate living beings. There should have been no transformation tribulation for them at all.

But that fool of an original owner, wanting to help his three younger sisters take form sooner, had traveled the Eastern Sea in search of countless heavenly treasures. He had used them to aid his sisters' transformation, only to discover too late that many of those treasures were connected to the Dragon Clan and tainted with the Dragon Clan's karmic tribulation aura. After the Three Xiao Sisters used them, they naturally became stained by the Dragon Clan's Karmic Power, drawing down this lightning tribulation.

"Sure enough, this sister-dooming trait didn't only appear during the Investiture of the Gods era."

After grumbling helplessly, Zhao Gongming frowned at the increasingly terrifying lightning tribulation before him.

Pitch-black clouds covered an area of a hundred thousand miles, while python-like bolts of lightning continuously struck the three clouds.

Zhao Gongming extended his divine sense and could clearly feel the auras emanating from the three clouds growing weaker and weaker.

They were obviously powerless against the lightning tribulation. Zhao Gongming couldn't help growing anxious, yet there was nothing he could do.

A lightning tribulation was a test of the Heavenly Dao. It allowed no interference from outsiders whatsoever.

The original owner had been severely injured precisely because he had intervened earlier. If Zhao Gongming stepped in to help now, not only would he fail to save the Three Xiao Sisters, but he would also be dragged into the lightning tribulation himself. By then, all four siblings might perish beneath it.

But Zhao Gongming couldn't simply stand by and do nothing, either. Having merged with the original owner's billions of years of memories, the bond between him and the Three Xiao Sisters was no lie.

He simply couldn't watch the Three Xiao Sisters die before his very eyes.

"What do I do? Damn it! That fool of an original owner went and died cleanly, leaving this mess for me!"

As he cursed fiercely in his heart and fretted like an ant on a hot pan, a notification suddenly appeared before him.

[You have gained the attention of a wisp of the Great Dao Will. You have obtained Heaven-Defying Comprehension!]

Buzz!

The instant that notification appeared, the entire world seemed to become different in Zhao Gongming's eyes.

The rules between heaven and earth had never been so clear. Golden patterns appeared before his eyes one after another, interweaving throughout heaven and earth. They were the most profound laws of heaven and earth, yet before Zhao Gongming, every last detail was laid bare. Even comprehending them felt effortless and smooth.

"Hiss! These are... Heavenly Dao Laws!"

Zhao Gongming couldn't help sucking in a sharp breath, then wild joy surged through his heart.

He had just gotten a cheat!

Zhao Gongming forcibly suppressed the urge to comprehend them. His three younger sisters were still trapped within the lightning tribulation!

He raised his head toward the distant lightning tribulation. He could clearly see the Thunder Law interwoven within it, and without even deliberately comprehending it, vast insights into Thunder Law flooded his mind, instinctively plunging him into enlightenment.

[You observed the lightning of Heavenly Punishment and gained a slight insight. You have grasped Thunder Law. Current Thunder Law: 15%]

[You continued observing the lightning of Heavenly Punishment. Combining it with Thunder Law, you entered enlightenment and comprehended the Heavenly Dipper Great Divine Ability—Commanding the Five Thunders.]

"Thunder Law? Commanding the Five Thunders?"

Zhao Gongming awoke from his comprehension, delight spreading across his face. He had only comprehended it for an instant, yet he had gained something so astonishing.

Thunder was the pivot of heaven and earth, the hinge of yin and yang, the foundation for commanding all things. It was inherently supremely firm and supremely yang, with tyrannical power beyond compare.

Thunder Law itself was an immensely powerful law of slaughter. Moreover, only Golden Immortals could normally comprehend and master laws.

Yet he was merely in the Profound Immortal Realm, and he had already comprehended a law in advance. This showed just how powerful this Heaven-Defying Comprehension was.

And Commanding the Five Thunders needed no further explanation. It was a genuine Heavenly Dipper Great Divine Ability, a supreme divine ability passed down by Dao Ancestor Hongjun within Purple Cloud Palace. Its might was equally terrifying. Furthermore, legend held that thunder was transformed from Heaven and Earth Origin. Although Commanding the Five Thunders couldn't erase the thunder of heaven and earth, weakening its power was entirely possible.

"Thunder Law! Commanding the Five Thunders!"

Without hesitation, Zhao Gongming immediately manifested the great divine ability, Commanding the Five Thunders.

In an instant, he seemed to transform into lightning itself, forming an unseen resonance with the tribulation clouds overhead. As the two offset each other, the terrifying thick bolts of lightning that had been falling without pause suddenly halted, giving the Three Xiao Sisters, who were on the brink of death, a moment to breathe.

But Zhao Gongming instinctively frowned. The lightning of Heavenly Punishment could only be delayed, not erased. If he wanted to save them, he had to find another path.

"Sea-Calming Pearls!"

With a thought from Zhao Gongming, twenty-four azure pearls emerged before him, spinning with a soft whir. Within them, a whole world seemed to swirl and unfold.

These were his companion spiritual treasures—the legendary twenty-four Dinghai Divine Pearls—not gifts bestowed by Tongtian Cult Leader.

However, the Dinghai Divine Pearls were Top-Grade Innate Spiritual Treasures, and the restrictions within them were incomparably complex. Even after obtaining them, the original Zhao Gongming had found it difficult to refine and wield them.

"If I want to save my three younger sisters, the answer may lie in these Dinghai Divine Pearls!"

Zhao Gongming's Primordial Spirit was clear and bright. Looking at the twenty-four spinning pearls and the mist-shrouded worlds within them, his eyes gleamed brightly.