A Mortal Forges a Cauldron: I Refine Scrap into Treasures and Ascend to Immortality

Born into a poor family, with blocked meridians, he is dismissed by his clan as a useless husk. In the cultivation world, spiritual roots determine who rises above the rest, but he has no chance of following the mainstream path. One stormy night, he finds a damaged ancient cauldron in the cellar of his ancestral home and glimpses a lost inheritance of ancient artifact forging.

Ordinary iron can be forged into artifacts, and even ruined weapons can develop a spirit. While others practice Qi Refining and build their foundations, he melts the essence from countless weapons to forge his life-bound treasures. When an artifact is destroyed, the backlash feeds his cultivation, never diminishing his true combat strength.

At the clan competition, he uses an ordinary weapon to break a magical one, then sends a Foundation Establishment puppet staggering back with a single hammer strike, shocking the entire crowd. During the outer sect trial, he forges a divine artifact from scrap and rises as a dark horse.

This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.