From the Start with a Fragmentary Eastern Palace Manual, I Forge Myself into a Saint

Shen Tieyi, an apprentice in the weapons workshop of the Dayong Arsenal, is a lowly craftsman by birth. One night, he is dragged into the North Depot fire case and made the scapegoat for powerful men covering up their embezzlement. A hearing the next morning threatens to leave him condemned to die alongside the guilty. At the brink of life and death, the bloodstained keepsake left by his father spontaneously bursts into flames, awakening the legendary Hundred-Forging Manual. In a single night, Shen gains master-level forging skills, allowing him to see through the quality of any weapon’s craftsmanship and materials. With this unique skill, how can he turn the tables during the fire-site reinspection at dawn and clear his name? With powerful hawks at court and the mastermind behind the scenes both turning their attention to him, how will a humble craftsman fight his way upstream through this political maelstrom and expose a shocking conspiracy?

This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance to real people or events is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.