The protagonist applies his knowledge of artifact crafting to spirit-plant agriculture, embarking on a path to immortal cultivation through "technology-driven farming." Using modern industrial thinking and puppet technology, he overwhelms backward cultivation agriculture with superior methods. Starting from nothing, he builds a vast automated agricultural empire, then piles up unimaginable resources and wealth to forge an unparalleled path to immortality.
- Shen Yan, young master of the Shen family and owner of the Great Void Cauldron
- Steward Uncle Zhou: Former servant of the Shen family, utterly loyal
- Artifact-crafting apprentice Zhang Xiaohu: A boy with a fire spirit root whom Shen Yan bought out of the slave market
- Formation master Liu Ruyan: Daughter of a fallen family. She trades the Three-Talent Spirit-Gathering Formation Diagram for guidance in artifact crafting
