The spirit tide has descended. The wasteland is full of opportunities, and just as full of corpses.
Lu Ran is merely a lowly scavenger cultivator in Gray Harbor. But during an escape, he finds a broken relic from the forbidden railways of the Old Era: the Ten Thousand Tribulations Sacred Furnace.
From then on, while others cultivate in secluded meditation, he grows stronger by defeating his enemies.
He takes their Dao Marks, refines treasures to repair the furnace, and steals their fortune to feed its flames.
The Dao Marks of prodigies can be refined. The fortunes of powerful clans can be burned. His enemies’ opportunities, status, wealth, and even the marriage alliances that uphold their power can all become kindling on his path to sainthood.
Your cultivation realm is higher than mine?
Then I’ll kill you across the gap.
Your backing is stronger than mine?
Then I’ll burn your patron down with you.
You think women, betrothal agreements, and control of the city belong to you?
Then open your eyes and look carefully: some people have never belonged to you.
From Gray Harbor to Xuanyuan City, from the Four Great Paths to the Sacred Seat of the Era, Lu Ran seizes the Dao, fortune, and power at every turn.
Until at last, everyone realizes:
This man who crawled out of the wasteland isn’t fighting for a path to sainthood.
He’s refining the entire world into his own Sacred Furnace.
