The Tale of Mortal Refinement

Zhang Zhen, a village boy, is drawn into an ancient game of fate by seven fragments of iron. Born with a useless five-element spiritual root, he dares to defy fate and change his destiny through artifact refining. He and Zhao Yan'er, whose origins are shrouded in mystery, stand together through life and death. From being hunted by blood fiends to the struggle among a hundred clans, from the mystery of the iron fragments to the deception behind ascension, all I refine is artifacts, all I protect are people, and all I break is the order of this world.