Zhou Buqi works as a menial in the Qingxuan Sect’s artifact-forging workshop.
His daily duties are:
Haul broken artifacts, dump furnace ash, and pretend he isn’t the next piece of scrap.
That is, until he discovers he can hear the final words of broken artifacts.
A shattered sword says, just before it dies, “Run.” Zhou Buqi doesn’t believe it at first.
Not until the list of items to be reforged goes up, with his name clearly on it.
The supervisor reassures him, “Don’t worry. It’s just a formality.”
While others listen to the Dao, he listens to last words.
While others stumble upon opportunities, he picks through trash.
While others defy fate and change their destinies, he first figures out how not to get written off as expendable by the sect.
