Guan Shanqi

Fire is the foundation of this world, and nine great furnaces govern it. The path of cultivation is divided into eight realms: Listening to Breath, Guiding Pulse, Forging Bones, Opening the Mansion, Illuminating the Gods, Establishing Posture, Holding Mountains, and Asking the Sky. The nine ancient furnaces control the water veins, smelting, water transport, and city defense. They are not only the source of power that all factions fight over, but also a hidden catastrophe that could bury everyone alive. Lu Yan, a boy who once collected corpses and only wanted to survive, rises to become a founder who leads armies, unites towns, and reshapes the nation. Yet in the end, he must confront not only the Beishuo cavalry and the heroes of the age, but also an old era in which people were reduced to numbers and power was called destiny.