Forging Heaven

Lu Yan has no spirit root. In a world ruled by cultivators, that should mean a lifetime in the mines. Then he discovers something buried beneath the mountain: the remains of a civilization that treated flying swords, spirit stones, and cultivation itself not as magic—but as technology. Lu Yan cannot cultivate like everyone else. So he does what an engineer does. He observes. Tests. Repairs. Builds. A broken lamp becomes a working artifact. A discarded sword becomes something new. And with every breakthrough, one question becomes harder to ignore: If the power of cultivators can be understood, built, and taught… why should it belong only to the chosen? Forging Heaven is a progression fantasy about cultivation, lost technology, engineering, crafting—and ordinary people learning to build the impossible.