Fate-Suppressing Cauldron

Biodata

Appearance

The cauldron first descends over Martial Soul City as an enormous bronze vessel with three legs and a deep cyan sheen. It shrinks to palm size before approaching Hu Liena 11 12.

• Engravings: Its body bears the Ten Thousand Beasts Worship the Heavens totem, including a qilin, dragon, and phoenix 11.
• Rim: Nine five-clawed golden dragons coil around its mouth 11.
• Later manifestation: A three-legged, two-eared phantom appears above Tang San’s beam of fate 42.

Abilities & Skills

Fortune suppression

• Can suppress the fortune of a territory or the destiny of an individual 12.
• Presses down on Tang San’s fate after Hu Liena becomes its master. He reports that his cultivation speed has nearly halved and that he cannot pass the final stage of his Eighth Sea God Trial 13 17.
• Continues to suppress Tang San’s destiny after he becomes the Sea God 41 42.
• Also supports Hu Liena: the Asura God sees its phantom pressing down on Tang San’s fate while lifting hers 42.

Martial soul nourishment and stabilization

• Nourishes the origin of a martial soul, allowing gradual improvement; it can also suppress evil spirits and dispel demonic obstacles 12.
• Stabilizes Hu Liena’s foundation after her rapid rise in soul power. She reports that her soul power circulates at least thirty percent faster and that her martial soul origin is continuously nourished 13.
• Balances the Primordial Spirit Bead’s purifying, upward-driving power with its own stabilizing force during her cultivation 15.

Interaction with the Fortune-Swallowing Pendant

• The cauldron suppresses fortune; the sixth betrothal gift, the Fortune-Swallowing Pendant, consumes suppressed fortune and converts it for Hu Liena’s use 49.
• Once the pendant fuses with Hu Liena, it follows the cauldron’s link to Tang San and begins siphoning his fortune across the distance between them 49 50.

Story Role

• Arrival and binding: Its descent stalls the spirit power of thousands of spirit masters in Martial Soul City. It then shrinks, approaches Hu Liena, and merges with the seal on her brow when she touches it 11 12 13.
• Tang San’s attack: Blaming the cauldron for his stalled trial, Tang San plans to infiltrate Martial Soul City and destroy it. During the attack, he demands that Hu Liena hand it over; she refuses even under threat of death 17 19 20.
• God Realm response: After Tang San’s ascension fails to end the suppression, the Asura God concludes that killing Hu Liena would leave the cauldron without a master and attempts to strike her with Divine Punishment 41 42.

Relationships

• Shen Yichen — gives the cauldron to Hu Liena as his second betrothal gift 12.
• Hu Liena — its recognized master; she protects it when Tang San demands its surrender 13 20.
• Tang San — the primary documented target of its fortune suppression 13 17 41.
• Fortune-Swallowing Pendant — works with the cauldron to transfer Tang San’s suppressed fortune to Hu Liena 49 50.