The Stone Jar's Secret: Mortal Ascension

Nine-year-old Wu Aniu knew only hunger and struggle. His immense appetite was a burden, his family teetering on starvation in a quiet village. Then, tragedy struck: his father, a simple hunter, vanished after a brutal encounter with a monstrous beast, leaving behind only whispers of his \"immortal\" power and a terrifying new enemy. Unbeknownst to all, Aniu harbored a secret: inhuman strength, honed since childhood by lifting a mysterious, thousand-pound stone jar. Now, with his father gone and an impossibly heavy iron ingot from the jar, Aniu resolved to find him. He painstakingly forged the unyielding iron into a colossal blade—his first step on a perilous path no one could have foreseen. But as he steps into the treacherous depths of the forest, seeking a father who was more than he seemed, Aniu realizes this world of cultivators and ancient enemies is far more dangerous than he imagined. What terrifying truth awaits him, and will his raw, monstrous strength be enough to shatter the forces that hunted his father?