Robert Hunt, master of Armory Hall, was betrayed and killed by his disciples Patrick Clayton and Karen Doyle. His soul transmigrated into Micah Whitmore, the frail young man of the Whitmore Family. The Whitmore Family declined after its patriarch went missing. Vera Foster took her son to the Forge Masters Tournament, only to be endlessly harassed by the Porter Family and the Carter Family. At the Bladecraft Convention, Micah Whitmore stunned everyone with peerless forging skills—splitting a boulder with one finger and summoning a dragon soul with one hammer—defeating Tyler Bennett, young master of the Bennett family, and earning an invitation to Armory Hall. After entering Armory Hall, Micah discovered Patrick Clayton and Karen Doyle had already sold out to Easten Isles forge masters and were using the evil blade Stormbringer to slaughter the Heartland’s forging families. Tyler Bennett, young master of the Bennett family, sacrificed his flesh and blood to the blade, helping Micah forge the divine weapon “Tyler Bennett”; with one strike, it shattered Stormbringer and executed the traitors. Micah rose to become the new master of Armory Hall and revived the Heartland’s forging world.
