Great Barren Cauldron

The Great Barren Cauldron, also called the Great Yu Barren Cauldron and the Cauldron of Dao's Roots, is the supreme tribal vessel of the Berserkers and the sacred treasure associated with Great Yu Dynasty. Its reputation shapes later cauldron-making and draws the interest of forces beyond the Berserker lands, but the supplied evidence presents it through history, maps, and promised clues rather than a confirmed physical appearance in Su Ming's hands.

History

Sacred vessel at the center of Great Yu

Tian Xie Zi introduces the Great Barren Cauldron while explaining the division of the Land of Berserkers after the second God of Berserkers died. A beast-skin map marks Great Yu Dynasty at the center with a cauldron because the relic is the Berserkers' tribal vessel. Hearing the name jolts Su Ming into thinking of the “Barren Cauldron” needed for quenching herbs within the black fragment's inherited space. He suspects a connection, but neither he nor the text confirms at that point that his medicinal image and Great Yu's physical sacred item are the same object. (Chapter 222)

The cauldron's central position is religious and political as well as geographic. Great Yu is described as the Berserkers' sacred land, and the Great Barren Cauldron as the supreme item of the tribe's most glorious age. By Su Ming's era, speakers do not know whether the dynasty still exists or where the vessel lies. Its absence consequently functions as evidence of the Berserkers' broken inheritance: the object that once represented collective power has become a name repeated without secure custody. (Chapters 222, 308)

An inherited form dangerous to reproduce

At an auction, the cauldron's reputation explains why even lesser cauldron-shaped treasures are rare. The creation of a cauldron form is said to call down a destructive force so severe that even a Berserker Soul cultivator cannot endure it. This is presented as a danger surrounding later attempts to reproduce the sacred form, not as a scene in which the Great Barren Cauldron itself attacks a maker. The distinction matters because the statement demonstrates the relic's cultural and metaphysical weight without revealing a complete list of its own techniques. (Chapter 308)

Sky Mist's ancestor later compares the tribal vessels of the divided continents and calls Great Yu's true cauldron the terrifying standard beyond them. Even Immortals fall silent when confronted by the power associated with Berserker vessels, reinforcing why the lost central treasure remains important to both sides. The comparison is testimony from knowledgeable observers; the cauldron itself is still absent. (Chapter 398)

The clue inside Eastern Wastelands Tower

Immortal investigators conclude that the final layer of Eastern Wastelands Tower hides a secret connected to the Great Yu Barren Cauldron. Their wider order, issued in ancient times from Morning Dao Planet, calls the same object the Cauldron of Dao's Roots and offers reward for finding it. This second name places the Berserker sacred vessel inside a search extending beyond the local continent and shows that its importance is not merely tribal tradition. (Chapter 619)

The tower's recorded creator declares that it contains his treasures, Arts, medicinal cores, World Plane insight, and half a lifetime of cultivation, along with a clue to the Great Barren Cauldron. He says that clue was taken from Dao Chen and swears it can lead to the greatest treasure of the Berserkers. Su Ming hears the declaration, but the excerpt does not show him physically obtaining the cauldron or establish the vessel's later holder. The strongest source-grounded conclusion is that he reaches a route toward it, not that the item enters his inventory. (Chapter 619)

Abilities and properties

• Supreme tribal vessel: The Great Barren Cauldron is identified as Great Yu Dynasty's sacred item, the central tribal vessel of the Berserkers, and their strongest treasure. This is an institutional rank and reputation; the cited scenes do not provide a direct combat demonstration. (Chapters 222, 308, 398, 619)
• Cauldron archetype: Later treasures made in cauldron form are said to contain extraordinary power because they imitate or inherit the significance of this tradition. They remain separate objects and should not be counted as manifestations of the Great Barren Cauldron itself. (Chapter 308)
• Danger surrounding replication: Creating a cauldron-shaped treasure is believed to trigger destructive force beyond even a Berserker Soul cultivator's endurance. The source does not specify whether the Great Barren Cauldron consciously causes that backlash, whether it is a law of the form, or whether exceptions exist. (Chapter 308)
• Connection to Great Yu: Maps use a cauldron to mark Great Yu at the center of the divided Berserker lands. The symbol conveys the sacred vessel's location in the old order, not proof that it remains there in the present. (Chapter 222)
• Multiple recognized names: Immortal orders identify the Cauldron of Dao's Roots as the Great Yu Barren Cauldron. This links the object sought by Morning Dao forces to the Berserkers' legendary vessel rather than establishing two different cauldrons. (Chapter 619)
• Recoverable trail, not confirmed acquisition: Eastern Wastelands Tower contains a sworn clue said to lead to the cauldron. The claim comes from the tower's recorded creator and is not followed in the dossier by recovery of the item, leaving both the clue's completion and the cauldron's condition uncertain. (Chapter 619)

Ownership and custody