Cultivators in this world cannot increase their lifespan out of nothing. Every time they break through to a new realm, they must borrow years from the "Heavenly Dao." The more years they borrow, the heavier the karmic debt they incur. Chen Shouzhuo accidentally obtains an unmarked ledger and discovers that it records the lifespan and debts of every cultivator, including the date of his own death: tomorrow.
Cultivation is divided into nine realms:
1. Breath Listening Realm: Sense the flame of your own lifespan and extend it by ten years.
2. Lamp Ignition Realm: Light your life lamp and gain the ability to wield arts.
3. Life Foundation Realm: Forge a life palace and gain a life-bound divine ability.
4. Golden Core Realm: Condense your lifespan into a golden core, keeping your physical body from aging.
5. Nascent Soul Realm: Give birth to a second life and borrow a corpse to return to life.
6. Deity Transformation Realm: Divide your own karma and create incarnations.
7. Void Insight Realm: See the rifts in time and fate.
8. Dao Integration Realm: Take charge of part of the Heavenly Dao's laws.
9. Ascension Realm: Your name leaves the register of all living beings, freeing you from the limits of lifespan.
