Immortality at the Cost of Years in the World of Liaozhai

From the moment he was born and heard the dubious, overused place name “Guobei City,” Qin Yisheng knew he'd transmigrated to an extraordinary world. What was even more extraordinary was that, after his birth, he discovered a Record of Immortality in his mind. More extraordinary still, when his second younger brother, Qin Daozhang, was born, purple qi stretched thirty thousand li to the east, and he bore the signs of a sage. When his third younger brother, Qin Yueyun, was born, he had double pupils and a naturally exquisite seven-aperture heart. When his fourth younger sister, Qin Zhaocheng, was born, Buddha's light blazed forth, and auspicious clouds turned into Buddhas. A nine-lotus seal marked her forehead, with a bodhi mole between her brows. But as the eldest brother, Qin Yisheng could never open the Record of Immortality. Just as he was getting ready to enjoy the good fortune his younger siblings would bring him, the record turned a page. 【You have less than a year of life remaining. Please involve yourself in supernatural incidents as soon as possible to replenish it.】 “What the hell? Am I the only one who has to become one of those evil heretics everyone wants to kill? No way!” 【Unfortunately, you have no talent for Confucian, Daoist, or Buddhist cultivation. You don't even have the constitution of a martial artist.】 “Then how am I supposed to get involved in these so-called supernatural incidents?” 【You can spend your lifespan.】 “I have less than a year left. How am I supposed to spend my lifespan?” 【You can get involved in supernatural incidents to replenish your lifespan.】 In short, this is the story of a short-lived man who should have been able to quietly cultivate immortality, but can't, as he struggles along the path to eternal life. A scroll of the Record of Immortality in his mind, the record opens the path to immortality; on the path to immortality, he explores eternal life; in the Record of Immortality, he treads the path to immortality.