Trading Lifespan for Power: When Talent Isn't Enough

Liu Yan never asked to be a hero—he just wanted to survive. Transmigrated into a brutal martial arts world with the worst talent imaginable, he watches helplessly as his family is destroyed in an imperial power struggle. But when a mysterious Cosmic Lock grants him the ability to sacrifice his own lifespan for strength, survival becomes a deadly gamble. Caught in an endless cycle of burning through years of life and desperately clawing them back, Liu Yan grows stronger one heartbeat at a time. His search for his missing brother and the truth behind his parents' murder leads him down a dark pat…