"knowledge is poison and ignorance brings horror. to ascend is to die. To live is to perform."
In the shadow of horrific gods and broken rituals, a boy from a ruined village carries nothing but grief and a dangerous question.
Why must the strong die to become stronger?
What begins as a desperate search for forbidden power soon drags him into a world where ascension is not a gift, but a merciless performance — one that demands perfect precision, absolute faith, and the willingness to lose everything, again and again.
Here, knowledge is poison, artifacts lie with silver tongues, and even the gods watch with hungry eyes.
Some rehearsals are meant to end.
Others… are eternal.