The Daoist concept of divine judgment developed out of star myths. The North Star maintained the register of death, while the "Southern Pole Star" (Canopus) maintained the register of life, and this is where the story of the Old Immortal of the South Pole (the God of Longevity) comes from.
道教的審判觀念，以星辰神話開展，北斗注死，南斗注生，南極仙翁的說法來自於此。