Journey to the West: The Eighty-One Tribulations of Being Hairless

"It's a shame that Western saints aren't involved in pyramid schemes!"

Yes, that's exactly what Zhou Yi is thinking right now!

The methods by which saints in the Three Realms attain enlightenment are no longer a secret; they basically attain enlightenment through merit!

Nuwa has the merit of creating humans, the Three Pure Ones have the merit of Pangu creating the world, Houtu has the merit of reincarnation, and Zhunti and Jieyin Daoist...

The Guide Daoist attained enlightenment through a dream world using only a small amount of merit and great wisdom, while Zhunti attained enlightenment entirely by borrowing from the Heavenly Dao!

That's right, this is the interpretation of the Book of Changes!

They made many grand vows to the Heavenly Dao, describing how important these vows were, how vital they were to the universe, and even how they could help the universe achieve its ascension, etc...

Because these grand aspirations were so tempting, Heaven believed them and bestowed great merit upon them, enabling them to successfully attain the status of a Heavenly Saint.

After becoming Heavenly Saints, Zhunti and Jieyin were not in a hurry to fulfill their great vows to repay the karmic debts of Heaven. After all, they only mentioned the great vows and did not say when they would be fulfilled.

Loans without time limits are destined to be like throwing good money after bad – gone forever!

Originally, Zhunti also wanted to do this, but later he found that when he owed the Heavenly Dao a great deal of karma, his cultivation speed was so slow that it was practically a waste of effort!

Jieyin is somewhat better, since Jieyin only proves the Dao through the merits of establishing a religion and the Great Dao in the dream world.

Zhunti attained enlightenment entirely through the merits of his great vows.

So many years have passed, and now Zhunti's cultivation is the worst among all the saints, so weak that when he last met Yuanshi Tianzun, he was beaten up by Yuanshi Tianzun.

Therefore, it is imperative for Buddhism to repay the great karmic debts of heaven and earth!

But how will we repay it?

The sage, in a flash of inspiration, with the help of great wisdom, came up with an absolutely safe method!

That is to use the power of the Great Dao to suppress the power of the Heavenly Dao!

He told the Great Dao how profound the Dao of the Dream World was, and made a great vow to spread the Dao of the Dream World throughout the Three Realms, so that all living beings could cultivate this Dao in order to open up the Great Thousand World.

This is an absolutely fatal temptation for the Great Will of Chaos!

Because the instinct of the Great Will of Chaos is to transform the origin of chaos into a world of material rules, this is why anyone who opens up a world can obtain the merits of the Great Dao.

And the Guide Daoist saw this!

They're painting a picture of the future from the perspective of the Great Dao, envisioning the entire chaos evolving into countless worlds!

Thus, the Great Dao was moved and responded to the great trend of the rise of Buddhism. Under the great trend of the rise of Buddhism, heaven and earth gave way, sages gave way, and even the Dao Ancestor Hongjun dared not interfere.

But lavish acts of charity are not given for no reason!

The Great Way is impartial; merit and fortune are accompanied by calamities. The greater the calamity, the more merit one accumulates; the smaller the calamity, the less merit one accumulates!

Anyone who participates in the entire Journey to the West tribulation, whether they obstruct the journey or help it overcome its difficulties, will receive great merit—and not just any merit.

This is enough to tempt even the Great Luo Golden Immortals and even Quasi-Saints, especially those Taiyi Golden Immortals who have not yet achieved the Great Luo Golden Immortal status!

"Hiss... He can even fool the Great Dao! A true role model for us all!"

Zhou Yi muttered to himself.

"Brother, you can't say such things carelessly. This is the great trend of Buddhism established by the Great Dao. How can you say it's just a hoax!"

Don't mention this again, or if the Buddhist community finds out, they might punish you for disrespecting the Great Way and the sages!

Wang Lingguan shook his head and gestured for silence to interrupt.

"Thank you for the reminder, brother. I understand now!"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Yi was taken aback and nodded solemnly. In a world where everyone below the sage is an ant, Zhou Yi dared not disrespect the sage!

Have you not seen how the Three Immortals of Sanxiao, disciples of the sage, died and disappeared because they disrespected the sage, and were thus listed on the Investiture of the Gods?

At this moment, Zhou Yi must have suddenly thought of something...

Now I understand why the Jade Emperor granted me the right to travel freely throughout the Three Realms. 'His Majesty has probably already reached an agreement with the two Western Saints.'

I've become a discarded pawn.

However, after seeing himself become Pangu and advance to the rank of True Lord, he did not want to completely give up on himself, so he sent some peaches as compensation.

What choices you make and what fate awaits you are all your own decisions.

The Jade Emperor will not interfere, nor will he make decisions for him whatever happens; everything is up to him!

hehe......

Indeed, only eternal interests matter!

Seeing Zhou Yi's helpless smile, Wang Lingguan understood that Zhou Yi must have thought things through. "Brother, who cares? As long as you stay in Heaven, what can Buddhism do to you..."

Moreover, the main character in this great calamity of Buddhism seems to be Jin Chanzi!

After Jin Chanzi is reincarnated and passes away, I suppose no one will care about this matter anymore...

It must be said that the Golden Cicada clan, these primordial ferocious insects, have always been known throughout the Three Realms for their ferocity. Brother, you've had some bad luck in provoking them; it's certainly causing you some trouble.

Wang Lingguan had no better idea for Jin Chanzi.

"That monk made the first move. As a Golden Immortal senior, he attacked me, a True Immortal cultivator. If I didn't have some decent skills, I would have already been poisoned by him and converted by him."

We, who cultivate the Great Dao, have no reason to back down. If it were to happen again, I would still act without hesitation!

Zhou Yi's expression was resolute at this moment.

"To be honest, my brother, your personality is a bit like that of the God of Justice. No wonder Heaven and Earth bestowed upon you the title of True Lord of Heaven."

Only someone with your courage to face everything and your uncompromising character could be qualified for this position!

However, I still want to remind you one last time: try to avoid going to the lower realm if you can avoid it. Now that you're at the True Lord level, no missions will be offered to you on your own.

It just means less merit!

Working in the Heavenly Court is paid. For example, Zhou Yi is now a fifth-rank celestial official, with a basic salary of 50,000 merits. It's not much, but it's not little either. After all, 100,000 merits is enough for a mortal's soul to ascend to the Heavenly Court after death.

He transformed his physical body using the Immortal Pool and became a true immortal.

However, 50,000 merits is indeed too little for a cultivator who truly wants to cultivate. A single bottle of fourth-grade immortal pills easily costs 10,000 merits.

As for the sixth-tier immortal pills used in celestial cultivation, each bottle costs 50,000 merit points.

They don't even have the qualifications to buy seventh-tier, eighth-tier, or even ninth-tier divine pills!

However, 50,000 merits are only the basic salary!

If you want more money, you can only do missions. As an enforcer, your mission is to monitor the officials of the Heavenly Court and judge their sins. If they escape to the mortal world, the enforcer will need to capture them and bring them to justice.

Then hand it over to the Thunder Department for punishment!

Whether to kill, dismember, or send them into reincarnation is up to the Thunder Department and the Jade Emperor.

Given Zhou Yi's current status as a True Lord, no one can force him to do any tasks. However, without accumulating merit, Zhou Yi's future cultivation will be delayed!

In the Heavenly Court, merit is equivalent to money. Without merit, it's difficult to make any progress and you won't have any resources. It's likely that your plan to break through to the Taiyi Golden Immortal realm before the Monkey King wreaked havoc in the Heavenly Palace will be difficult to achieve!