From the Start: I Was Copying the Mahayana Sutras in the Outhouse

Yuan Qing, a keyboard warrior who loves tearing into authors, somehow awakens a Plot System.

Simply put: from the start, you get a pen, and the plot is yours to write.

If readers don't approve, then sorry, you'll have to accept the punishment.

If readers do approve, mwah! Great work, Master Yuan Qing. Here's your reward from the System!

And the System's very first mission is: Journey to the West, Tang Sanzang, powerful, and doesn't want to fetch the scriptures...

All right, to complete the mission, Yuan Qing racks his brains.

Who knew he could actually become the protagonist in the story and drive the plot forward?

This is the Water and Land Dharma Assembly.

Guanyin Bodhisattva should be arriving soon, right?

She'll definitely trick Li Shiming into thinking I don't understand Mahayana Buddhism, then fool me into going west to fetch the scriptures.

This humble monk has caught a bit of a chill lately and has been having diarrhea.

Yuan Qing shuts the door to the latrine and begins writing furiously...

This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance to actual people or events is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.