The Layabout Heir: From the Start, I Lead Tang Monk Astray

At the height of the Tang dynasty, there is a dilapidated temple west of Chang'an where the incense burns so rarely even the mosquitoes have gone hungry and left.

A green-faced monk lives there. He was once the heir of Nanling, a rich young man who transmigrated into this world, so handsome that fox spirits faint at the sight of him.

He is timid and afraid of death, and clings to his two junior disciples like bodyguards. In truth, he has reached the second rank of the Bodhisattva realm, and a lazy stretch from him is enough to blow a hole through the roof.

A System suddenly binds to him and forces him to take in disciples and train Tang Sanzang for his pilgrimage to the West. Otherwise, his senior brother will get a daily beating on the head with a monk's staff while being made to chant sutras.

He unexpectedly gets a golden finger: the mission is to put the pilgrimage on the righteous path, but he would rather stir up trouble.

He takes in a crooked-mouthed little monk who stole an offering fruit, names him Xuanzang, and vows to raise him into a devilish troublemaker.

He teaches him to drink, play the victim, and perform a striptease. By a fluke, it all gets hailed as “Buddhist miracles.”

Others cultivate Buddhism through enlightenment; he does it through explosions, blasting the underworld and the celestial court into collective confusion.

Cheng Yaojin calls him a bandit, Li Shimin appoints him State Preceptor, and even Guanyin has to take a detour to avoid him.

A max-level powerhouse blows things up in a daze, the System fumes with rage, and the entire Journey to the West plot goes off the rails.

From then on, Chang'an has a new tale to tell: at Xishan Temple, people don't worship Buddha. They just watch the heir blow up temples and teach little Tang Monk bad habits.

This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance to real persons or events is coincidental. Do not imitate.