The Great Wilderness: Maitreya, Leader of the Western Faith

The story follows a modern person reborn in the Primordial World as Maitreya the White Lotus, who becomes the Third Patriarch of the Western Sect. After the Investiture of the Gods tribulation, he withdraws to the three overseas islands of Penglai. The Western Sect transforms into Buddhism, and one of his incarnations becomes the Buddha of the Future, taking control of the future world once more. Maitreya's true form becomes Patriarch Bodhi, who takes the intelligent stone monkey Sun Wukong as his disciple at Fangcun Mountain. Sun Wukong sets off the demonic tribulation of the Journey to the West. After the tribulation, Maitreya becomes the Buddha of Radiant Bone-Relic Light. The sage Maitreya Buddha's incarnation is reborn to teach the world, beginning the legend of the Laughing Buddha.

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