“Only after suffering can you understand the suffering of all beings. Only after becoming attached can you let go of attachment. Only after having ties can you become free of them.
Tianpeng, your tribulation in the mortal world is now over. You should put aside all your obsessions, sever your seven emotions and six desires, and follow Tang Sanzang west to worship Buddha and seek the scriptures, so that you may attain enlightenment. I have come to help you escape this sea of mortal suffering.”
Zhu Tian said, “Thank you for your guidance, Bodhisattva. This experience in the mortal world has indeed been just as you said. I, Old Zhu, have felt the suffering of all beings, and I have had my share of obsessions and attachments.”
Guanyin nodded with satisfaction. “Tianpeng, now that you have attained enlightenment, then...”
Zhu Tian said, “Then, as the saying goes, if I do not go to hell, who will? Why not let me, Old Zhu, sink completely into this sea of mortal suffering!”
Guanyin: ...
“Safe travels, Bodhisattva! No need to see you out!”
This is the story of someone who, because he transmigrated into the world of Journey to the West, was outside the dictates of fate and was even less inclined to play by the rules...
This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.
