Buddhism is originally Daoism! I’m going to guide the Tathagata onto the Dao. Tang Sanzang, are you coming along? You take the middle lane, I’ll jungle.
After the Investiture of the Gods, Yang Bufan transmigrated to the primordial world and had the good fortune to become Erlang Shen’s apprentice, making him a fourth-generation disciple of Jade Void Palace.
As an upstanding young man, how could he allow Western Buddhism to outrank the native Daoist teachings?
The news sent the entire Three Realms into a frenzy, but the Tathagata panicked. Should he arrange another eighty-one trials?
From then on, Jade Void Palace and Green Wanderer Palace made peace, united in their mission to spread the Eastern Great Dao.
“Yang Bufan, you only need to head west. This poor monk and my three disciples will escort you and make sure those Western monks get a fight.”
“I, Tang Sanzang, was originally a monk sent west by the Tang king to seek scriptures. My Daoist title is True Person Who Subdues Buddha. You monks needn’t panic. Repeat after me: ‘The Dao that can be spoken is not the eternal Dao.’”
“What? You want this Buddha to take the Three Pure Ones as my masters? Old Tang, you tricked me! You weren’t here to seek scriptures after all. I, a mighty monk, let my guard down.”
“Enough talk. Wukong, tie up that monk.”
I, Sanzang of the Tang Dynasty, was originally a monk sent by the King of Tang Dynasty to the West to obtain Buddhist scriptures. My Taoist name is Zhenfo Zhenren. Don't be afraid, you great monks. Please read with me first: "The Tao can be Tao, but it is not Tao."