[Fantasy, Creative Premise] [Subverting the Usual] [Invincible] [Comedy] [Everyone Misinterprets Him]
Demons attack the mountain, and Hanshan Temple is on the verge of destruction. The monks fight desperately, soaked in blood.
I, Xuanji, break the grave precept against killing before the Buddha.
With a single strike of the [Mighty Heavenly Dragon], I slaughter every demon that dares attack, staining my kasaya red. My negative merit points skyrocket, and my power soars beyond the clouds!
The whole world believes I risked falling into hell to save all living beings, and hails me as the greatest holy monk alive!
A passing righteous immortal maiden even imagines an entire essay on the spot, moved to tears: “Master, you are truly a role model for us all!”
But they don’t know I’m just a fake monk who transmigrated here and activated the [Merit Reversal System]!
In a world where breaking the precepts makes you stronger, who needs to practice Buddhism?
My senior brother insults me in front of everyone, so I use “physical Buddhist teachings” to make him see the light on the spot!
[Ding! Broke the precept against anger. Negative merit +100. Redeemed the Wrath of the Immovable Wisdom King!]
They call the scriptures I bought worthless paper, so I turn around and sell them for a fortune!
[Ding! Broke the precept against false speech. Negative merit +2,000. Redeemed a Pill of Immunity to All Poisons!]
From bullying and torment to lies and deceit, from stealing money to slaughtering without restraint, my negative merit has already piled up into a demonic mountain!
And yet the whole world keeps misinterpreting me.
The pure and flawless saintess mistakes my cunning schemes for supreme Zen wisdom, “the stillness of nirvana.”
The crafty abbot sees through everything, yet only smiles in silence, treating me as a piece in his game to disrupt Heaven’s Mandate.
But all I want is to defy fate and change my destiny by breaking the precepts, in this world where the “script of fate” says I’m doomed to die young!
Before the Buddha, I am the holy monk who saves all living beings.
Behind the Buddha, I am the one who truly answers to no law!
