Journey to the West: A Gentleman Strives Day and Night!

[No heroine + no System + not a wish-fulfillment story + slow burn + quasi-ensemble + character development] In his previous life, Tang Di was an ordinary mortal. After transmigrating, he was still an ordinary mortal. Yet great winds rise from the smallest green shoots, and by a stroke of fate Tang Di became Patriarch Bodhi's foremost disciple, embarking on the path of cultivation. Ten years: travel across great rivers and mountains, experience the mortal world. Ten years: build virtue and merit, accomplish great deeds. Ten years: test his character, encounter the Three Treasures. Great winds rise from the smallest green shoots. Now let this torrential rain turn at my fingertips. Thus it is said: The stars shift through the mysterious womb; a mustard seed contains Mount Sumeru. Cranes cry beyond the Purple Heavens, and the fire of flint reveals the hidden mysteries. I have wandered through Chang'an taverns, and trod the heavenly void's astral currents, with wind and thunder rolling in my sleeves. Seeking the secret of immortality, I knock at Heaven's gate at dawn. I temper my courage, behold the Five Aggregates, and refine my dust-bound heart. Three thousand tribulations stretch like an ocean; where is there no towering peak? I smile at the wrathful glare of the Vajra, and casually watch the King of Hell pass judgment, my discerning gaze taking in gain and loss. A gentleman strives without end. Why stop at the Jade Pool?