A foreign monk, an obsessive-compulsive leper woman, and a deranged Imperial Preceptor
I, Damo, transmigrated into the body of an Indian monk. I was supposed to save all living beings.
Instead, in a ruined temple in Luoyang, I laid my own hand on a leper woman whose entire body was covered in sores.
She coughed up blood and smiled. “Monk, the body you touched... belongs to the bride you personally sent to the afterlife nine hundred years ago.”
Breaking my vows before the Buddha, I faced the trials of the demons.
Liuzhi Sanzang used a bronze skull to set up a grand array of the Three Poisons, vowing to sever my Buddhist roots;
The emperors of the Southern Dynasties became puppets, while fox demons from the northern frontier came to claim lives night after night;
Eighteen trials of the demons descended one after another. In every illusion, she appeared with all her clothes stripped away:
“Holy monk, you save all living beings. Why are you the only one you refuse to save?”
A love trial spanning seven lives, and a clash between Buddha and demon.
When my monk's staff was stained with blood and my kasaya fell to the ground;
When Liuzhi Sanzang's poison array devoured half an empire;
I crushed my prayer beads and stepped into Shaolin's forbidden grounds...
In this life, I will either cut down this tribulation of love with my own hands and attain enlightenment,
Or... fall from Buddhahood and become a demon for her!
“Holy monk, you lost.”
Her fingertip traced my chest:
“From the moment you first touched me, you were destined to repay the debt of these nine hundred years.”
Memorable lines
If Buddha will not save me, then I will forge my own path as an Asura!
Break my vows? I'm breaking the laws of Heaven, and these hypocritical rules and commandments!
In my past life, you ordained me. In this life, I'll make you leave the monastic life!
Read now! When the aloof holy monk is dragged from his altar, a battle between Buddha and demon that overturns the Northern and Southern Dynasties erupts, unleashed by a love debt entangled for nine hundred years!
