After transmigrating to a time five hundred years after the Havoc in Heaven, on the eve of the pilgrimage, Su Chen becomes a ninth-rank Inspector Spirit Official in the Heavenly Court.
As he watches the gods and buddhas divide up the karmic merit of the great calamity that is Journey to the West, turning the pilgrimage into a bureaucratic show in which connections matter most, Su Chen awakens the [Heavenly Dao Anti-Corruption System]!
As long as he investigates gods and buddhas for embezzling merit, taking bribes, or allowing their mounts to descend to the mortal realm and wreak havoc, he earns rewards from the Heavenly Dao, and can even strip them of their cultivation!
Guanyin has already decided on the Eighty-One Tribulations? “Ding! Guanyin is guilty of abusing her authority and accepting the Sea-Calming Pearl as a bribe. Reward: the innate supreme treasure, the Chaos Bell!”
Taishang Laojun lets his attendants descend to the mortal realm to earn merit? “Laojun, the accounts in your Eight Trigrams Furnace don't add up. Come with me!”
Starting with an investigation into the Five Directions Revealing Truths for shortchanging Brother Monkey's meals on Five Elements Mountain, Su Chen goes on a tear.
He roots out Spirit Mountain's protectors at Lion Camel Ridge, shuts down the Underworld's counterfeit Book of Life and Death operation, and tears up the Investiture of the Gods!
The Buddha: “Brother Su, do me a favor. You can't arrest the pilgrimage party!”
Su Chen: “I act in the name of the Heavenly Dao. Any god or buddha who embezzles even a single coin will have their entire clan executed!”
