Journey to the West: From the Start, I Gain Merit by Stepping on an Ant

The horse's hooves slowed to a stop at the end of the official road. A figure slid from the white horse's back. A voice rang out in his mind: golden finger. But the words “annihilation” stabbed into the back of his head like a needle. The Eighty-One Tribulations weren't optional. They were a test he had to pass. He called out in his mind, “System, what can you even do?”

A dull thud sounded, and he felt something crack faintly beneath his foot.

“Congratulations on killing an ant. You have earned 1 merit point.”

The beginner's gift pack opened, granting him 100,000 cultivation points. His cultivation soared from mortal to the fifth level of Human Immortal. A warm force burst through his body.

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