Bow before the gods and Buddhas? Pray for their protection?
Everyone reveres the immortals and Buddhas above, but I’ll say it: a pack of hypocritical beasts, man-eating demons!
The fourteen years spent journeying west to obtain the scriptures, covering 108,000 miles and enduring eighty-one tribulations, were all part of one enormous scam.
This so-called completion of merit was nothing but a show, with the gods and Buddhas raising humanity like livestock and draining its lifeblood.
The day I return from obtaining the scriptures will be the day I, Tang Sanzang, strike back.
I’ll tear away the shining masks of the Buddhas, expose the lies of the Three Realms, reunite the four masters and disciples, and wage war against the Myriad Worlds.
In this world, I’ll rely on neither gods nor Buddhas. I’ll prove the Dao with the human heart alone.
Whoever preys on all living beings, I’ll topple their Celestial Court and smash their Mount Ling to pieces!
