Ye Chen died suddenly from overwork and woke up as a menial disciple in the cultivation world. With poor aptitude and a useless spiritual root, his only chance to turn his life around was the “Journey to the West Cultivation System” he had bonded with: by playing characters from Journey to the West, he could obtain their corresponding cultivation techniques.
From the start, he played Sha Wujing, quiet and taciturn, always willing to do the hard work. Chopping wood and hauling water raised his cultivation; enduring scolding and humiliation tempered his body. The System warned him that if his role-playing score fell below 0%, he would be punished, while reaching 100% would unlock the next character.
Ye Chen thought this was just a golden finger for steadily leveling up, until he discovered, in a dusty corner of the Sutra Repository, the original Journey to the West, its cover dark gold and every page blank.
