Chen Long dies. When he opens his eyes again, he discovers that he has transmigrated into the world of Journey to the West and become Tang Sanzang, just as he is about to rescue Sun Wukong.
He's got a new body, and now the System comes knocking, expecting him to follow the orthodox pilgrimage to the West? Chen Long sneers. "I spent my last life working like an ox. Nobody's making me do that again."
After repeatedly failing to bind him by force, the System finally gives up and changes into the Western Religion Strategy Assistant System.
Chen Long reluctantly accepts, but on one condition: he'll do things his own way.
And so, a Tang Monk unlike any other appears on the road to the West:
He sends Sun Wukong flying with one punch. After three defeats, the monkey is thoroughly convinced.
He catches the rake barehanded and slaps Zhu Bajie flying.
He cleaves the Flowing Sands River from afar, and Sha Wujing joins, trembling with fear.
He collects protection fees from demons along the way, until they all appeal to Buddha for help.
The System deludes itself into declaring that collecting protection fees counts as reforming demons.
He forms the "Journey to the West Heaven-Blasting Gang," even beating Nezha and Yang Jian into joining.
He uses underworld logic to handle Heaven, Spirit Mountain, and the demon realm.
He replaces fighting and killing with business negotiations.
He wins over Guanyin, the White Bone Demon, Princess Iron Fan, the Seven Fairies, the Spider Demon...
In the end, he discovers the truth behind the pilgrimage: it is all a scheme by the Western Religion to expand its influence.
Then let me rewrite it...
A mob boss was killed by his own brother, only to wake up as a Tang Dynasty monk on a pilgrimage to the West! While others transmigrate with cheat codes, Chen Long brings with him the entire mindset of a gangster—collecting protection money, recruiting henchmen, seizing territory—he's got it all.