In the Name of the Underworld: Who Struck Tang Monk's Remaining Years from the Books?

[Officialdom in Journey to the West + Underworld audits + Immortal workplace drama + Compliance on the pilgrimage + Hilarious wish fulfillment] Shen Yan transmigrated to a cultivation world, failed to ascend, and ended up in the Underworld after he died. After eight hundred years of hard work, he finally went from a temporary assistant soul-reaper to acting deputy head of the Special Task Force for Data Governance in the Book of Life and Death. All he had to do was pass tomorrow's inspection and get rid of that irritating word “deputy.” But on the night before the inspection, a junior ghost official rushed in with a report: “Lord Shen, disaster! Tang Monk's lifespan has been approved for termination!” Shen Yan opened the Book of Life and Death. [Name: Tang Xuanzang] [Lifespan status: Pending termination] [Reason for termination: Preliminary sacrifice for the pilgrimage project] [Approver: None] [Process status: Not filed] Shen Yan slammed the table. “Fate is fate, and procedure is procedure!” “Without an approver, who dares send the Pilgrim on his way?” The Buddhist establishment panicked. Guanyin came down to the Underworld to demand Tang Monk's release. Shen Yan promptly handed her a thirty-six-page list of required corrections. “Where's the pilgrimage project proposal?” “Where's the risk assessment for the eighty-one trials?” “Where's the registration for the demons' outsourcing qualifications?” “Where's Tang Monk's death compensation plan?” “Where are Sun Wukong's release papers from Five Elements Mountain?” Tang Monk was dumbfounded. Li Shimin fell silent. The Dragon Kings of the Four Seas held an emergency meeting through the night. The White Bone Demon queued up to submit her paperwork. The Black Bear Spirit arrived with the cassock, bidding for the security testing contract. Before Sun Wukong had even left the mountain, the Underworld had already classified him as an A-plus-risk prisoner. Looking at the ever-growing stack of meeting minutes, Shen Yan let out a long sigh. “The pilgrimage can go ahead.” “But the paperwork has to be complete.” “A monk at this level doesn't have the authority to run a project without proper approval.”