Chen Shu transmigrates and becomes Li Shimin.
He also has an unwilling roommate living inside him: Di Xin, King Zhou of Shang.
Guanyin descends to the mortal world and orders him to send people to the Western Heaven to obtain the scriptures.
The System says, “Refuse, and your soul will be annihilated.”
Chen Shu looks at the words “Human fortunes: 0” on the status panel, then at the gods and Buddhas filling the sky above him, and swears.
Then he says two words to Guanyin: “I refuse.”
He does not kneel when divine punishment strikes.
When demons from the Turkic tribes come, he mounts his horse with sword in hand.
He sees the threads of incense offerings streaming toward Spirit Mountain.
The gods and Buddhas want the fortunes of the Tang Empire.
What he wants is this: for humanity to kneel to no heaven.
“I won't become a god or a Buddha. I'll be human. I'll be the one who stands at the front.”
