Jin Buhuan transmigrates into the world of Journey to the West and becomes a golden toad.
Fortunately, a gift from his great home planet lets him sense people and events that can generate merit.
What's more, doing good deeds earns him merit, and he can even "pre-prepare merit" and eventually absorb it directly for his own use.
In this world of Journey to the West, full of dangerous schemes and battles among immortals, he finally has a way to stay safe.
So why be so cautious? He'll become a great benefactor outright. Wherever he goes, he's the most dazzling one around, glowing with golden merit so brightly that nobody can keep their eyes open.
He is just a little directionally challenged. He meant to go to Flower-Fruit Mountain to find Brother Monkey, but ended up in the Western Ox Continent. So he'll throw a little wrench into the plans for Journey to the West at Spirit Mountain, and pick up some merit along the way.
After taking a huge detour, he finally finds Flower-Fruit Mountain. He witnesses Brother Monkey's birth and even becomes sworn brothers with him.
He also rashly challenges Yang Jian to a duel, claiming it's to improve his skills, when really he's using merit to get the better of him.
He's so good-hearted that Taiyi Heavenly Lord of Great Mercy, who has descended to save those in need, takes a liking to him and accepts him as a disciple. From then on, he can roam the Three Realms at will. Who can stop him?
Want to fight me? See the golden wheel of merit behind me?
Want to bully someone weaker? Take it up with my master. I'm just a little golden toad who wants to earn some merit.
Yang Jian's nephew wants to become my disciple? You've come to the right person. Making Yang Jian look bad is my specialty.
In the end, he has so much merit he can't possibly use it all, so all he can do is...
"Master, I'm going to become a Sage through merit!"
"What?!"
