Journey to the West: I Gave Up My Divine Rank and Became a Saint Through Merit

"World Honored One, my disciple has achieved Arhat status after three hundred years of cultivation. He should have passed away from birth and death, but has already established his holy life." "But now, looking at all the people in the world, there are a few questions that I can't find the answers to." "I hope the World Honored One can help my disciples clear up their doubts." He stared at the Buddha statue in front of him and continued word by word. "When Xuanzang was traveling to the west, he said that if he could obtain the true scriptures, he would be able to bring peace to the world." "But now, it has only been 111 years since the scripture was retrieved. Why has the world become so devastated and people are in dire straits?" "If what Xuanzang retrieved was a false scripture, why did he set up the eighty-one difficulties and had Xuanzang have to walk step by step to Lingshan before he would hand it over?"