Biding My Time in Journey to the West: Cultivating from the Ginseng Fruit

Bad news: Lu Ming is dead.

Good news: Lu Ming transmigrated into the world of Journey to the West.

Bad news: Lu Ming is a ginseng fruit.

Good news: Lu Ming unlocked the Journey to the West Tribulation-Crossing System. Every time he survives a tribulation, he gets a reward.

Survive three tribulations, get a miniature Wuzhuang Temple.

Survive five tribulations, get the divine ability Bean Soldiers.

Survive seven tribulations, get the acquired spiritual treasure Wind-Fire Dragon Spear.

Survive nine tribulations, get the divine ability Golden Light Ground-Traveling.

Survive eleven tribulations, get the Great Immortal Cultivation Art.

Survive thirty tribulations, get the innate spiritual treasure Sea-Calming Pearls.

Survive eighty-one tribulations, get...

With Sun Wukong's help, Lu Ming escapes Wuzhuang Temple and heads down the mountain, where he encounters Lady White Bone.

After cleverly getting Tang Sanzang to take him in, he officially begins his path of crossing tribulations and cultivating immortality.

Thirteen thousand five hundred years later, a Daoist attendant under Lu Ming comes to report:

“Master, the Three Pure Ones, the Four Emperors, the Five Directional Elders, and the others have come to see you. They wish to hear about the supreme Dao fruit!”

“Have them wait in the main hall. I'll join them after I finish this cup of tea.”