That year, Tang Sanzang ascended to the lotus throne and became a Buddha.
That year, the Dragon-Subduing Arhat passed through tribulation and reincarnated.
That year, a naturally gifted Buddha-child emerged from the Lanruo Temple.
That year, Jinshan Temple appointed a monk named Fahai as its abbot.
The journey west had ended, but not entirely. The aftershocks of Buddhism's rise continued to affect the Three Realms.
None of this had much to do with Jiang Qi, the temple keeper at Erlang Temple in Guanjiangkou.
But trouble still found its way to him.
It all began when Jiang Qi, acting on his master Yang Jian's orders, was told to "escort" his aunt Yang Chan to take up her post at Mount Hua.
Many years later, the gods and Buddhas realized that no matter how many affairs there were in the Three Realms, they always seemed to involve that damned red-robed temple keeper!
