Journey to the West: Tang Monk Conquers Everything

Jiang Liu, sitting cross-legged, visibly burst into a pale green flame that nearly engulfed his entire body.

A dark golden lotus floated above his head, its dazzling power of merit descending from above, suppressing the green flames.

Sun Wukong and the others stood by with somewhat anxious expressions, watching the scene without any intention to intervene.

Of course, they simply had no qualification to do so.

The three disasters are trials that one must endure when becoming immortal. Though Jiang Liu had passed the Heavenly Thunder Tribulation, he was now facing the Yin Fire Tribulation.

Yin Fire starts burning from the Yongquan point at the sole and pierces through all internal organs.

If one cannot endure it, the organs will turn to ash, and the practitioner will die, with the path of cultivation extinguished.

Now, the Nameless Yin Fire had emerged from the Yongquan point on Jiang Liu's feet, fiercely burning within his internal organs.

Facing this Yin Fire Tribulation, Jiang Liu naturally revealed the Eighteenth Grade Merit Golden Lotus, using the power of merit to suppress the disaster's force.

Sitting cross-legged, Jiang Liu mobilized all the mana within his body to resist the scorching burn of the Yin Fire, clearly feeling that his mana was almost negligible against the fire's searing.

Fortunately, he had the strength of the Eighteenth Grade Merit Golden Lotus to assist him.

Under the effect of the power of merit, the potency of the Yin Fire was at least halved.

Although it was uncomfortable, thankfully, everything was still within a tolerable range.

Moreover, Jiang Liu could feel that as the Yin Fire continued to burn, his internal organs were becoming tougher!

As time ticked by, Sun Wukong and his disciples, including Little White Dragon Aolie, positioned to the east, south, west, and north, were all protecting Jiang Liu.

After spending a full two Chinese Hours like this.

Jiang Liu could feel that his internal organs, originally very fragile, had now become incredibly tenacious, and he felt as if he had been completely renewed.

Even his body seemed much lighter.

Two Chinese Hours passed, and the incessant Yin Fire burning within Jiang Liu finally began to subside until it disappeared.

As the Yin Fire vanished, the Eighteenth Grade Merit Golden Lotus suspended above Jiang Liu's head also withdrew, disappearing from sight.

After the Yin Fire Tribulation, Jiang Liu was drenched in sweat as if it were raining, feeling incredibly weak.

Though he had crossed the Yin Fire Tribulation, Jiang Liu did not open his eyes but continued to cultivate the Green Lotus Taoist Scripture to recuperate.

Of course, as he cultivated the scripture, the system notification for acquiring Experience Points kept ringing.

Notification: Gained 120 Experience Points.

Notification: Gained 120 Experience Points.

Notification: Gained 120 Experience Points.

...

The continuous system notifications made Jiang Liu momentarily stunned and greatly surprised.

While cultivating the Green Lotus Taoist Scripture, was he now gaining 120 Experience Points every 10 seconds?

The speed of cultivating the Green Lotus Taoist Scripture was related to one's aptitude, and on average, the Experience Points gained were twice the cultivator's level.

However, Jiang Liu's aptitude had never reached the average benchmark, something he was very clear about.

Like before at level 60, the Experience Points he gained from cultivation were only 100 points.

But now, after successively passing the Heavenly Thunder and Yin Fire Tribulations, had his Experience Points risen to as high as 120?

Considering this situation, his aptitude must be approaching the average line for the Green Lotus Taoist Scripture, right?

It wasn't easy!

Since obtaining the Green Lotus Taoist Scripture, every cultivation session felt like an invisible mockery of his poor aptitude, resulting in few Experience Points gained.

But now, he had almost reached the average line.

"Indeed, although drinking Jadescent Nectar and even eating Ginseng Fruit had some effect on changing one's aptitude, the most crucial step is still that of becoming an immortal. Only when shedding the mortal body and obtaining an Immortal Body can one truly take the largest step in transforming their aptitude!" Jiang Liu murmured to himself, realizing the significant improvement in his aptitude and the increase in Experience Points from cultivating the Green Lotus Taoist Scripture.

He had a relatively certain hypothesis for the reason behind the increased speed of gaining Experience Points.

It was only after facing the Heavenly Thunder and Yin Fire Tribulations, and his aptitude was already catching up to the average line for cultivating the Green Lotus Taoist Scripture.

What level could he achieve if he waited some more days and passed the final Strange Wind Tribulation?

The prospect was quite exciting!

Moreover, only at this time did Jiang Liu realize that the Green Lotus Taoist Scripture was almost a cultivation technique intended for after becoming immortal!

The starting point was approximately the realm of an Immortal.

Although his mind was filled with countless thoughts, Jiang Liu's cultivation was not affected in the slightest. After moving True Yuan through eighty-one Complete Cycles, he could feel his strength had recovered considerably.

Standing up, Jiang Liu found a stream, plunged in for a cold bath, and then got up, feeling thoroughly refreshed and comfortable.

"Congratulations, Master, for overcoming the Yin Fire Tribulation!"

As Jiang Liu finished his bath and got dressed, Sun Wukong and his fellow disciples exclaimed in unison with congratulations.

"Yes, it wasn't easy, and now, we still have the final Strange Wind Tribulation to face!" Jiang Liu nodded in response to Sun Wukong and the others' congratulations.

In the midst of speaking, Jiang Liu's gaze finally landed on Sha Wujing, silently invoking in his heart: Character Panel.

Soon, Sha Wujing's character panel appeared before Jiang Liu.

ID: Sha Wujing (Blue).

Profession: Monk.

Gender: Male.

Level: 72.

Equipment: Blood-Transforming Divine Blade (Epic Level): Requires Level 70, Attack +3.2 million, Special Effect: Sword Poison, causes poisoning effect after injuring the opponent, reducing all attributes by 30%, Durability 560/800.

Looking at Sha Wujing's character information, Jiang Liu's main focus, naturally, landed on Sha Wujing's level.

Sha Wujing was originally over Level 60, with cultivation at the Heavenly Immortal Realm. Later, due to demonic possession, he reached the Taiyi True Immortal level.

These days, after delving into demon arts, his cultivation level advanced even further, reaching Level 72, which was quite good.

I am now Level 61, and the team restriction is that the partner's level cannot exceed 10 levels above mine.

"With that in mind, although I can only level up with Xiaobai by slaying monsters for now, when I reach Level 62, I should be able to form a team with Wujing, right!?"

Thinking of adding another teammate to the team, Jiang Liu secretly anticipated it in his heart.

Sha Wujing, although usually silent, still had a level of 72, and he also possessed equipment like the Blood-Transforming Divine Blade.

When I go into the dungeons in the future with three people teaming up, it would truly be pushing through the dungeons!

"With my current speed, doing a dungeon about ten times a day isn't hard, but if I bring Wujing along, with his strength to help, my speed of clearing dungeons will definitely increase greatly!"

Jiang Liu secretly calculated Sha Wujing's strength and, pondering the speed of pushing through dungeons after forming a team with him, whispered to himself and became even more excited.

If the speed of pushing through dungeons increased, it meant I could run more dungeons every day.

Naturally, the speed at which I gain experience points would also be faster, right?

In the future, could I perhaps run dungeons about twenty times a day?

Just the thought of it was exciting!

I really look forward to the days when I can bring all four disciples to team up, and the five of us as teacher and students run dungeons together.

By then, my speed of slaying monsters and leveling up will surely reach a frightening level, won't it?

"Alas, it's just a pity that Wukong's cultivation level has broken through to the Daluo Golden Immortal level. Although this Map of Mountains and Rivers dungeon has also been upgraded a bit, the final boss's cultivation level is only over Level 60!"

"It's still manageable now, but what if I reach the Taiyi True Immortal level? This dungeon will seem somewhat superfluous!"

"Then, will I have any way to find new dungeons?"

Although Jiang Liu secretly looked forward to the days of dungeon runs with his disciples, he felt somewhat helpless thinking that the difficulty of the dungeons in the Map of Mountains and Rivers hadn't significantly improved.

In the future, I will either have to find new dungeons or seek even more powerful beings to open the dungeons in the Map of Mountains and Rivers for me!

After all, the difficulty of the dungeons in the Map of Mountains and Rivers is related to the cultivation level of the person who opens it!

…

Let's set aside Jiang Liu's situation for the moment.

In the Western Spirit Mountain, the Great Thunder Monastery.

In the Great Thunder Monastery, there is a treasure book called the Record of Ten Thousand Buddhas.

The function of this treasure book is very simple, but it is crucial for the Buddhist Sect.

It is that once a Buddhist cultivator passes the Heavenly Tribulation, becoming immortal…

Of course, according to Buddhist terminology, reaching the Arhat level, their name will automatically appear in the Record of Ten Thousand Buddhas.

Then, the Buddhist Sect can use the records to find them and bring them to the Western Spirit Mountain to confer the title of Arhat.

One day, Namo Treasure Radiance Buddha, who was responsible for guarding the Record of Ten Thousand Buddhas, suddenly sensed something and then opened the book.

Indeed, there was an additional name in the Record of Ten Thousand Buddhas.

Jiang Liu.

Looking at the new name on the Record of Ten Thousand Buddhas, Treasure Light Buddha concentrated his mind and calculated to deduce information about this person named Jiang Liu.

However, he found the mysteries of fate to be obscured and undecipherable, unable to infer anything about it.

"The mysteries of fate obscured? Could this Jiang Liu really be Xuanzang? I remember Xuanzang's original name is Jiang Liu, isn't it?"

"What's going on!? Why is his name appearing in the Record of Ten Thousand Buddhas under his secular name instead of his Buddhist name?"