I, the poor monk Tang San, buried the sky, buried the earth, buried all living beings

Tang Ku stared at the Dragon Transformation Pond before him. The water had already turned into a thick paste resembling blood. In the center of the pond, a real dragon skeleton seemed to be wailing at him. He seemed to see the soul of the little white dragon Ao Lie being burned by the flames, a miserable sight!

He is Tang Ku, also Tang Sanzang!

Just like in the orthodox Journey to the West, they obtained the sutra, returned to the Western Paradise to report, and were canonized as Sandalwood Merit Buddhas. All disciples, including the White Dragon Horse, were canonized. But at that moment, some unknown catastrophe occurred between heaven and earth. From the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas of the Western Paradise to the nuns and monks, everyone died in an instant, not even their bodies left behind!

In his previous life, he was a martial monk at the Sanzu Temple on Tianzhu Peak. His martial arts skills were not only unprecedented, but at least earth-shattering. He was only one step away from shattering the void with martial arts.

However, he was unable to withstand the coming heavenly calamity and eventually died, but his spirit survived and traveled to the body of Tang Monk in the world of Journey to the West.

The reason why his body did not disappear like those gods and Buddhas was probably because he brought a thing called the "Iron Fist Monk" system with him when he crossed over. The moment he crossed over, the system interface evolved into an energy shield that wrapped his body and protected him.

In other words, he almost watched how the people present were killed!

He saw that Sun Wukong had turned evil and was controlled by some force. He killed Wuneng and Wujing, as well as several of the most powerful Arhats in the Western Paradise. Then a red mist descended from the sky, sweeping away the remaining people. Only the little white dragon Ao Lie was able to preserve his bones because he was still in the Dragon Transformation Pool!

"Should I, a monk, be the only one to sort out such a mess?"

The Sandalwood Merit Buddha is different from the Dharma Protector Vajra who is responsible for fighting. His duty is to pass on the teachings and he is the distributor of Buddhist merits. The merits of chanting the name of this Buddha can eliminate the sins of feeding monks in past lives and prevent the occurrence of sins.

To put it bluntly, a civil servant from the Buddhist world became the only one who survived. How embarrassing for those who can fight?

After all the gods and Buddhas disappeared, it took him a whole day to integrate all his memories and clear his mind.

You know, after becoming a Buddha, Tang Xuanzang recovered the memories of Jin Chanzi from his previous life. That is to say, he now needs to integrate three complete memories to avoid becoming schizophrenic and going crazy!

Tang Ku, who had finally calmed down, circled all the Taoist temples in Lingshan and finally landed on the steps outside the main hall. He was finally sure that there was really no living life left in the entire Lingshan Holy Land!

No, maybe there are still some alive!

Wow!

The sound of flapping wings came from behind him. Turning around suddenly, Tang Ku couldn't help but shout, "Who is it?"

Then he saw a huge turtledove circling half a circle in the sky, then suddenly transformed into a human form, prostrating himself on the ground and saying, "Holy monk, please spare my life, holy monk, please spare my life!"

He spoke in a child's voice, but looked like an adult. He was wearing a set of golden armor of a Buddhist guardian, and had a pair of wings on his back.

Tang Ku tilted his head to look at him, frowning slightly. "When did you, a bird, hide in the Holy Land of Lingshan? Have you ever seen what happened here?"

"In reply to the holy monk, my name is Skylark. During the last Ullambana Festival, I came here with the Buddha Mother. Seeing how clever and well-behaved I was, the Buddha Mother allowed me to serve her and allowed me to cultivate here. All I saw was a burst of red mist... and then... the Holy Mountain was gone! All the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas vanished, and not a single living person was left!"

When I looked up, I saw that it was actually a baby-faced child, but he was a little taller, almost as tall as an adult!

Yun Que's face was filled with tears as she sobbed, "A black fog arose at that time. The Buddha Mother knew there was danger, so she held me in her mouth. I passed out immediately. When I woke up, the Buddha Mother was gone. I saw that the entire Lingshan Mountain was in a dead silence. All the gods and Buddhas had disappeared. I was terrified and searched everywhere for her. Unexpectedly, I saw the Sandalwood Merit Buddha here. I beg you to investigate this matter and avenge the gods and Buddhas!"

Tang Ku hesitated for a moment, then squinted his eyes and asked, "Do you know me?"

"I know you. You are the Sandalwood Merit Buddha, personally conferred by the Buddha. You were originally the Buddha's disciple, Jin Chanzi, who traveled all the way west to obtain Buddhist scriptures. You are very famous. How could I not know you?"

Yun Que bowed respectfully and said, "Holy Monk, please listen to me. Leave here and find a place to stay. There is no need to stay in Lingshan now!"

"Well, you are quite calm. It makes sense that Peacock King Bodhisattva asked you to stay by his side and serve him!"

Tang Ku said calmly, "Don't worry. Although I, Tang Xuanzang, have little magical power and am not a Fighting Buddha like my disciple, I still have a useful brain. Now I am helpless, so it would be nice to have a companion. And if I want to find out the truth about this matter, I need your help!"

Yun Que immediately clasped his hands together and bowed, saying, "Saint Monk, your words are too kind. The Buddha Mother has been so kind to me. Even if it's just for her sake, I will thoroughly investigate this matter!"

"Hmm, that's great... Well, at the foot of Lingshan Mountain is Rajagriha, right? Let's go down the mountain and find a place to stay, and then think of other ways. I already have a direction for investigation, but I don't know how to start... Hmm, maybe we should ask for help from the Heavenly Palace..."

Tang Ku said lightly.

"Heaven... maybe Heaven is also like Lingshan, it has already..." Yu Que hesitated to speak.

"Well, that's a possibility!" Tang Ku pondered, "But right now we don't have any other options. Let's investigate first and see if there are any clues!"

Tang Ku couldn't help but think of the scene in "The Sequel to Journey to the West" where all the gods and Buddhas in the sky were replaced by Wu Tian's men, and couldn't help but smile.

Seeing his strange smile, Yunque said, "Then Holy Monk, shall we... leave now?"

Tang Ku waved his sleeves and said quickly, "Let's go. Lead the way..."

Yunque nodded, turned around and walked forward, but unexpectedly, just after he took two steps forward, he suddenly felt a sharp pain in the back, as if he was hit by a sledgehammer, and knocked him away.

Yun Que rolled over and landed on the ground. He turned around and looked at Tang Xuanzang in astonishment. He said in a deep voice, "Why did the holy monk launch a surprise attack? Have I ever offended the holy monk?"

Tang Ku casually took off his monk's robe and cassock, revealing a muscular body that resembled a Buddhist Vajra. Yun Que was stunned by the sight and thought to himself, "Isn't this guy a civil servant?"

"I know what you want to say... Well, although I don't usually fight, in addition to Mahayana Buddhism, I have also practiced some boxing and kicking!"

Tang Ku raised his fist and sneered, "Although I wanted to pretend that you had tricked me to the end so as to get some information out of me, but the more I looked at you, the more annoyed I became. You were playing me like a monkey, so... hehe, you're on your own!"