I can't be a demon

"If you return empty-handed from the mortal world without Jin Chanzi's gift, the fall of the Three Realms is a foregone conclusion. I will not tell you, so as not to add to your troubles."

The Tathagata Buddha sighed, and the Buddha's light drew some wine into his mouth.

"Shen Lian, there is indeed a glimmer of hope now, and I will no longer hide it."

"They have ascended to the upper realm."

………

Two thousand years ago.

Jin Chanzi walked in the wilderness with a cane, heading towards the direction of the Tang Dynasty.

Step by step, as if squeezing out the remaining strength, and at the same time he became old and unbearable, and almost no Dharma appearance could be seen.

"Wu Jing."

Jin Chanzi turned around and saw Sha Wujing standing not far away.

"Go back to the Liusha River." Sha Wujing said unwillingly, "Master, my elder brother and second brother are missing and seriously injured. I can't stay in the Liusha River peacefully. Master, I..." "I am here to repay my debts and to make a bet with others." Jin Chanzi persuaded Sha Wujing to leave with a few words, and continued to walk with his head down. His hands and feet were stained with blood, and his skin was stained with corpse spots. Not long after, Zhu Bajie appeared. "Master, you have gone blind after contemplating the true scriptures." "It's okay, Bajie, don't follow me anymore." Jin Chanzi bid farewell to his disciple again, and shuttled through the mountains like an ascetic monk. His originally gorgeous cassock became tattered, corpse spots were almost all over his body, and he changed straw sandals one pair after another. As a Buddha, his cultivation was also lost during the hike. I don't know how long it has been. Jin Chanzi heard a noise in his ear, and then a child supported him, "Grandpa, where are you from?"

"From the West."

"I heard from the teacher that only people who die can go to the West."

Jin Chanzi was stunned and then smiled, reaching out to touch the child's head, "Little kid, is this Chang'an in the Tang Dynasty?"

"It's Chang'an."

"So that's it."

Jin Chanzi got up on his own and shuttled through the crowd as if he had regained his sight.

He finally came to a temple. As long as he stepped over the threshold, he could see the lifelike statues of the Three Pure Ones, and there were countless pilgrims coming and going.

The pilgrims seemed unable to detect Jin Chanzi's existence.

Jin Chanzi sat weakly in front of the statues of the Three Pure Ones, meditating and chanting.

The sun set and the moon rose.

When it was pitch dark in the night, Jin Chanzi raised his head and asked, "Yuanshi Tianzun, Daode Tianzun, Lingbao Tianzun, you have obtained the outer scriptures, have you transcended?"

When these words came out, the Sanqing Temple was filled with gusts of cold wind.

His words were mixed with mockery, but not directed at the Three Pure Ones, but at himself.

After all, Jin Chanzi originally thought that he could refine the outer scriptures to allow the creatures of the Three Realms to adapt before the heaven and earth calamity got out of control.

Unexpectedly, it backfired, and it wouldn't take long for the Three Realms to fall.

Jin Chanzi said to himself, "You should have just used the scriptures to transform yourself and shed your old skin at the Heavenly Dao?"

"How?"

Boom.

Thunder flashed by, and heavy rain covered Chang'an.

A crack appeared on the back of the statue of Yuanshi Tianzun, and the front legs of a mantis stretched out, the color was like green jade, and it was no longer human.

Next came the Taoist Master of Daode, whose hard wings, similar to those of a seven-spotted ladybug, buzzed.

The Taoist Master of Lingbao was not spared, and his narrow, sharp horns stretched the statue apart.

"Sanqing Daozun, I can't see you."

Jin Chanzi was not afraid at all, and the sound of wooden fish knocking continued. "I had already cut off my eyes when I first saw the Scripture from the outer domain."

"Ah."

He said helplessly: "The Scripture is a trap, not the key to transcendence, but the eggs that parasitize our bodies to absorb nutrients."

The Taoist Master of Sanqing listened to Jin Chanzi's chattering, and the cracks in the statue began to heal.

The Taoist Master of Yuanshi, who was in the center, suddenly said: "Jin Chanzi, the three of us plan to open up a new world, and then reincarnate and rebuild to get rid of the parasitism of the Scripture from the outer domain."

The Taoist Master of Lingbao smiled and said: "If you are willing, you can go together."

"No."

Jin Chanzi stopped knocking the wooden fish and said with a flushed face. "Sanqing Daozu, I went to the outer domain this time and accidentally discovered a big world. It not only has rich spiritual energy to provide immortals and Buddhas for practice, but also can accommodate billions of ordinary people."

Dao De Tianzun snorted coldly, "Big world? Absurd, we have practiced for countless years, how could we not know there is a big world."

Jin Chanzi shook his head and said, "Monks don't lie. You can calculate where my master Tathagata Buddha is now."

Sanqing Daozu was silent for a few breaths, and Yuanshi Tianzun said, "He is not in reincarnation, and Lingshan has left a skin bag to serve as the Buddha."

"He has ascended to the upper realm."

Sanqing Daozu was a little confused about what Jin Chanzi said.

Jin Chanzi continued, "Sanqing Daozu, you have already merged with the Heavenly Dao of this world. Even if it is the Scripture from the outer domain, it can only pollute your Taoist heritage."

"It is not an exaggeration to say that you are immortal and indestructible. Why should you be afraid of a junior like me?"

"Where are Randeng and Maitreya?"

"They have surrendered to the Scripture from the outer domain. Before leaving, Tathagata Buddha sealed Randeng and Maitreya in the depths of the Western Lingshan Mountain to help that skin resist the invasion of the Scripture from the outer domain."

Jin Chanzi knew that he could not hide it from Sanqing Daozu, so he explained the cause and effect clearly.

Sanqing Daozu did not give an immediate answer, but the cold wind outside subsided.

"Sanqing Dao Ancestor, this junior will lose his soul within half a year at most. It is impossible for the true soul to be reincarnated. I just want to see if I can find a way out for the creatures in the three realms before I die."

There is a bright red flame burning slowly on Jin Chanzi's fingertips, which is the fire of sin-ridden karma.

He obtained Buddhist scriptures and attained the Buddha of Sandalwood Merit. He became a Buddha because of the merits of Mahayana Buddhism. However, in the end, he caused the calamity of heaven and earth to go out of control.

It is doomed to die from the fire of karma.

"Where is the upper realm?" Yuanshi Tianzun took the initiative to suppress the karma fire for Jin Chanzi.

"In another place." Jin Chanzi clasped his hands together, tears streaming from his cloudy eyes.

"An opportunity will appear in a thousand years. The Taoist ancestors of the Sanqing Dynasty will be able to understand the truth and reality. If you are willing, it will be easy to ascend to the upper world."

"Can."

The original Tianzun has agreed, and the Daode Tianzun and Lingbao Tianzun have also acquiesced.

Whoosh whoosh whoosh.

Lightning exploded, and the Sanqing Taoist ancestors in the temple were nowhere to be found.

Jin Chanzi endured the burning fire of her karma and walked out of Chang'an at dawn, reciting the Avalokitesvara Heart Sutra as she climbed over the mountains one after another.

Just when the oil ran out and the lamp dried up, a temple appeared out of thin air in front of me.

Guanyin Bodhisattva sits inside.

"Jin Chanzi, why are you bothering? Cause and effect cycle, if the Three Realms are destroyed, it is destined. There is no need to force that glimmer of hope."

"Buddha."

Jin Chanzi smiled bitterly and said: "I measured the mortal world and have already planned the location of the cave. As long as there are unparalleled demons and monsters in the world, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth will gather in it."

"Jin Chanzi, do you want to move the Three Realms into the so-called Upper Realm?"

"kindness."

The lower half of Jin Chanzi's body was reduced to ashes, and his flesh and blood sizzled. Guanyin Bodhisattva could not suppress it and could only watch helplessly as his soul disappeared.

"Buddha……"

"Hey, tell me the difficulties of ninety-nine and eighty-one."

"Thank you Bodhisattva."

After Jin Chanzi told the location of the Eighty-One Dilemma, the fire of karma suddenly intensified, leaving only the old cassock and a wisp of the remains of the true spirit.

Guanyin Bodhisattva put away the remains of the true spirit and disappeared into the forest along the path of the golden cicada.

………

After listening to Tathagata Buddha's origin story, Shen Lian still didn't know what the upper world was.