In the spring of year 6823 of the New Calendar, Lu Xuan, an unregistered resident of the Federation, hid outside a high school classroom and secretly learned a Cultivation Skill, embarking on the path of Cultivation.

On the same day, he returned home and had a dream, just as he always did. In the dream, he was in the Guardian Storage Room during the Spring and Autumn Period in Chinese history（770-481 BCE）, and the current Keeper of the Records was named Li Er, also known as Laozi.

Later, Lu Xuan dreamed that he became the succeeding Keeper of the Records, became Confucius's second teacher, became the senior brother of Zhang Daoling, the Ancestral Celestial Master, and became the honorary father of the First Emperor...

Even later, someone unearthed a roll of bamboo slips from the ground, on which an event was recorded.

[The eighteenth Keeper of the Records, Lu Xuan, his Sword Qi like a waterfall, assassinated Duke Huan of Qi in his bedchamber]

"It's not yet certain if the one fated to undergo the tribulation of the Journey to the West will change. If not, and it's still that monkey, then I invite you, senior, to join my Dao Dynasty. Take on a name and perform a task."


"In a certain part of Ancient History, there was another tribulation after the Journey to the West, a continuation of its conflict."


Lu Xuan didn't answer directly, instead narrating:


"In that tribulation, the one fated for it changed Buddhism to Daoism, Arhats to Venerables, Bodhisattvas to Mahasattvas, and Buddhas to Great Awakening Golden Immortals. He transformed all Buddhas into Celestial Venerables..."


The Buddha laughed. He clearly had a deep impression of this past tribulation and said with feeling:


Chapter 641 - Chapter 62: The Supreme's Dog-Beating Stick, Converting Buddhism to Daoism, the Buddha's Downfall