Buddhism!

After drifting at sea for five years, Li Li and Son Goku finally came ashore. According to the information they had gathered, they were now in Western Ox-Gift Continent, far from Eastern Victory Divine Continent. Western Ox-Gift Continent lay in the west, very close to the Buddhist sect. The moment they arrived, they saw temples everywhere, each housing rows of Buddha statues. After the Investiture of the Gods war, the Daoist sect's fortune had suffered greatly, while the Buddhist sect had gained enormous strength in that great conflict, taking in three thousand worldly cultivators. It could be said that Buddhism was now at the height of its power. As a place near Spirit Mountain, Western Ox-Gift Continent was undoubtedly a flourishing land of Buddhist teachings—and it was also where Son Goku would study.

"Look, that monkey is so amusing!"

Inside a restaurant, Son Goku squatted on a stool and ignored the surrounding stares as he focused on eating his noodles. However, he did not know how to hold chopsticks, so he kept fumbling with them vigorously. Li Li sat across from him, feeling somewhat embarrassed. But he soon had no attention left to spare for Son Goku. At that moment, four or five burly men swaggered in through the door. They looked no different from ordinary people, but Li Li could smell demonic aura on them. These men were clearly demons.

The existence of demons was something nearly everyone in this world knew about, but that was not the issue. This was Western Ox-Gift Continent, already very close to Spirit Mountain. Moreover, to increase Buddhism's fortune, many young monks would descend the mountain to slay demons and eliminate evil. Thus, although Western Ox-Gift Continent had the most demons, those demons generally did not dare show themselves lightly. Lesser demons did