From Myth to Journey to the West: Guiding the Monkey to Enlightenment as a Great Golden Immortal

Xu Zhian lives in the mythic world of Great Firmament Heaven and makes a wager with the Three Pure Ones and the others.

He wants to see whether postcelestial beings can ascend to Great Firmament Heaven with their guidance.

Whoever succeeds in guiding beings there will become the Lord of Great Firmament Heaven.

After agreeing on three rules, a projection of Xu Zhian enters the Journey to the West.

At Fangcun Mountain, he meets the monkey who has come to seek a master.

"Absorbing qi into the body means the Three Flowers Gathering at the Crown and the Five Qi Returning to the Origin!"

"Refining qi into spirit means the true spirit never perishes, and the true self is the one and only!"

"Returning to the Void and Uniting with the Dao means transcending space and time, proving it once and for all!"

"If you reach the immortal realm, even as a mere Human Immortal, you can easily change the rules of the Great Dao!"

Later, when the monkey reaches the Golden Palace in the Heavens, the assembled sages watch him, newly ascended to immortality, and shake their heads in exasperation.

"My master said you were supposed to play along with me?"

the monkey says timidly.

In an instant, the Heavenly Dao collapses, and all the sages perish.

This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance is purely coincidental. Please do not imitate.