Sun Wukong never went on the pilgrimage to obtain the scriptures. The monkey Tang Sanzang rescued from the Five Elements Mountain wasn’t the one who once caused havoc in Heaven;
The Six-Eared Macaque never impersonated Sun Wukong. He’s been alive and well all along, just a little timid;
Jin Chanzi deliberately let Sha Wujing eat him nine times because he was cultivating a divine ability called “Nine Transformations of the Spirit Cicada”;
The Journey to the West, and all its secrets and shady dealings...