In the 98,772nd year of the Tianyan calendar, Spirit Mountain in the Western Regions has fallen into decline. Demons run rampant, and chaos engulfs the mortal world.
The Buddha therefore sends Tang Zang, Yin Kong, Zhu Jie, Sha Jing, and Bai Ao eastward to spread the faith and Buddhism, gathering followers along the way.
But fate is unpredictable, and their journey is full of thorns.
A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. As they witness starving corpses strewn across the land and a million bodies lying dead, the five gradually develop different intentions.
Will their journey east succeed? The answer lies in Myth of the Journey East.