Gao Jin, a guy with nothing going for him, is bored at work and sneaks a look at Journey to the West. He grumbles, “You bald old monk, she’s throwing herself at you and you’re still acting all high and mighty. What, can’t you perform?” A flash of light streaks across the sky, shoots past towering buildings, loops around several times, and hits Gao Jin square in the face. Then… well, you know what happens next.
He suddenly wakes up to find everything strange. The steel-and-concrete city is gone, replaced by towering trees rising from the earth. Flecks of light shine through the leaves onto Gao Jin’s face. On the Walan Continent, the legendary life of a mage begins…