[Some canon divergence + out-of-character characters + a groveling arc + the plot reflects the author’s views on certain spirits + the Great Sage is reborn]
Tang Zhinian is about to reach the Great Thunderclap Temple after enduring countless trials. “Great Sage, Great Sage, after your journey west, would you ever consider coming with us to stir things up in the Western Heaven? You’ve already raised a ruckus in the Celestial Court, after all. Why not make trouble in the Western Heaven, too? I’m stronger than he is anyway. Great Sage, will you help me?”
Sun Wukong listens quietly to Tang Zhinian. “So the little master wants to rule the Western Heaven? You should’ve said so sooner. Old Sun will go beat them up right now.”
Moved by his words, Tang Zhinian’s eyes sparkle. “Great Sage, you’re amazing! Then I’ll be counting on you to win me the throne of the Western Heaven’s Supreme Lord.”
Tang Zhinian turns to Yang Jian. “Second Brother, Mother has already been rescued. When are you going to kick your uncle off the Jade Emperor’s throne?”
At ease, Yang Jian replies, “Let’s wait a bit. First, I’ll help you claim that throne.”
Tang Zhinian looks disappointed. “Fine. What about you, Nezha?”
Nezha keeps his head down, quietly eating braised pork. “Me? I’ll go along with you. I don’t really care either way.”
“If I become a Buddha, none under Heaven will be demons. If I become a demon, what can the Buddhas do to me?”, Great Sage Equal to Heaven
Western Heaven, you old fools, Old Sun is back.
“My only weakness is my mother, Lady Yin.”
Little Nezha
“Bald donkeys of the Western Heaven, you promised that if I accompanied the little monk on his journey west, you’d save my mother. When are you going to keep your promise?”
“Proud and unwilling to acknowledge the royal family, he returned to the gods and made his home in Guanjiang.”
Yang Jian (Erlang Shen)
“Guanyin Bodhisattva, we’re about to reach the Western Heaven. When will the Queen Mother let my mother go?”
It feels like I wanted to write it like Journey to the West Again, but I didn't control the character of the protagonist well. The protagonist is really... Very holy... If it weren't for Nezha, Brother Monkey, Erlang Shen and others, she would definitely die first.