After waking up, overworked office drone Chen Xuan finds himself wearing a bright red wedding robe and cast as Gao Village’s “groom in an arranged marriage.” Even worse, the one coming to steal the bride tonight is the notorious Marshal Tianpeng, Zhu Bajie!
At death’s door, Chen Xuan can only rely on his knowledge of Journey to the West and his modern gift of gab to bluff his way through: he talks Zhu Bajie around and spoils the plot for Brother Monkey, barely surviving a storm of monkey fur and flailing rake! What he never expected was that, after all his wild antics, Great Sage Equal to Heaven Sun Wukong would clap him on the shoulder and declare that he liked him: “You’re an interesting mortal! Old Sun is in a good mood today. How about we become sworn brothers?”
And so the pilgrimage takes a sudden turn: Tang Sanzang gains an unofficial fourth disciple. Chen Xuan has modern knowledge in his left hand (his phone’s memo app is his sacred text) and brotherly loyalty in his right (Wukong is a rock-solid ally). His outrageous schemes never stop: he provokes Zhu Bajie into joining, helps Sha Wujing work through his inner turmoil, warns everyone about the Yellow Wind Monster ahead of time, and fights the White Bone Spirit to protect Brother Monkey. He uses scientific reasoning to analyze spells, management techniques to smooth over the master-disciple relationship, and even the bond of sworn brotherhood to withstand the tightening headband!
From Gao Village to Spirit Mountain, Chen Xuan rewrites the Journey to the West: united brothers are an unstoppable force! Whether they face demon kings or the schemes of immortals and Buddhas, the Eighty-One Tribulations are no match for a transmigrator and his brotherly pilgrimage crew. They’re not tribulations, but a path to heaven forged together! The rewards at Spirit Mountain aren’t the end. The Three Realms are vast, so let’s see how this “mortal big brother” and his immortal brothers continue writing their carefree legend!
