"Black Dragon Donkey, face to the west, carrying Tang Sanzang, leading three disciples. Journey west to seek the scriptures and attain the Great Way, break the shackles and remake the world!"
Immortals, Buddhas, humans, demons, and monsters throughout the heavens all seek to break free of the "shackles of the Heavenly Dao." The West intends to control the karma of all living beings through the true scriptures.
The pilgrims of every generation are chosen as pawns. Once they become Buddhas, they are reduced to puppets of the Heavenly Dao.
After setting fire to the luminous pearl bestowed by the Jade Emperor, Ao Lie, the Little White Dragon, was banished to the mortal realm and transformed into a donkey.
In a fit of madness, a half-man, half-donkey creature bit through Tang Sanzang's neck and swallowed the Buddhahood fruit of Jin Chanzi's nine past lives.
It refined the holy monk of the tenth life into a demon donkey to carry the scriptures, then took the pilgrim's place itself.
"Demon monkey, kneel and submit to the law!" the impostor Tang Sanzang shouted at the two Monkey Kings.
The Six-Eared Macaque, wearing a golden headband, froze in shock and dropped his staff. Sun Wukong had already recognized Ao Lie as his new master, while the White Bone Spirit and Spider Spirit had both turned into obedient little maids.
Along the way, they subdued Bajie and Sha Wujing. On the surface, the master and disciples traveled west with pious hearts, but in secret they siphoned the fortune of every land they passed through.
On the day they reached Spirit Mountain, the white lotus beneath the Buddha darkened in an instant, and the Buddha's light turned into a rain of blood across the sky.
"From this day on, the Western Heaven shall be renamed the Black Heaven!"
The corrupted master and disciples sat together on the lotus throne, smiling as they brought their fingers together. "Buddha and demon shall coexist, and all spirits shall be equal."
