Embers Rekindled: The Mortal Tribulation of the Fighting Buddha

The Three Realms lie in ruins, and Spirit Mountain has fallen. On the eve of the world's reconstruction, a boy the villagers call “Nameless” steps out of the rubble. He remembers nothing of his origins and has no idea what the ember-pattern pulsing on his chest means. He knows only this: whenever his emotions spiral out of control, an ancient ember-fire kindles inside him, as if ready to burn the world to ashes. As the Buddhist seals crumble and Spirit Mountain falls, the long-sleeping “Old Kings” awaken one by one.

Legend says the Lord King who once destroyed the ancient Three Realms is searching for a name: a “true name” powerful enough to make all creation submit. That name... seems to belong to Wukong. To stop the Old Kings from awakening, protect the one person he cherishes, and prove he is more than a remnant of fate, Wukong sets out on a road with no return. He will face the golden Buddhist enforcers of Spirit Mountain, the sky-splitting judgment of Heaven's punishment, and the kings' counterattack from the abyss of the old world. He must also face... the “past self” who once destroyed the Three Realms. As the world-burning flames return and fate is overturned, Wukong finally understands: what determines who he is has never been his true name. It is the kind of person he chooses to become. This is the story of a “Wukong” who breaks free of fate, challenges the kings, and battles his past self. It is also an epic about choice, free will, and the question “Who am I?”

When the ember-fire has burned everything away, will the new king still be able to choose his own path?