“A pilgrimage for scriptures? Merits?” Sun Wukong, fresh from his stone, scoffed.
Well versed in the scam that was Journey to the West, he knew what this so-called pilgrimage really was!
Just a scheme by the West to seize the faithful!
He turned the pilgrimage on its head. He organized the monkeys of Flower-Fruit Mountain into the “Monkey Armored Corps” and taught them to shout, “Demons don’t kneel to Buddhas!” Riding his Somersault Cloud, he sought out the Bull Demon King. “Let’s form a demon alliance and rebel against Heaven’s amnesty decree!” When Tathagata’s manifestation pressed down upon him, he raised the origin of the Demon Realm, taken from the Primordial Ancestral Court. So-called destiny?
I’ll defy it just to show you! My fate is mine to command, not the Buddha’s!
