Is Tang Sanzang’s reputation as a man of virtue in ten lifetimes a blessing, or a curse of reincarnation? Where did his first nine lives end, and what conspiracy lies behind the body lost at Lingyun Crossing? Is the one who reaches Spirit Mountain the monk from Great Tang, or the second disciple of the Tathagata who took his place?
Does the Clean Altar Messenger’s lazy banter show that he sees through fate, or is it a disguise for his inability to escape it? Does the burden Sha Wujing carries hold more than scriptures, perhaps some more sinister design? Does the Victorious Fighting Buddha’s golden cudgel smash demons, or a past that has been rewritten?
When the clouds of the Age of Dharma Decline spread across the Three Realms, the true fangs of this pilgrimage finally emerge.
When the furious Buddha of Sandalwood Merit, an old monk devoted to obtaining the scriptures, and a twenty-first-century keyboard warrior set out west together in one body, can they defy a scheme the gods and Buddhas have spent a thousand years plotting?
Dark Journey to the West: The Golden Cicada in the Age of Dharma Decline. Through the eyes of the Golden Cicada, it tears away the disguise beneath the Buddha’s radiance and reveals the truth of Journey to the West, a truth that belongs to Tang Sanzang and to everyone.
Three Tang Monks and a play, the beginning is innovative and the writing is smooth. I hope the writing will get better and better. The subject matter is novel, the story is innovative and hilarious, and the author will update soon.