The Golden Headband Is Useless, and the System Activates! In this Journey to the West, I, the Great Sage Equal to Heaven, will set the tribulations!
Tang Seng chants the tightening spell because Wukong has “killed innocents indiscriminately,” and the golden headband digs into Wukong’s skull. As he teeters on the brink of death, the “Heavenly Dao Bug-Fixing System” activates: [Ding! An anomalous source of Heavenly Dao suppression, “the golden headband,” has been detected. Analyze or deactivate?]
System alert: Host identity has changed, from Pilgrim to one of the Eighty-One Tribulations. First trial mission: eliminate Tang Seng!
Guanyin appears and demands an explanation, but Wukong fixes his eyes on Tang Seng and murmurs, “Master, it’s your turn to find out what this headband feels like.”
