Along the westward journey in The New Journey to the West: Exorcism, there is both the solemnity of the sacred scriptures and the vivid life of demons and immortals. Leading the way is the true Master Xuanzang, who crosses the Western Regions and proves his Buddhist faith, not some weepy ordinary monk. Behind him walks Sun Wukong, the Great Sage Equal to Heaven, with his fiery golden eyes. Great Sage Yellow Wind, whose Samadhi divine wind conceals its power, leads the horse, while the Black Bear Spirit, sincere in his wish to become a Buddha, carries the luggage. Old calamities take on new forms, and old monsters conceal new karmic ties. The master and disciples trade barbs amid the flash of staffs and the whistle of wind, while Buddhist chants see them through every crisis. Their long journey west becomes a path of cultivation, where demonic nature gradually fades and Buddhist understanding grows ever clearer.
