The Great Sage, the Demon Ape, and the Spirit Mountain Calamity

On the day of the True and False Monkey King, lightning flickered in Tathagata's palm.

No one knew that the Victorious Fighting Buddha had been reduced to a shattered soul, with only a wisp of his remnant spirit sealed beneath Vulture Peak.

Ten thousand years later, a golden thread fell from the Buddha's sleeve and gained sentience. It fled to the lower world with Wukong's remnant soul.

Five hundred years later, Vulture Peak trembled, and the demonic ape returned, smashing through the Southern Heavenly Gate.

Tathagata stumbled back three steps, only to see the golden thread turn into a peerlessly beautiful immortal maiden. She smiled and began to speak: