Chen Xuan, a graduate student in sociology, accidentally traveled to the world of Journey to the West and became the cannon fodder woodcutter on Shuangcha Ridge who was destined to be devoured by the tiger monster. When he was about to die, he bound to the [All Heavens Observation and Interference System], only to find that what the system gave him was not the power to destroy the world, but a "pen" to record the truth.
Through the cold analysis of the system, the precise timing of the rescue by gods and Buddhas, the deliberate traces of demons' play, the truth of mortal fears being absorbed by formations - the grand narrative of seeking scriptures from the West peeled off layer by layer before his eyes, revealing its essence as a luck-harvesting conspiracy. He realized that he had not traveled through time to a myth, but had broken into a script carefully arranged by Heaven and Lingshan.
From then on, Chen Xuan refused to become a pawn. He transformed into a calm "observer" and walked between the chess games of gods and Buddhas. In Black Wind Mountain, he discussed Taoism with the seekers and planted the seeds of doubt; in Baihu Ridge, he spoke for the resentful souls and shook the faith of those seeking scriptures; he sneaked into the Heavenly Court to analyze the control logic of the Flat Peach Golden Pill; he stepped into the Lion and Camel Kingdom and recorded the naked plunder behind the mountain of corpses and sea of blood.
He told Sun Wukong: "The best time to reveal a scene is when it ends."
He asked Tang Sanzang: "Are the scriptures you pursue a boat to cross the world, or a chain to lock people's hearts?"
As the scripture-seeking team moves toward the established "consummation" step by step, the truth recorded by Chen Xuan also gathers into a power that subverts everything. The observation point burned and the causal line was closed. He united with the awakened monsters, rebellious gods and unyielding human souls. On the final stage, he made a declaration to the gods and Buddhas in the sky:
"Heaven and earth are the system, gods and Buddhas are the sons, then I will be the way for humanity!"
