At the foot of Five Elements Mountain, it's the 500th year.
Sun Wukong had a dream. In the dream, he smashed the Heavenly Palace to pieces and sat in the Lingxiao Palace laughing.
But with a smile, he found that His Highness the Immortal Buddha, and even the Jade Emperor in the ruins, all had the same faint smile on their lips.
He suddenly woke up and heard Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva saying in his always compassionate voice: "Sun Wukong, you are making trouble in the Heavenly Palace and your sins are serious. There is a pilgrim who will pass by here today. Are you willing to take refuge and protect him as he goes west to atone for your sins?"
Wukong raised his head, and for the first time his fiery eyes tried hard to see through the reality behind the lotus light.
"... Okay." He grinned, showing the first real smile belonging to a hunter after being suppressed for five hundred years.
