[Journey to the West spin-off + Here for the laughs + Pure wish fulfillment + Invincible hero + Comedy + System + Cutting-edge technology]
Li Wudi is an utterly ordinary military otaku. As soon as he transmigrates into Journey to the West, the Tang emperor smashes a Shangfang sword into his hands and appoints him commander-in-chief of the western expedition. His mission isn’t to retrieve the scriptures: it’s to smash his way through the Western Heaven and seize them!
From the start, he binds the [Rebel Commander System], which specializes in messing with gods and Buddhas. Recruit the most unruly, defiant hard cases, and you’ll score divine gear!
At the foot of Five-Finger Mountain, he waves a nuclear bomb detonator at the Monkey King. “Help me tear down Spirit Mountain, or spend another five hundred years buried under nuclear waste?” Sun Wukong’s rebellious streak explodes. He hoists an uranium-alloy Golden Cudgel and declares, “Commander! Old Sun will lead the charge!”
Before the South Heaven Gate, a 155 mm howitzer is aimed straight at the Jade Emperor’s face. “Clear the way in three seconds, or Lingxiao Palace becomes a ruin!” Nezha’s eyes light up. He hops aboard his plasma Wind-and-Fire Wheels and switches sides on the spot.
At Guanjiangkou, an RPG is pointed at the Howling Celestial Dog. “Yang Jian, join us as a sniper and use your Heavenly Eye as an 8x scope, or we’re having dog hot pot tonight!” The cold-faced God of War silently converts his three-pointed, double-edged sword into a god-slaying sniper rifle.
As they head west, the whole story goes off the rails. The three demons of Lion Camel Ridge weep as they sign their pledges of allegiance. Princess Iron Fan chases after them with her Banana Leaf Fan, begging to invest in the technology. Flaming Mountain is blasted into glass by fuel-air bombs.
At Thunderclap Monastery on Spirit Mountain, the Buddhas form their array. Tathagata conjures the Buddha Kingdom in the Palm: “The sea of suffering has no shore. Turn back...”
“Turn back my ass!” Li Wudi pulls out the Heavenly Dao Suppression Order and slaps it on the lotus throne. “Brother Monkey, split their heads with your uranium cudgel! Nezha, hit them with a plasma bombardment! Yang Jian, knock off his golden-body helmet!”
Today isn’t the day they fetch the scriptures. It’s demolition day at Spirit Mountain! When the Golden Cudgel faces off against a Gatling gun, and the immortals encounter modern weapons, Spirit Mountain is getting torn down whether it likes it or not!