[After the Journey to the West, the Taoist tradition is on the brink of collapse. The Great Sage has become a Buddha, but who will slay demons in the mortal world?]
In the nineteenth year of the Zhenguan era, Tang Sanzang returns from retrieving the scriptures, and the Great Sage Equal to Heaven finally becomes the Victorious Fighting Buddha.
But on that very day, Chen Wujiu, grandson of a shepherd boy from the foot of Five Elements Mountain, loses his family. Demons run rampant, treating ordinary people like grass beneath their feet.
His dying grandfather’s obsession and the flames of vengeance for his murdered family make one truth clear to him: Sun Wukong, now a Buddha, can save all living beings, but he cannot rid the mortal world of every demon.
To save the people, he has no choice but to wield a sword.
He joins the Northern Pole Institute for Driving Out Evil and cultivates the Scripture of the Northern Dipper’s Decreed Death. Blessed with a natural Daoist body and carrying a wisp of the Great Sage’s immortal energy, he ventures through a world where Buddhism and Taoism vie for power and demons run wild.
From the wolf demon of Black Mountain to the tree spirit of Lanruo Temple, from the false river god to ancient fiends... he shows no mercy beneath his blade, asking only whether his foes are good or evil.
In the Celestial Court, the Jade Emperor and Emperor Ziwei place their pieces on the board. “This child could become the heir of the Dao.”
Unbeknownst to him, every sword strike he makes reshapes the glory of the Taoist sect and brings him one step closer to uncovering the greatest secret of the Three Realms after the Journey to the West...
