The Three Realms Underestimated This Dragon Horse

Who has it the worst in the pilgrimage party?

It’s not the Monkey King, who gets the Tightening Curse chanted at him, nor Bajie, who gets beaten up every day. It’s me, the White Dragon Horse.

The records at Spirit Mountain say I’m a "beast of burden." Combat rating: 0.5. Threat level: best ignored.

Sister Guanyin pats my shoulder. "Little dragon, don’t get into fights. Carry Tang Sanzang the whole way, and I’ll make you an honorary Bodhisattva."

Wukong is even worse. Whenever we have to clear a path through the mountains, he sends me in first, claiming, "Little White, you’re tough as leather. Go scout ahead."

I put up with it for five hundred years!

Then, at long last, the System activated!

[Ding! Host detected: treated as a mount for five hundred years. Resentment level off the charts. Divine talent unlocked: Dragon Might Supreme!]

[Ding! Congratulations, Host! You’ve received a starter gift: a golden alms bowl just like the Buddha’s (miniature version, perfect for bopping monkeys on the head)!]

From that day on, the Journey to the West took a very different turn.

The Yellow-Robed Monster? I roasted him with a single breath of dragon fire.

The Golden-Winged Great Peng? He’s a distant cousin of mine. Just watch me pluck him bald!

Wukong wants to ride me? Sorry, now it’s your turn to be my monkey-powered engine!

The Buddha: "What the hell? How can this horse withstand my palm thunderbolts?"

The Jade Emperor: "Quick! Shut the gates of the Hall of Miraculous Mists! Don’t let that mad horse in!"

I’m Ao Lie. From today on, I’m no one’s mount. I’m the nightmare of the Three Realms!

What? Tang Sanzang’s been captured again?

Not my problem! Make that monkey clean out my stable first!