Demoted to a Monkey, I Join Wukong in Becoming a Disciple of Patriarch Bodhi

High above the Nine Heavens, I was a low-ranking immortal who couldn’t stand the hypocritical Heavenly Dao. Banished to Flower-Fruit Mountain, I became a monkey.

When I opened my eyes, I found Sun Wukong before he had become king.

We fought, then became sworn brothers. Together, we crossed the seas and became disciples of Patriarch Subodhi.

I knew the whole truth:

The so-called pilgrimage to the Western Heaven was nothing but a deadly trap laid by Hongjun, the Jade Emperor, and Tathagata.

It was a scheme to tame my brother, strip away his wildness, and turn him into an obedient Victorious Fighting Buddha.

Forced to honor his agreement, Subodhi drove Wukong away and left me alone in the mountains, waiting for a chance to break the trap.

For five hundred years, I endured in silence and watched the calamity unfold. I bowed to neither Heaven nor Earth, and served no Heavenly Dao.

Then came the true and false Monkey King. Tathagata tried to kill the real Wukong and replace him with a puppet, Six-Eared Macaque!

I shattered the void and pointed my staff at the sky:

“From this day on, I, Lin Qitian, will break the Heavenly Dao and shatter the Journey to the West! Anyone who dares lay a hand on my big brother, Sun Wukong, will have to step over my dead body!”

In this life, my brother won’t become a Buddha. He’ll remain the carefree Great Sage Equal to Heaven!