Tang Sanzang Defies Heaven

Beneath Jinshan Temple, Fahai and Bai Suzhen perished together. Yet a wisp of his lingering soul crossed time and space and merged with Tang Sanzang, who was traveling west. The new “Tang Sanzang” awakens in the Women's Kingdom. Faced with the queen's all-consuming love, Buddha and demon clash within him. His past-life obsession with suppressing demons collides fiercely with the tenderness of this life, which cannot bear to break her heart. He decides he will no longer be a puppet on the scripture-seeking journey. Instead, he will assemble a rebel team powerful enough to oppose the gods and Buddhas of the heavens: the Great Sage Equal to Heaven, Sun Wukong; the Judicial God Yang Jian; and the Great Deity of the Three Altars and Seas, Nezha. To him, they are the true “pilgrims.” But the Celestial Court and Vulture Peak have already laid a vast net, branding him a heretic. **(Antagonists: The forces of the Celestial Court and Vulture Peak.)** Before the road west is sealed off completely, he must find and persuade these unruly “allies,” a task that is almost **impossible. More deadly still, his love for the queen of the Women's Kingdom is both the light that warms him and a sword hanging over his head. If their relationship is exposed, the entire Women's Kingdom will face annihilation because of him (Stakes of fate: Love and the survival of a nation). Tang Sanzang walks on a knife's edge. He must protect the one he loves while pursuing his grand vow to “bury every unjust immortal and Buddha.” Caught between personal love and the greater good of all living beings, he must make his own choice (A dilemma: Personal love or the greater good). At the end of this path against Heaven, a “bitter victory” may await him. Even if he succeeds, he may lose everything.