Journey to the West: The Plot Has Gone Completely Off the Rails

“Your Majesty! We’re in trouble! We’re in trouble! They’ve broken in! They’ve broken in!” “What?! Who broke in? What’s their name, and what do they look like?” “Red-faced, with a thunder-god’s visage, less than four feet tall. Some kind of macaque! I fought him and lost several times. He hit me with three blows!” I transmigrated to the Eastern Continent. There was a rock nearby, and just as I was about to lean against it for a rest, the rock exploded… Oi! You little macaque, your mom just got blown up! What a familiar plot. Is this damn Bimawen?! Oh no! How did I end up in this world? No, no, I need to get stronger fast, or I’ll end up as a pile of bird feathers and ash! “Little macaque~~ Wait for me! I’ll go to sea with you to seek immortality~” Demons that eat people without leaving a bone behind, and gods and buddhas from the myriad heavens, all scheming in the shadows. Wait, what?! Why are all these big shots so reasonable?! This isn’t how the story’s supposed to go! It’s gone completely off the rails! I cursed Heaven to its face in front of the Great Celestial Venerable. Not only did I escape a beating, he said I was interesting and made me an official? I trashed a temple right in front of the Buddha. Not only was he not angry, he invited me to Spirit Mountain for tea and a sermon?! Since then, the Three Realms have gained a model worker: guiding people toward goodness, teaching and enlightening them, catching troublemaking outsiders, and, while I’m at it… accompanying the Journey to the West. What’s this? Xuanzang wants to join us in subduing demons too?! The Western Expedition’s bandit crew… no, the Western Expedition’s team is officially formed! Any time! Any place! The Western Expedition’s team is ready to cause trouble! Ahem, ready to solve cases! These Eighty-One Tribulations don’t seem right! What? A new set of Eighty-One Tribulations? And we’re traveling between worlds for work?