Five hundred years after the end of the Journey to the West, the Three Realms are peaceful on the surface. The descendants of the Demon King who died on the journey to the West - the "Orphans of the Journey to the West" - are struggling to survive in the cracks between heaven and earth. Some people keep their names anonymous, some people bow to heaven, some people hide in the human world, and some people are dormant in secret, waiting for the opportunity.
The protagonist Song Qingzhuo is the descendant of the two demons of Shituoling, Qingshi and Baixiang, five hundred years ago. He concealed his identity and worked as an inconspicuous sweeper in heaven. He just wanted to live a stable life and completely forget about his origins in the demon clan. Until an old object was accidentally triggered, the demon blood in his body was awakened, and dust-laden memories and a truth that had been deliberately erased by heaven emerged.
The so-called learning of scriptures is not simply about overcoming the tribulation, but a three-party power game between Heaven, Lingshan and the Monster Clan before the end of the Dharma Age. Many "demon" were originally pawns of heaven, and many of the slain demon kings were pioneers of human-demon hybrids, and became victims of the new order of the three realms.
Song Qingzhuo was forced to get involved in this dispute that spanned five hundred years. He has no intention of rebelling, nor does he want to regain the position of Demon King, he just wants to survive. But on the way to trace the truth, he gradually realized that the boundaries between humans, demons and immortals were not destined by heaven, but rules drawn by the strong. And his existence itself is the most acute challenge to this order.
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Although it is not the content of Journey to the West, it is considered a different perspective and is written in great detail.
Although it is not the content of Journey to the West, it is considered a different perspective and is written in great detail.