Sharing the Origins of Mending Heaven, I Lead the Great Sage; Wukong Dreams His Way into Dream of the Red Chamber

As a youth, I loved Journey to the West; in middle age, I dream of the Dream of the Red Chamber.

[Journey to the West and Dream of the Red Chamber crossover | No harem | Max-level powerhouse uses overwhelming force to rewrite tragic fates]

At Vulture Peak in the Western Heaven, the Victorious Fighting Buddha, having seen through the truth that “a grain of sand contains a world,” was roaming the myriad realms when he sensed a sorrowful aura rising from a small world of the Dream of the Red Chamber below. It came from a Stone of Divine Essence with the same origin as the one that repaired the heavens. Both were remnants left behind by Nuwa when she mended the sky. Unable to bear seeing a kindred stubborn stone sink into ruin and the Crimson Pearl Immortal Grass die after shedding all its tears, Wukong resolutely sealed away ninety-nine percent of his divine power, took the form of the mad monk Shi Kong, and entered the mortal world to break the calamity.

He wreaked havoc in the Rongguo Mansion, tearing apart the hypocritical mask of a decaying feudal age; swept through the corruption of officialdom and protected the pure-hearted souls of the Grand View Garden. He forcibly changed the tragic verdicts of the Twelve Beauties of Jinling, stopped Daiyu from dying after weeping away her tears, and kept the good people of the Grand View Garden safe. His actions disrupted Heaven's ordained fate, drawing the Fairy Jing Huan of the Land of Illusion to confront him. Even with Wukong's divine power sealed, she could not withstand the might of the Great Sage, but she warned that forcibly changing fate would cause Heaven's order to collapse and bring a cataclysm upon the dying age.

In the end, the immortals and Buddhas compromised and struck a bargain: everyone's body and life would be spared, but Heaven would blur the memories of all mortals. In the stories passed down to later generations, Daiyu would still die, and the Jia family would still end up with nothing but a vast, empty wasteland, keeping the tale aligned with the fate Heaven had ordained.

With the karmic debt settled, Wukong's divine consciousness returned to its place, and he departed without leaving a trace. Jia Baoyu had witnessed fate being changed with his own eyes and seen through the world's splendor and Heaven's rules. Remembering his kindred elder brother Wukong's Buddhist and Daoist convictions, he ultimately chose to become a monk with equanimity. It was not a choice forced upon him, but a free decision made after seeing through illusion and finding his true heart. The Great Sage's mortal-world past of defying Heaven and changing fate eventually vanished from the world, leaving only the sighs of the enduring Dream of the Red Chamber and the perfect truth known to no one.