Deep beneath the Primordial Continent, an inconspicuous little grasshopper lies dormant in the soil year after year, barely surviving by sucking sap from tree roots.
After a lifetime of trials, it breaks free of its shell and transforms into a golden cicada with two wings.
With each tribulation of rebirth it gains another wing: three wings after its second tribulation, four after its third... After eight rebirths, it becomes a divine cicada with nine wings.
During its ninth tribulation, just as it sheds its insect body and takes human form, heavenly punishment descends.
Its nine wings beat wildly, and it manages to dodge the strikes at incredible speed.
This enrages the God of Thunder, who doubles the punishment. The final world-ending bolt not only scorches its divine wings but also tears open a rift in space.
In desperation, Jin Chan Zi grabs the Six-Eared Macaque, who had been protecting him during his tribulation. They are swept away by a tremendous force and accidentally stranded in another world.
Armed with nothing but pills he makes by hand, he embarks on a chaotic, hilarious, and utterly invincible fantasy adventure in another world.
