Who would have thought that the journey to the West was never about attaining enlightenment, but a deadly conspiracy targeting Patriarch Bodhi!
The Jade Emperor uses Sun Wukong to settle the Heavenly Court’s old debts and grudges, while Tathagata Buddha uses him to destroy the Daoist faith’s destiny. The two great powers join forces, turning the stone-born monkey into their sharpest weapon, every blow aimed at Patriarch Bodhi and the Immortal Sect beyond the heavens.
To keep his master from being dragged into it, Wukong remains silent beneath Five Fingers Mountain. He endures countless hardships on his long journey west and takes refuge in Buddhism, all to protect his master’s sect. Patriarch Bodhi sees through everything, yet is bound by ancient rules. He can only watch his disciple fall into the trap, his hatred with nowhere to go.
The conspiracy does not end. The Buddhist sect reaches out with its demonic claws once more. Patriarch Bodhi’s second disciple, True Man Lie Jun, enters the mortal world to cultivate the Way of the Red Dust, only to have his family’s lives held hostage. Burning with rage, Lie Jun storms Mount Ling alone, but suffers a crushing defeat at Tathagata’s hands. To protect his sect, he publicly severs ties with it.
Worse still, Tathagata forcibly summons the four pilgrims and orders Sun Wukong to kill his own second senior brother! Tang Sanzang cruelly tightens the headband spell, while Sha Wujing, eager to earn merit, swings his staff at Wukong. Heartbroken, Wukong would rather die than obey.
A thousand years of keeping the rules cannot outweigh a disciple’s tears and blood! Patriarch Bodhi storms out of seclusion in a fury, breaking the taboos of the Three Realms. On Mount Ling, Buddhism and Daoism face off; the heavens stir, and a world-shaking battle over the survival of the Daoist sect and the bonds between master and disciple begins...
