After Tang Sanzang left, the Queen of the Kingdom of Women, Lan Qinghe, was consumed by grief. She decided to abandon her throne and pursue him all the way to the Western Paradise’s Thunderclap Monastery, hoping to win back her beloved. Taking her personal maid, Bai Lu, and Captain of the Guard, Luo Feng, she set off west. At their first stop, a scorpion demon abducted her, but she used her wits to subdue it and make it her mount. Along the way, she discovered a token Tang Sanzang had left behind, hinting that he was not without feeling. As she crossed Flaming Mountain, the Bull Demon King’s forces surrounded them, and Princess Iron Fan used her plantain leaf fan to conjure an illusion of romantic tribulation. Heaven sent Taibai Jinxing to warn her that fate could not be defied, but fragments of memory led the queen to suspect that she had once been connected to the lotus lamp beneath the Buddha Tathagata. At the foot of Spirit Mountain, she faced the trials of the Seven Emotions, each one reflecting her attachment to Tang Sanzang. When they reunited, he had already shaved his head and was cold as ice. Before Thunderclap Monastery, the queen learned that she was the reincarnation of Dipankara Buddha, and that she and Tang Sanzang had shared an unfinished bond a thousand years earlier. In the end, she chose to set aside her personal feelings and help Tang Sanzang complete his pilgrimage. She returned to the Kingdom of Women to reform and govern it, transforming her love into compassion.
