The Six-Eared Macaque used the Black Lotus to return from the dead. Lingshan laid a trap, the Tathagata judged wrongly, and the gods and Buddhas were deceived. Sun Wukong, the Victorious Fighting Buddha, had his golden body shattered, and his spirit fell into another world.
He possesses the body of a useless young man whose meridians have been blocked for sixteen years? A fragment of his spirit smashes through the obstacle by force. No Ruyi Jingu Bang? The fighting instincts in his mind are better than any weapon. Cultivation too slow? The combination of Buddhist techniques and demonic strength has never been seen in this world.
With every breakthrough, a fragment of memory returns: the clouds of Flower-Fruit Mountain, the feel of the Ruyi Jingu Bang, the pain of his master chanting the tightening spell… and a name he can never quite remember.
After reaching the pinnacle of this world, he discovers that the Black Lotus has sealed the barriers between the Three Realms. He cannot go back. Wutian did not just scheme against his body, he sealed off his way home.
But Wukong has never believed in the impossible.
“Your old Sun has never relied on anyone else to open a door. A barrier? That’s what his staff is for.”
And on the other side of the barrier, Tang Sanzang is still waiting for him. He says only, “I have waited a long time for you, my disciple.”
