Three hundred years after the Journey to the West.
Sun Wukong became a Buddha, Tang Sanzang passed into nirvana, and the Eighty-One Tribulations became legend.
Everyone remembered those five travelers.
But no one remembered that there had once been a sixth person on the Journey to the West.
His name was Chen Xuan.
When he awoke once more, he discovered that his name had been erased from the Three Realms.
The history books held no record of him.
The Buddhist scriptures held no record of him.
Even Sun Wukong, who had once fought alongside him, had forgotten he ever existed.
And yet...
Why had the Heavenly Court issued a death warrant the moment he awoke?
Why did the Buddhas of Spirit Mountain look at him in terror?
Why was a fragment of the Journey to the West, sealed away for five hundred years, hidden inside White Bone Cave?
At last, Chen Xuan understood:
The Journey to the West had never been a simple pilgrimage to obtain scriptures.
And Sun Wukong was not the only one chosen by fate.
Five hundred years ago, he had been the true, original Pilgrim.
In this life, he awakened the Reverse Journey to the West System and gained control over the power of cause and effect.
The Heavenly Court wanted him erased.
The Buddhist faith wanted him silenced.
The demons awaited his chance to change their fate.
Chen Xuan asked just one question:
“You may erase my name.”
“But my fate...”
“Who gets to decide it?”
In this life, he would not become a holy Buddha.
He would not be anyone’s pawn.
He would walk the Journey to the West once more.
And see who, above all the gods and Buddhas in the heavens,
was truly manipulating the fate of every living being!
