Journey to the West: The Great Sage Falls

During the incident of the true and false Monkey Kings, Buddha Tathagata covered the real Sun Wukong with a golden alms bowl and had the Six-Eared Macaque kill him with a single staff strike. From then on, the one who accompanied Tang Sanzang on his journey to retrieve the scriptures was Tathagata's puppet, the Six-Eared Macaque.

After the scriptures were successfully retrieved, the Six-Eared Macaque was named the Victorious Fighting Buddha. The real Sun Wukong, who had once wreaked havoc in Heaven, had long since been reduced to dust and spirit. When Tang Sanzang and his disciples accidentally discovered the truth...