My name is Chen Yi, and my Buddhist name is Xuanzang.
At nineteen, I awakened the memories of Jin Chanzi's past life, and remembered the Marshal Tianpeng in the Hall of Miraculous Mist, who had violated the laws of Heaven for love and would rather accept a severe punishment than deny his feelings.
I heard that he had been mistakenly reborn as a pig and was waiting on the journey west for the scripture pilgrim. So I cut off my hair, put on a loose kasaya, disguised myself as a man, mounted a notoriously ill-tempered donkey, and left Chang'an.
The world believed I was heading west to seek the true scriptures and save all living beings.
In truth, I just wanted to find a pig.
But Zhu Bajie had the moon of Guanghan Palace in his heart. He only wanted to escort me to Spirit Mountain, attain enlightenment, and then return to Heaven to find Chang'e. He met my affection with cold words, yet whenever we encountered a monster, he was always the first to stand in front of me. By day, he was the hidden pinnacle of strength in our scripture-seeking party. Late at night, he most liked to turn back into a pig and climb alone to the treetops to gaze at the moon.
I followed his retreating figure for 108,000 li, only to discover at the foot of Spirit Mountain that the so-called scripture-seeking journey was nothing but a deception that had been waiting for ten lifetimes.
The day the true scriptures were retrieved would be the day "Tang Sanzang" vanished from the world.
And the man who had waited five hundred years to return to Heaven finally raised his Nine-Toothed Rake and stood against the countless gods and Buddhas filling the sky.
"She begged me all along the way, and I never agreed even once."
"Now it's my turn to beg her to come back."
