#Five hundred years ago, a madcap tale; once more, Sun Wukong soars to the heavens+++++ (Inspired by 81 Trials)
The Pilgrim Sun, also known as Yushu, whose religious name was Sun Wukong.
Once upon a time, there was a mountain called Flower-Fruit Mountain. On it stood a great stone, which absorbed the essence of heaven and earth and the radiance of the sun and moon. At last, one day, it split open and gave birth to a stone monkey
Wait, why is it a female?
And so one day
Heavenly soldier: "Report! That monkey, she's, she's, she's actually calling herself the Great Sage Equal to Heaven and claiming to stand shoulder to shoulder with Your Majesty!"
The Jade Emperor, laughing in anger: "Great Sage Equal to Heaven? I'll name her the Great Phoenix Equal to Heaven. Ask her if she dares come!"
Erlang Shen, exasperated: "Yushu, stop messing around. If you keep this up, I'll have to fight you!"
Laozi: "That brat dared to steal my elixirs! Just wait until I get my hands on her!"
Guanyin: "It's fine. She's naturally missing half her emotions and desires, and she's highly skilled in martial arts. Only Jin Chanzi can keep her in check."
But the truth is
After Wukong became a girl, every kind of demon and monster started flocking to her, and she racked up plenty of romantic entanglements. Yet she swung her golden cudgel with such force and vigor, completely oblivious to it all.
Tang Sanzang says... this is going to be the death of me.
When the senior disciple becomes a little junior sister, no, the senior sister.
When Zhu Bajie becomes a little girl, no, a cross-dressing hottie.
Sha Wujing is baffled. Am I really the only normal one here? (Not even close.)
+++++ If this trope is a dealbreaker for you, remember, it's just a novel. Don't take it too seriously.
It's been 600 days and still no pitfalls
The setting is so interesting. Why is it cruel? Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh...