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- 1 One More on the Journey to the West, and the Whole Story Goes Off the Rails 取经路上多一人，西游全套乱了 “What a stupid hat. It’s hideous.” Ying Si ran a hand over the hat. “Tang Sanzang, try it on.” Tang Sanzang said, “The hat’s for Wukong. I’d better not wear it, right?” Ying Si replied, “Got a problem? Then die.” 32Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 Beneath the Golden Cudgel 金箍之下 I was born a stubborn stone on Flower-Fruit Mountain! Back then, I was the freest creature beneath the heavens! Until one day, I left that paradise in search of a wider world. I returned after studying the arts, possessed great powers, and named myself the Great Sage Equal to Heaven, looking down on the Three Realms. I thought that no matter how vast the world was, it couldn’t be bigger than my Golden-Hooped Staff, and no matter how many rules there were, they couldn’t restrain my defiant heart. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 Sun Wukong's Mistaken Visit to Chentang Pass 孙悟空误入陈塘关 After completing his journey to the West, Sun Wukong accidentally enters Chentang Pass. The story of Sun Wukong, Nezha, and Ao Bing follows the heart's own path. From here on, the story follows the heart's own path. Main characters: Sun Wukong, Nezha, Ao Bing. 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 The Great Sage Returns: Raising Havoc in Heaven Again 大圣归来之再闹天宫 The Great Sage Returns: Raising Havoc in Heaven Again 205Reads—Score214d adds
- 5 Undercover in Journey to the West: The Curtain-Raising General's Secret War 卧底西游：卷帘大将的暗战 “The Curtain-Raising General received a secret order from the Jade Emperor: infiltrate the pilgrimage team! Smashing the crystal cup was just a cover; infiltrating Spirit Mountain was the real mission. The stories of eating people at Flowing Sand River were fake, but the pain of a flying sword piercing his chest was real. When the tenth incarnation of the Golden Cicada arrived, Sha Seng discovered The Tathagata had known his identity all along, and the Jade Emperor's true purpose was...” 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 Great Sage Equal to Heaven 齐天大圣 The Buddha said the Monkey King was impure in his six senses, so they peeled his skin, ground his bones, blinded his eyes, shattered his heart, stole his love, and extinguished his soul, only to reincarnate him in hell. Was he the only one at the mercy of fate? But the Monkey King refused to accept his fate. One day, he would raise his Golden Cudgel against all the gods and Buddhas in the heavens. This is not a chapter of Journey to the West. This is the story of Sun Wukong. 374Reads—Score—14d adds
- 7 I, Black Wukong, Forge a New Journey to the West 我，黑悟空，再铸西游 I share the same roots as Wukong. To make Wukong more fearless, Patriarch Bodhi separated the spiritual root from the Nine-Orifice Stone. And so, I came to be: Black Wukong. - A version with exciting plot points, suitable for adaptation into a screenplay. Producers and investors welcome. 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 8 A Short-Form Chronicle of Dreams of Journey to the West 畅想西游之短片记 The Patriarch said the monkey didn't need to take three blows... Patriarch Bodhi tapped Sun Wukong three times with his ruler, then clasped his hands behind his back and walked away. All the disciples said the Patriarch was angry, but Wukong slipped into his room in the middle of the night. “Master, those three taps with your ruler meant the third watch, didn't they?” In the darkness, the Patriarch slowly revealed an iron staff engraved with the words “Ruyi Golden Cudgel.” “Rascal monkey, you le —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 The Tale of Wukong: Are the Three Realms Still as They Were? 悟空传：三界，如常否？ Demonic calamity #Heart-Demon Trial #Sun Wukong #Journey to the West + Investiture of the Gods #Eerie World Hongjun stole from Heaven, the Six Paths were incomplete, and once the immeasurable calamity began, the primeval world shattered and spiritual energy ran dry. This time, Old Sun will never let all that happen again. But this world seems a little different from the three realms of the primeval world. My master once said that a heart-demon trial would come in the future, and Old Sun would be 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 10 After Five Hundred Years Beneath the Mountain, I Buried Daoist Scriptures Along the Pilgrimage Route 被压五百年，我在取经路上埋道经 After Five Hundred Years Under a Mountain, I Buried Taoist Scriptures Along the Journey to the West —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 11 Journey to the West: Taking Tang Sanzang's Place and Throwing the Three Realms Into Chaos 西游：顶替唐僧，搅乱三界 I transmigrate when the Stone Monkey is born; when the Monkey King heads out to sea, I go up the mountain. While Wukong studies magic, I travel the world; when the Great Sage takes office, I head to Sichuan. When the Golden Monkey falls into trouble, I bring him peaches, milk tea, cake, and a fruit platter. One day, when the wind rises, I set out again, pretending to seek the scriptures and fooling the Western Heaven. Just look at how magnificent our Eastern Land is! Which god or Buddha wouldn’t —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 12 Immortal Stone Code: The True Origin of the Journey to the West System 仙石代码：西游系统的本源真相 Breaking Down Journey to the West on Livestream: Wu Cheng’en’s “Writing Secrets” Were Deeply Buried Classical-text deconstructionist Su Yunting brings the “Wenxin Diaolong” System to his livestream, giving Journey to the West a whole new interpretation. He says the immortal stone at the beginning wasn’t described that way at random: its height of three zhang, six chi, and five cun corresponds to the 365 degrees of the celestial sphere, while its circumference of two zhang and four chi represen —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 13 The Great Sage Equal to Heaven, Sun Wukong, Awakened His System and Became Invincible 齐天大圣孙悟空觉醒了系统，无敌了 The Great Sage Equal to Heaven, Sun Wukong, awakened a System and became invincible. 18Reads—Score—14d adds
- 14 Journey to the West: Reborn in Six-Eared Macaque's Body, My Brother Is the Great Sage Equal to Heaven 西游：魂穿六耳，我兄弟是齐天 Fun and satisfying, but not mindless wish fulfillment: a journey of self-cultivation and enlightenment~ Life as a monkey isn’t easy. When brothers work together, can they cut through anything? …Well, let’s hope so! When “lying flat with dignity” meets “all things with a spirit can be your friend,” can these two brothers, so different in temperament, carve out a path to enlightenment of their own in the turbulent world of Journey to the West? —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 15 Journey to the West: This Hands-On Monkey Is Too Powerful! 西游：这个手操猴太强了！ [Journey to the West based on the 2026 version + no primordial world + no Sages + invincible Monkey Brother] Everyone says Sun Wukong is weak on the journey west, that even when he fights a monster, the battle ends in a “draw,” and that he often has to call for reinforcements. When a modern person transmigrates as Monkey Brother and gains a cheat that strengthens his magic whenever he kills a monster, he unleashes his full arsenal of divine abilities: clones beyond the body, the ability to mat 61Reads5.2Score10414d adds
- 16 Journey to the West: I Take Advice at Mount Fangcun 西游：我在方寸山听劝 Sun Wukong spent seven years cooling his heels at Mount Fangcun before finally awakening a cross-dimensional Advice-Taking System. As long as he treats netizens' suggestions like imperial decrees, he can redeem a “Great Sage Trial Card.” From Qin Shi Huang's spirit possessing him and demanding money to buy peaches, to American netizens teaching him the Thirty-Six Stratagems online, the Patriarch's Yellow Court Scripture gets replaced with “Five Years of Cultivation, Three Years of Tribulation.” 360Reads—Score—14d adds
- 17 Journey East: From Victorious Fighting Buddha to Great Sage Equal to Heaven 东游：从斗战圣佛到齐天大圣 Five hundred years after the sequel to Journey to the West, the Victorious Fighting Buddha finally understood the course of the Heavenly Dao. It turned out that both the Journey to the West and everything that came after had been schemes of the Heavenly Dao. He and Haotian had the same origins: both were unruly stones born of chaos, primordial divine beings. Later, he absorbed a quarter of the Chaos Ape's primordial spirit and gained the Law of Battle. With such a powerful origin, he should have 115Reads—Score—14d adds
- 18 Great Demon of Equaling Heaven 齐天大魔 Invincible action + dark conspiracy + protection + screen adaptations + thrilling, ruthless battles A brand-new story with a different spin on the source material! A real treat! No harem, no System, and the most stunning ending, bar none! No more suppressing your true feelings, pretending to be virtuous, or obeying orders. Unrestrained and fearless, ready to kill and to hate: that's the Great Sage Equal to Heaven! Tang Sanzang was cast into the cycle of reincarnation and vanished. The little whi 254Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 19 Journey to the West: I, Sun Wukong, Tear Up Lingshan's Script 西游：我，孙悟空，撕毁灵山剧本 After completing the pilgrimage, Sun Wukong finally realizes he'd been caught in a shocking scam! The Eighty-One Tribulations were scripted, the monsters and demons were actors, and the five members of the pilgrimage were nothing but puppets for Spirit Mountain to harvest worshippers! The Tathagata wants him to bow down and become a Buddha? One blow shatters the lotus throne! The Celestial Court wants him to submit to the will of Heaven? No immortal or deity can withstand the Golden Cudgel! Ta 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 20 Everyone Is an Actor: You Think Lü Bu Is Strong? I'm the Great Sage Equal to Heaven 全民戏神：演吕布强？我齐天大圣 “What? I can get stronger just by playing a god?” Li Xingchen transmigrated to a world where everyone played the part of a god. In this world, people could gain power by “playing a god.” After awakening their divine acting talent, everyone chose a hero from history or legend and gained extraordinary abilities by portraying them. Everyone in this world played Lü Bu, Guan Yu, Zhuge Liang, and the like... There weren’t even enough people with divine presence to go around. Meanwhile, the myths 16Reads—Score—14d adds
- 21 The Great Sage: Breaking Through the Journey to the West 大圣之踏破西游 “Tathagata!” “Why?” “Heaven and earth, I alone am supreme? Is that what you wanted?” “But what does that have to do with me? What does it have to do with my master? What does it have to do with Bajie, Sha Seng, or the little white dragon? Why do we all have to die?” Years after the journey to obtain the scriptures ended, the whole pilgrimage team was slaughtered by Buddha Tathagata. Sun Wukong suddenly awoke and discovered that he had been reborn. Tathagata, you hypocrite. In this life, I will 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 22 Smashing Mount Ling: Tathagata, Take This Staff from Your Great-Grandfather Sun! 棒碎灵山：如来，吃俺老孙一棒 Smashing Mount Ling: Tathagata, Take This, You Old Monkey! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 23 From the Start, Red Boy Calls Me Dad 开局，红孩儿叫我爹 I woke up one day to find that I’d become the Bull Demon King. In front of me was the brat Hong Haier, calling me Dad. Behind me stood Princess Iron Fan, distant and full of resentment. And inside my head was a vague, cryptic “Survival System.” 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 24 Better to Be the Great Sage Equal to Heaven Than a Fighting Buddha! 宁为齐天圣，不当斗战佛！ (No System, no female lead, no protagonist suffering, no rules) Sun Wukong gets a second chance at life and learns the truth behind Journey to the West. This time, the Great Sage Equal to Heaven won't let anyone manipulate him. He'll battle Heaven and Earth. Everyone who plotted against him will die beneath his Ruyi Jingu Bang. Better to be the Great Sage Equal to Heaven than the Fighting Buddha! 61Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 25 Journey to the West: Even Sun Wukong Is Arrogant 西游：孙悟空也嚣张 (Primordial World + Comedy + System + Invincible + All-Out Brawls + No Female Lead) Ding! Congratulations, Host, you’ve obtained a Gatling gun. Mecha World: Battle Tyrannosaurus, Tiger King, Wild Ape King, can your old Sun be the Mecha King? Chaos World: True God Bai Jue, True God Tian Qi, True God Chi Yang, will you submit to your old Sun? Bodhi World: Master, have you admitted you were wrong yet? Earth World: Hongjun, how about taking a trip to north 16Reads—Score—14d adds
- 26 Wukong and Bodhi 悟空与菩提 [The bond between Sun Wukong and Patriarch Bodhi] “Master, you’ve saved me so many times. At last, it’s my turn to help you!” [Sun Wukong’s love story] “Ziyi, we’ll never forget each other. Let us be together in love, even in death.” [A different take on the pilgrimage to the West] “The Seven Great Sages of old, once sworn brothers, have become tigers blocking the road and enemies standing in Sun Wukong’s way on the pilgrimage!” [The power struggle between Buddhism and Daoism] “Buddhism is not B 56Reads—Score—14d adds
- 27 From the Start, I Ran Off with Three Gods Named Er Na Sun 开局拐走三尊神，他们的名字叫“二哪孙” From the Start, I Spirited Away Three Gods Named "Er Na Sun" 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 28 Seeking the Way on the Journey West 问道西行 I am Sun Wukong. After five hundred years of imprisonment, I was freed to escort Tang Sanzang west to obtain the scriptures. I thought the gods and Buddhas were righteous, and demons were evil. I believed that was the unbreakable law of the world. Until I saw the bloodbath in Renhe Town. The ten-thousand-year-old Cangya wielded the Seal of Heaven and Earth, Guardian of the Domain. He wanted no part in conflict and only sought to protect the people. The town's mortals and demons lived together —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 29 Everyone Calls Me the Great Sage, but I Just Want to Chop Wood 都叫我大圣，可我只想砍柴 “Oh? That’s all you’ve got, ‘Oh’? Don’t you want to go in and have a look? Don’t you want the treasure?” “No.” The old monkey grew anxious and paced around twice before saying, “W-well, if anyone can get through that waterfall and come out safely, we’ll all make him our king! He’ll rule over all of Flower-Fruit Mountain! How impressive would that be?” “Not impressive. I’m not interested. Do you need firewood chopped?” The old monkey: “…” “Go to the Eastern Sea? Why would I go to the Eastern —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 30 The Great Demon of Qitian: If Heaven Is Unjust, I'll Strike It Down 齐天大妖之天道不仁，我便伐天 The demon-revealing mirror was used three times. Di Ting lay on the ground, not daring to make a sound. The Buddha spoke, and declared: You are the Six-Eared Macaque. He is the real one. Five hundred years beneath Five Elements Mountain, more than ten years on the journey west, and every wound he suffered was all for nothing. It was all a lie. Flower-Fruit Mountain was taken from him, his monkeys and their kin were seized, and even his name was stolen. He split the peak of Spirit Mountain with o 17Reads—Score214d adds
- 31 Journey to the West: A Nine-Story Pagoda from the Start, and I Snatch the Eighty-One Tribulations 西游：开局九层塔，截胡八十一难 [Journey to the West world] + [Sword cultivator] + [Nine-Story Pagoda] + [Demon King’s schemes] + [Snatching merit] Lin Yuan transmigrates into the world of Journey to the West, carrying a mysterious nine-story pagoda. On the first floor are a skeleton that has sat cross-legged for countless years and a broken sword. Only one sentence remains on the wall: “A sword may break, bones may crumble, but the sword heart can never be extinguished.” As the nine-story pagoda opens floor by floor, he disco 119Reads—Score21814d adds
- 32 The Invincible Sun Wukong Who Wreaked Havoc in Heaven 大闹天宫无敌孙悟空 This is the love story of Sun Wukong and Qian Huaxue. Guanyin schemed to make Sun Wukong kill Qian Huaxue. When Sun Wukong finally saw the truth, he wreaked havoc in Heaven! The Tathagata crushed him beneath Five Finger Mountain! But Five Finger Mountain couldn’t hold him down! He hoisted the entire mountain onto his shoulders! Challenge my wild arrogance! Fight my defiant pride! 30Reads—Score—14d adds
- 33 I, the Great Sage Equal to Heaven, Refuse to Become a Buddha! 我，齐天大圣，誓不成佛! Transmigrated into Journey to the West, he becomes Sun Wukong, awakens a System, and refuses to become a Buddha! I, the Great Sage Equal to Heaven, worship no gods, seek no Buddha, and ask nothing of the Dao. I can still be invincible in this world! 75Reads—Score—14d adds
- 34 Six-Eared Macaque and Wukong 六耳与悟空 A transmigrated soul takes over and replaces the life that should have belonged to Sun Wukong, while the real Wukong becomes a bloodthirsty monster. Their identities set them against each other, but fate binds them together. Consumed by regret, he decides to return everything to its rightful owner. As they spend their days together and endure hardship, a different kind of feeling seems to grow between them… But this world appears to be facing an even greater problem… 19Reads—Score—14d adds
- 35 Sun Wukong’s Nuwa Stone 孙悟空之女娲石 This book tells the story of Sun Wukong after he has completed his journey to the Western Heaven and been named the Victorious Fighting Buddha. After fighting Erlang Shen, Yang Jian, he is ambushed from behind by the Howling Celestial Dog and loses his golden cudgel. In the end, he passes away, and his wife, the Fairy Zixia, buries him among a pile of stones. Who would have guessed that one of those stones was a Nuwa Stone? The energy released by the Nuwa Stone brings Sun Wukong back to life and 12Reads—Score—14d adds
- 36 The Great Emperor Equal to Heaven 齐天大帝 The Great Emperor Qitian 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 37 Eternal Illusion 永远的幻境 The Eternal Illusion —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 38 The Great Sage Left Behind: I'm Here to Fix Traffic Violations in the Mortal World 齐天大剩我在人间修违章 In 2026, the Heavenly Court went bankrupt after its “incense tax” reform and was forced to restructure as the “Three Realms Logistics Group.” All immortals must descend to the mortal world and find new jobs, or face demotion to mortals, or even the annihilation of their souls. Because Sun Wukong has a terrible temper and lacks social skills, he is assigned the most miserable job of all: an auxiliary urban traffic officer. He has to deal with “demon-qi traffic jams” and “spell violations” that mo —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 39 Journey to the West: As If Hearing Xuanzang 西游之如闻玄奘 [Journey to the West fanfiction + mutual growth] This is a story with no transmigration and no supernatural powers, following Xuanzang as an ordinary monk all the way to Spirit Mountain. What would the pilgrimage be like if Xuanzang were adaptable and knew a few practical life “skills,” the Great Sage had no headband, Bajie were gluttonous but knew his limits, Sha Seng were honest yet flexible, and the Little White Dragon could often take human form? 26Reads—Score—14d adds
- 40 The Legend of Wukong: Honghuang Rebooted, Sage Equal to Heaven 悟空传：洪荒重启，齐天圣人 Sun Wukong; the Primordial World; Investiture of the Gods; tribulations across the heavens; dark upheaval; three thousand chaos beings. “This ‘Sage’ means a saint.” “So what if you shatter the Primordial World with darkness?” “I, Sun Wukong, will enter the cycle of reincarnation once more, and fight again!” “Hey, where is this? Why is everything chaos? Wasn’t I fighting the dark upheaval? Where have I been reborn?” Sun Wukong gazed at the enormous green lotus before him. A burly man stood motion 18Reads—Score—14d adds
- 41 Secrets of the Spirit House 灵宅秘事 Secrets of the Haunted House —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 42 After the Havoc in Heaven, Nezha Is Ordered to Subdue Sun Wukong 大闹天宫后，哪吒奉命镇压孙悟空 After the Havoc in Heaven, Nezha is ordered to suppress Sun Wukong 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 43 The Hongmeng Calamity: A Record of Demon Slaying 鸿蒙劫诛魔录 This book is an authorized continuation of Journey to the West, picking up after Chapter 100 of Wu Cheng'en's original work. The five members of Tang Sanzang's party complete their pilgrimage and receive Buddhist titles at Spirit Mountain: the Sandalwood Merit Buddha, the Victorious Fighting Buddha, the Altar Cleanser Envoy, the Golden-Bodied Arhat, and the Eight Divisions of Heavenly Dragons. Yet “success” does not mean “the end.” Though the Three Realms have found temporary peace, deeper myste 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 44 Transmigrate as Sun Wukong and Transform into a Super Saiyan! 穿越成孙悟空，变身超级赛亚人！ After the calamity of the Journey to the West: Tongtian River, Chen Village! “Buddhists! I, the Six-Eared Macaque, quit being the Victorious Fighting Buddha!” Fangcun Mountain! Patriarch Bodhi looked at Sun Wukong, now transformed into a little monkey. “You foolish child, my foolish child! I told you not to give out your name, but when your life was on the line, why didn’t you know to ask me for help?” 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 45 Black Myth: The Great Sage of Gods and Demons 黑神话：神魔大圣 Even as a mere mountain god in the Journey to the West's primordial world, you can defy the Nine Heavens, ascend to the throne, and claim the title of Emperor! Hou Tianci spent five hundred years in the Guixu, becoming a saint in the flesh. When he finally emerged, all he got was the lowliest mountain godship on a lonely mountain in the Immortal Realm. With a ruined mountain and a crumbling divine office, he chooses to fight his way up from the very bottom, shaking the Three Realms with every s 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 46 Journey to the West: From the Start, I Became Sun Wukong's Younger Brother 西游之开局成为孙悟空弟弟 To protect his older brother Sun Wukong, Sun Zhong defied the heavens, vowing to shatter the firmament so that the sky could no longer blind him and the earth could no longer bury his heart! Bearing the Chaos Dao-Evolving Jade, Sun Zhong's soul transmigrated into the Immortal Stone, making him Sun Wukong's younger brother. Knowing the course of the Journey to the West, he combined modern thinking with a supreme treasure of chaos, leading the demons in rigorous cultivation and breaking through th 49Reads—Score—14d adds
- 47 Journey to the West: From the Start, Accompanying the Tang Emperor on a Tour of the Underworld 西游：开局陪着唐王游地府 (The rating has only just been released and will rise later. No female lead + scheming protagonist + gradual growth + ensemble cast) When the head of the Jing River Dragon King fell from the sky above Chang'an City, Liu Zhong knew this wasn't an ordinary Tang Dynasty. His first thought was to seek immortality through cultivation. But because he resembled Wang Lin, the legitimate grandson of the Taiyuan Wang Clan, Sun Chong mistook him for a scapegoat and shoved him into the palace guard. Unfortu 972Reads5.4Score12214d adds
- 48 I'm Not Sun Wukong 我不是孙悟空 I'm a mortal rogue cultivator, so poor I can barely scrape by. My greatest talent is haggling a three-coin item down to two. Then one day, a rusty iron rod I had thrown away seventeen times and still couldn't get rid of latched onto me. The whole Three Realms was looking for it: the Golden-Banded Cudgel of the Victorious Fighting Buddha. They say that once you put on the headband, you stop being yourself. Black-armored Buddhist soldiers chased me half a street. The old ox of Jilei Mountain was 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 49 Bodhi's Wrath: The Tribulation of the Slanted Moon and Three Stars 菩提之怒·斜月三星劫 The Wrath of Bodhi: The Three Stars of the Slanted Moon Tribulation 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 50 The Chaos Great Sage: The Truth of Honghuang 混沌大圣之洪荒真相 Sun Wukong was outmaneuvered by the Tathagata during the ordeal of the Fake Monkey King. Splitting off a fragment of his true spirit, he escaped and found Patriarch Bodhi, who brought him back to life. He once again took up arms across the Three Realms and came to know the primordial world anew, making many friends along the way. In the end, he brought down Ling Mountain. Yet the identity of the mysterious woman who had helped him throughout remained a mystery. Patriarch Bodhi was charged with e 894Reads6.9Score—14d adds
