This Monkey Is Incredibly Strong, Yet Far Too Cautious

Regarding the criticisms leveled at some Journey to the West fanfiction works. 1. There are saints in "Journey to the West". In reality, *Investiture of the Gods* plagiarized *Journey to the West* and *Romance of the Three Kingdoms*, mistakenly believing that the saints in *Investiture of the Gods* were incredibly powerful.

A refreshing take on Journey to the West fanfiction. Previous fanfiction, influenced by cheap imitations and Hong Kong films, deviated significantly from the original story, losing its endearing qualities, intelligence, and integrity, as well as its humorous, courageous, and memorable character. Instead, it reduced Sun Wukong to a mere image of violent, rebellious strength. Expect

Many Journey to the West novels nowadays are influenced by the "Primordial Era" style and Master Wu, distorting and belittling Monkey King and the original work in various ways. However, this book written by the author is quite good. It respects the original work while also having its own ideas. Keep up the good work, and I will continue to follow and support it.

While the protagonist is more cautious than in the original work, he doesn't seem overly cautious. I hope the author will take a look and carefully consider what "overly cautious" means.

I just don't understand why online readers would rather read a few fantasy web novels than the original text? Why exaggerate Laozi's fighting power in a classic fantasy novel like Journey to the West? Marketing accounts and fantasy web novels often praise Laozi, but from the Yuan Dynasty to the Republic of China, Laozi was bullied by the Monkey King for hundreds of years.

The head-on sniping at the middle gate is hilarious. Some armchair readers who haven't read either the original Investiture of the Gods or Journey to the West are just ridiculous. They've read a bit of prehistoric fantasy web novels and keep spouting nonsense about how the combat power in Investiture of the Gods is stronger than in Journey to the West. It really cracks me up.

I want to know how you managed to integrate all of these together. The two books, *Investiture of the Gods* and *Journey to the West*, contain many contradictory settings. I wonder which prehistoric fantasy novel reconciled them all. Even the originator of the "primordial chaos" genre, "Buddha is the Way," didn't resolve its plot. I want to know how its setting was changed.

In the original story, the Great Sage Sun Wukong knocked Laozi upside down, so he wouldn't hold back. Sages are most concerned with their reputation. His mount's strength was only slightly inferior to the Great Sage's, and he could probably eat Laozi's elixir himself. The strength of Laozi in Journey to the West is a mystery.

I have some time today, so I'll update this. I often see readers spreading rumors that Sun Wukong caused havoc in the Heavenly Palace, that the Heavenly Court was lenient, and that Laozi could easily defeat Sun Wukong with any magic weapon. Today, I'm going to debunk these rumors. First, let's look at the Golden Horned Swordsman and the Silver Horned Swordsman.

The combat strength in Journey to the West consists of three aspects: martial arts, magical power, and magical treasures. The Monkey King's martial arts skills are at least in the top five in the entire series, his magical power is above average, but he lacks magical treasures.