Journey to the West: I, the Third Crown Prince of the East Sea Dragon King, Become Bodhi's Disciple

I just don't understand, is the Heavenly Court at fault? Heavenly rules are heavenly rules, and the Jade Emperor has treated everyone equally. If all the gods wanted to get married and have children, wouldn't that create chaos? Wouldn't that just lead to one family after another?

It's quite strange that the protagonist keeps talking about the rise of the dragon race, but in terms of racial theory alone, the dragon race is already the strongest after the human race, and the territory ruled by the human race is not even as large as that of the dragon race. As for the Heavenly Court's power of life and death over the Dragon Clan, that's simply the way of Heaven.

This book is one of the few that takes a correct view of the Heavenly Court, Taoism, and Buddhist masters. It describes the mindset and conduct of great beings, who may be detached from the world and roam freely in heaven and earth, or compassionate and dedicated to saving all sentient beings. But all the great beings have one thing in common: they cultivate both the Tao and their minds.

Those who bring the prehistoric era into Journey to the West, let's not even talk about how these are two completely different things. The prehistoric Journey to the West and Wu Cheng'en's version of Journey to the West are different in background and worldview. Don't you even read the author's biography?

Ah, I've followed this author's books several times, and the more I read, the more I feel that the Third Holy Mother is a plot hole, and Erlang Shen is a plot hole both before and after his success. Doesn't the eldest prince always remember that he was an ordinary person in his previous life?

I'm so embarrassed, my nickname is Qing'er...

The beginning of this book is quite good; it covers the background of Buddhist and Taoist classics and ideas well, and you can even learn something from reading the novel. However, the part about the Third Holy Mother felt particularly strange.

In orthodox mythology, the dragon has always held a very high status. The four auspicious creatures of heaven and earth are the dragon, tiger, bird, and tortoise (or fox), and the water god, rain god, and sea god have always held high positions. Even the Yellow Emperor's general was Yinglong.

In the original novel, Sun Wukong is the one with great wisdom. He speaks with profound Zen-like wisdom, eloquently composing poems and couplets. Tang Sanzang, on the other hand, is a selfish, cowardly, and self-serving individual. Sun Wukong often tries to reason with Tang Sanzang, but Tang Sanzang feels that Sun Wukong is deliberately trying to usurp his leadership position and disrespecting…

So this is the author of "Laojun the Chess Player," no wonder it has such a Journey to the West feel. I hope this book will have Yang Chan as the female lead; it would be quite nice if she and Yang Jian were each other's brothers-in-law.