Black Myth: Turns Out I'm the Chosen One

Would you rather become the Great Sage, Equal to Heaven, or the Victorious Fighting Buddha?

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The gods and Buddhas are annihilated, the old order has crumbled, and monsters rise across the land.

At the peak of Flower-Fruit Mountain, a stone that transmigrated and was carved into a statue of the Great Sage emerges proudly into the world beneath the gaze of the Long-Armed Ape.

But he is neither the Great Sage, Equal to Heaven, from five hundred years ago, nor the Victorious Fighting Buddha of the Western Pure Land.

He is the new Chosen One.

There is only one path before him: face his destiny.

The spirits of the Four Monkeys of Chaos.

The Red-Buttocked Horse Monkey, the Long-Armed Ape, the Intelligent Stone Monkey, and the Six-Eared Macaque.

The stone can only choose the Six-Eared Macaque, and so begins a journey of knowing what came before and understanding all things.

Investiture of the Gods and Journey to the West.

Though unconnected in time, they lead him to discover the countless threads tying everything together behind the scenes.

Immortals are no immortals, and demons are no demons.

The monsters are bound in golden bodies, and the Buddhas are beheaded.

Who is the Chosen One?

Is he the stone?

Or is he Yuan Hong, the white-haired ape who once stood before Yang Jian? Is he Wuzhiqi, the Yinglong who descended to the mortal realm? Is he Jufu, with leopard spots and flower-patterned arms, who tore open the heavens with his bare hands? Or is he Zhu Yan, whose white hair and bare feet herald a world thrown into war?

Is he the Great Sage, Equal to Heaven, who wreaked havoc in the Celestial Palace five hundred years ago, or the Six-Eared Demon Ape trapped beneath the Buddha's golden alms bowl, his divided heart impossible to resolve?

All of them.

And none of them.

It all begins with a golden cicada.