Journey to the West: From the Five Thunder Arts to the True Lord of the Thunder Department

Lately, there are so many novels like this where the protagonist, a demon, becomes an apprentice of a powerful immortal or deity. Isn't that a bit too far-fetched? When the Monkey King became an apprentice at Fangcun Mountain, were there any demonic fellow disciples there?

Firstly, the original Journey to the West doesn't contain many conspiracies and schemes. Sun Wukong's becoming Bodhi's disciple was purely by chance, without any machinations or schemes from powerful figures. His havoc in the Heavenly Palace was also due to his personal reasons, without any conspiracies or schemes, including the journey to the West.

Do you still dare to prevent Tang Sanzang from going to the Western Paradise to retrieve the Buddhist scriptures?

Even the Thunder God had to address Sun Wukong as "Great Sage".

Since this is a fan fiction based on the original Journey to the West, let me say a few more words. In Ming and Qing dynasty classical fantasy novels, status has never been equivalent to combat power. This is not a modern fantasy web novel. For example, the Northern Zhenwu Emperor, who is praised by many, does have a high status.

The ending of the introduction is problematic. Do you think Sun Wukong can summon rain because wind, rain, thunder, and lightning are all his people? Haha, it's because they all want to gain merit by helping him on his journey to the West.

Grand Tutor Wen is not the Thunder Ancestor! The Thunder Ancestor is at least a primordial demon god, possibly even a chaotic demon god. Grand Tutor Wen commands the Thunder Department of the Heavenly Court, but he cannot be called the Thunder Ancestor. I hope the author reads more books.

The first chapter alone turned me off. The synopsis said he had cultivated for two hundred years, but once I started reading, I realized the protagonist had simply possessed another body and had no cultivation experience whatsoever.

In the timeline of Journey to the West, a demon race without roots, taking human form for hundreds or thousands of years, and controlling the Thunder Department, is more difficult to achieve than a Chinese person becoming the President of the United States, since becoming the President of the United States still has a slight possibility.

Even with all the Thunder Department troops deployed, they only managed to draw with the Monkey King. It seems like Thunder Magic doesn't have much of a future in Journey to the West.