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2026-02-17 09:00

"Journey to the West" was the first romantic-style demon novel in ancient China. It had a total of 100 chapters. The first part (chapters one to seven) mainly introduced Sun Wukong's supernatural powers and wreaked havoc in the Heavenly Palace. Sun Wukong, who was born from the immortal stone, was born in the Huaguo Mountain of Dongsheng Divine Continent. After leading the monkeys into the Water Curtain Cave, he was honored as the "Monkey King". He traveled across the sea and became a disciple of the Ancestral Master Bodhi. He was named Sun Wukong and learned many spells. He went to the East Ocean Dragon Palace to get the Ruyi Golden Cudgel, and then caused a ruckus in the netherworld to steal the Book of Life and Death. He was recruited by the Jade Emperor and granted the title of Horse Wen. He felt that his official position was too small and went to the Heavenly Palace to proclaim himself the Great Sage Equal to Heaven. He then returned to the Heavenly Court to look after the Peach Garden. The second part (chapters eight to twelve) wrote about the Buddha's statement, Guanyin's visit to the monk, Wei Zheng's slaying of the dragon, and the birth of the Tang Priest, explaining the origin of the Western Heaven's Buddhist scriptures. Tang Sanzang's surname was Chen, nicknamed Jianglu, and his Buddhist name was Xuanzang. He was originally the reincarnation of the Golden Cicada, a disciple of Buddha. The third part (13 to 100 chapters) is the main body of the story. The story tells the story of Sun Wukong, Zhu Bajie, and Monk Sand protecting Tang Sanzang to obtain the scriptures. On the way, they experienced many hardships and defeated all kinds of demons and ghosts, such as three fights with the White Bone Demon, the great battle with Red Boy, the battle of Che Chiguo, the disaster in the Kingdom of Women, the real and fake Monkey King, and the Sandiao Banana Fan. After 81 difficulties, they finally arrived at the Western Heaven and retrieved the scriptures. The key routes of the Buddhist scriptures included worshiping Tang Sanzang as a teacher in the Five Elements Mountain, burning Guanyin Courtyard, causing a ruckus in Black Wind Mountain, capturing Zhu Bajie in Gao Laozhuang, capturing Monk Sha in Liusha River, testing the Zen mind of the Four Sages, toppling the ginseng tree in Wuzhuang Taoist Temple, and beating the White Bone Spirit three times in White Tiger Ridge. Tang Sanzang and his disciples encountered about 30 famous demons on their way to the west. The endings were roughly divided into three categories: those from heaven or as pets of immortals were brought back to heaven for punishment; wild demons were recruited and promoted; demons that were self-reliant and had no background could only be killed. This was a work full of fantasy. Mr. Lu Xun called it the "novel of gods and demons", and Mr. Lin Geng called it the "work of childlike innocence". It was one of the most imaginative works of Chinese classical novels. It was also known as the Four Great Classics of China along with Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Water Margins, and Dream of the Red Chamber. Not satisfied with the game? You can read the novel related to Black Myth: Wukong to understand the exciting plot!