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Boom!

The blood was surging up!

This was the most inspiring line Li Zhenghui had ever seen in all the fan fictions of Journey to the West!

In front of these words, Li Zhenghui actually started to tremble!

The character of Tang Sanzang, or should I say, Master Golden Cicada, stood up instantly. He felt the "spirit" of Journey to the West!

Majestic and domineering!

Defiant and unyielding!

Break through everything!

The previous plot seemed nonsense and irrelevant, almost altering the original characters of the master and disciples beyond recognition. But this line of dialogue suddenly revealed the novel's theme--

This is also the Journey to the West!

This is the Journey to the West!

The author is just using a seemingly exaggerated, yet subtly ingenious method to correspond with the spirit of the original work!

At this moment, Yi An's writing intention was displayed clearly before Li Zhenghui's eyes for the first time:

Sun Wukong is fighting against the Heavenly Court!

Master Golden Cicada is also rebelling against the Buddha!

They were both born rebels!

Of course.

Don't forget this is "The Legend of Wukong."

The story of the protagonist, Sun Wukong, is also taking place on another timeline.

That monkey has finally embarked on the path destined for him...

It was the heroic fate destined before the journey to the west!

"Great Sage, where are you heading to?"

"Stepping on the southern sky and crushing the aerial palaces."

"What if you can't return?"

"Then I won't return."

From the moment Xuanzang stood up to all the Buddhas, Li Zhenghui's goosebumps were already raised all over.

And when Sun Wukong's will, like a flame, emerged in his resistance against the Heavenly Court, Li Zhenghui had already applauded in admiration!

"Bravo!"

His heart was thumping!

The spirit of Journey to the West was burning fiercely!

If I can't return, then I won't return!

Even if he fails, it's just a temporary silence!

He did become a deity, became Protector of the Horses in the heavenly court, and met a girl named Purple Cloud.

Purple Cloud said, "Perhaps in everyone's heart there is a heavenly palace, and a piece of darkness. Deep in the darkness is a pool of water reflecting the shadow of his heart. The soul resides there. But when one decides to become a deity, he must give up all these. He must make the water reflect nothing and see nothing. When the water becomes empty and silent, he becomes an immortal.

But what does it feel like with an empty heart?"

Purple Cloud was a strange fairy.

Purple Cloud also said she wanted to visit the Mountain of Flowers and Fruit.

In her mind, the Mountain of Flowers and Fruit was beautiful, just like how Sun Wukong described it.

But when Purple Cloud truly saw the Mountain of Flowers and Fruit, she realized Sun Wukong had lied.

The Mountain of Flowers and Fruit was not beautiful at all.

The mountain was covered with charred soil, burnt trees stretched out like hideous claws dancing, and a thick black fog enveloped the place, blocking out the sunlight all day.

The cemetery-like wilderness was lifeless, with only some strange birds shrieking sharply, like the wailing of ghosts.

Rather than a fruit mountain, it's more like hell.

"Why did you lie to me?"

"You said I lied to you, then I did."

Li Zhenghui felt a pang in his heart.

He seemed to be able to feel Sun Wukong's helplessness.

Perhaps this is the true "Journey to the West."

The original script glossed over the ordeal of the Mountain of Flowers and Fruit, as if it remained untouched.

But with a little imagination, how could the Mountain of Flowers and Fruit remain intact after the battle between Sun Wukong and a hundred thousand heavenly soldiers and generals?

There it turned into a scorched land, a hell where ghosts cry and wolves howl, which seemed more realistic.

At this moment, Li Zhenghui felt sympathy for this monkey.

Did the monkey admit defeat?

He seemed to have yielded, yet he seemed to resist.

Purple Cloud said that deities didn't have as much disgusting greed as demons.

But Sun Wukong asked, "If gods are not greedy, why can't they tolerate a little disrespect from the world? If gods are not evil, why do they hold the fate of millions of creatures in their hands?"

Li Zhenghui's fist tightened slightly!

Indeed, the demons in Journey to the West all have a superior, and demons without a superior are all killed by Sun Wukong.

Are the deities really as noble as they claim to be?

At this moment, Li Zhenghui felt it deeply!

In the end, Sun Wukong still refused to yield!

The uninvited visit to the Peach Garden was just the fuse for Sun Wukong's havoc in the heavenly palace.

The real root cause was the fundamental divergence between deities and demons.

At the Peach Garden Party...

Yao was sentenced to be cast down into the mortal world by the Queen Mother just because the peach she picked was too small.

Yue pleaded for Yao, but nobody paid attention.

Tian Peng appeared.

He helped Yue up and walked out of the heavenly palace indifferently, at this moment, all the gods were shocked!

"Is this still the same Zhu Bajie?"

Li Zhenghui felt the blood in his body getting hotter!

Indeed!

Zhu Bajie used to be Marshal Canopy!

Why did he turn into a pig?

A lazy, gluttonous, sly and crafty pig?

Would such a character have been Marshal Canopy who held immense power in the Heavenly Court in his past life?

He should be this character!

He is meant to be this character!

And Sun Wukong, he helped a girl named Yao back up.

When he rebelled, it was the same as the Peach Banquet in the original tale. All the gods were no match for him as he remained the invincible Great Sage, Heaven's Equal!

He brought Yao to the Mountain of Flowers and Fruit.

The Heavenly Soldiers and Generals came to punish Wukong, and the underground monsters wanted to help, but they were ruthlessly turned away by Sun Wukong.

He said, "This is a matter of grudges among immortals."

He claimed to be an immortal, not a monster. He hurt the feelings of other monsters, but Li Zhenghui clearly saw the sadness beneath this monkey's tough shell.

He simply didn't want to involve others again and relive the tragedy of the Mountain of Flowers and Fruit.

There isn't much description of the great battle.

But as Li Zhenghui read deeper, his blood was boiling. He didn't know when the climax of "The Legend of Wukong" became a thrilling roller-coaster ride!

He was completely captivated by these words!

"If the sky oppresses me, I will break it; if the earth restrains me, I will shatter it. Who dares to dominate me when we are all born free!"

In a daze.

Li Zhenghui seemed to see the defiant monkey who dared to challenge the heavens and the earth, facing the Heavenly Soldiers and Generals alone.

Actually, this part is the plot from the original tale.

But in this fan-fiction, there were many embellishments and additions, making it bloodier and colder, yet more melancholy!

Yi An's Journey to the West is brutal!

The curtain of "The Legend of Wukong" has begun to rise with the unfolding of the past five hundred years!

"In this world, I've been here, I've fought, and I've loved deeply. I'm not concerned about the end."

"I have a dream. When I fly, the sky will clear the way, and when I dive, the sea will part. All gods and immortals will call me brother and there will be no worries. There won't be anything to restrain me or anyone to control me, or anyplace I can't reach or anything I can't achieve or battle I can't overcome!"

"Bound by endless wrongs, fosters an immortal heart."

"What is the use of my birth if I cannot laugh? What is the use of annihilating me? It won't lessen my pride!"

Li Zhenghui felt that these words were as if they were ablaze!

This is the monkey!

That's why he would say:

"I know heaven can be infuriated if its majesty is violated. But does heaven know that humans can also get angry if they've lost everything? You scoffed at me arrogantly when I begged, and you were indifferent when I was in pain. Now, I'm angry."

That's why he would say:

"I know heaven can get angry. But do you know, heaven can also tremble? When the celestial sphere shudders, I laugh out loud, swing my As-You-Will Gold-Banded Cudgel, and turn the world upside down. From this day forth for a thousand years, you will all remember my name, Sun Wukong, the Great Sage, Heaven's Equal!"

But after the hot blood ebbs, there is only endless loneliness left.

Just like what Bodhi lamented, "I couldn't change the beginning, why not forget the ending."

The rebellion of Sun Wukong and Master Golden Cicada failed.

How can we forget Journey to the West?

Seeing the last sentence of the novel, the conspiracy of Journey to the West has been unmasked in "The Legend of Wukong."

The text mentions twice: "When five hundred years of time is but a ruse, for whom in this void of time do these characters suffer and rejoice?"

Li Zhenghui's blood gradually cooled.

But his mood has not settled down.

It seems like something is about to break free.

He finally understands what the beginning of this novel was really talking about.

The four disciples, including the White Dragon Horse, were all harboring their own secrets and pretending to be happy.

Sun Wukong forgot the events of five hundred years ago, but instinctively continued to watch the sunset.

Tang Monk's westward journey was actually carrying out the mission to undermine Buddha.

Zhu Bajie was the best at playing the fool, but he clearly remembered everything.

Monk Sha remembered everything as well, but his purpose had always been clear: to complete the task given by the Heavenly Court and to put back together the porcelain lamp he'd broken, so he could return to hang it for the Queen Mother.

As for the White Dragon…

He came purely for Tang Monk.

That's why she brought a rainfall to the Mountain of Flowers and Fruit at the end.

Even though she knew that this action violated heaven's law and she would never recover from it.

The novel is narrated along several threads.

In the end, Monk Sha went mad and turned into a laughing stock.

Zhu Bajie, with his pig's mind, embraced Yue in the flames and perished together.

In the final spatiotemporal junction, Sun Wukong, who became the Protector five hundred years later, killed the monkey from five hundred years ago—

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In fact, the monkey died five hundred years ago.

He just preferred to die rather than to lose.

"I get it now."

Li Zhenghui felt somewhat relieved.

Sun Wukong and Master Golden Cicada "failed," but they also succeeded.

He looked at the second to last paragraph of the novel: "Fallen leaves fluttered down to the earth, the seeds embedded in the snow, the flower bloomed and immediately withered. In the changing light and shadow, constellations transformed.

In the sea, mountains stood tall, through hundreds of generations of prosperity and decline, there would always be things standing strong against the wind, much like their ancestors."

The spirit of Journey to the West is indomitable.

So the seeds have already been scattered over the human world.

Someday, scenes from the past will reoccur:

When the sound of thunder is getting closer, Sun Wukong leans on a burnt tree, waiting quietly.

When the moment comes, the dark sky is suddenly split open by a massive bolt of lightning.

Sun Wukong leaps up, pointing his Golden Cudgel at the heavens.

"Come on!"

At that moment, his silhouette illuminated by lightning remained frozen in the legends even after countless years.

How could we forget Journey to the West?

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