After the White Bone, Journey to the West Begins Anew.
This was the slogan that had appeared at the end of the teaser PV for Black Myth years ago, the one that had driven countless people crazy with anticipation. It showed that the Black Myth creative team had never forgotten Asura, which they had led the development of back then. One could even say it had remained a regret in their hearts.
From a certain perspective, Black Myth was actually Asura's spiritual successor. Many of its core concepts—the third-generation reinterpretation built atop Journey to the West adaptations, players all being Chosen Ones marked with special imprints, and Gods, Buddhas, Demons, and Monsters all needing to cultivate and attain immortality by extracting spiritual essence from mortals—had been lifted straight from Asura.
Cheng Tian's Night Parade of a Hundred Demons had directly rolled the Great Sage's Remnant Body version all the way back to the Asura era—to the Great Sage Equal to Heaven whom the Heavenly Court had labeled the "Demon King."
For some reason, watching the Great Sage's Remnant Body first use Manifestation of Heaven and Earth, then return to being a spirit monkey, Cheng Tian found it deeply familiar, as if...
As if Son Goku in Dragon Ball GT had transformed from Golden Great Ape into Super Saiyan 4.
Without the slightest hesitation, the Great Sage transformed into the Demon King. Knowing that this form could not last, he raised the Ruyi Jingu Bang high and immediately shouted that incomparably familiar incantation.
"Bigger! Bigger! Bigger! Bigger!!!!"
As if reflected in a mirror, Arcade Great Sage made the exact same move.
Two colossal rods that reached the heavens smashed viciously into the South Heaven Gate's barrier.
The entire Black Heavenly Court shook violently. The Immortals gathered in Lingxiao Palace for yet