Wang Yuan Leaves the Mountain

Sun Wukong still did not know what this journey truly meant to him.

This road to retrieve the scriptures was not one of hardships and obstacles, but of schemes—a road of no return littered with ambition, conspiracies, and calculations.

Gods and Buddhas across the heavens looked down upon those traveling this road, casually toying with their fates, believing everything was under their control.

Little did they know that they, too, were pieces on another's chessboard.

Who among those qualified to move the pieces was not an existence beyond Reincarnation, immortal and indestructible?

There was little to say about the journey westward.

It was worth mentioning that after Guanyin left, Tang Sanzang had Sun Wukong put on the flower cap Guanyin had specially left for him before seeking out Sun Wukong.

Once Sun Wukong put on the flower cap, it transformed into a Golden Headband that embedded itself firmly around his head, impossible to pull off.

Whenever Sun Wukong did something wrong, Tang Sanzang would recite the incantation Guanyin had taught him. Then the Golden Headband would take effect, tightening more and more until it cut into Sun Wukong's flesh. To him, it was an excruciating torment.

Later, they took in White Dragon at Eagle Sorrow Stream, and Pigsy at Cloud Stack Cave on FuLing Mountain.

Pigsy had wanted to remain in Gao Village as the Gao family's live-in son-in-law, but the family feared him because he was a pig and did not dare keep him.

Still, it was not quite right to say Pigsy truly wanted to stay in Gao Village as a live-in son-in-law. Although Sun Wukong could not sense it, Tang Sanzang was perceptive enough to tell that Pigsy was hiding something in his heart.

Besides, had anyone ever seen a pig who stayed up every night just