The story opened by picking up directly where the previous tale, Investiture of the Gods, had ended.
The war of Investiture of the Gods had ended, the Human Emperor had been demoted, and the Tongtian Jianmu had been severed.
At that moment, the Five Godkings had gathered in the God Realm Committee.
They were holding an exceptionally important meeting of the Divine Realm.
Its purpose was to divide the spoils of faith from the mortal world.
Through this scheme, all mortal faith had fallen into the gods' hands.
According to their prior arrangements and the rewards due for their contributions, the Asura God King and the Destruction God King had done the most and naturally claimed the lion's share; the Life God King came next; the God King of Goodness and the Evil God King, who had never entered the fray, received only a meager portion of faith power.
Seeing this, the Evil God King was naturally dissatisfied, feeling that he had been pushed to the sidelines.
The God King of Goodness was compassionate at heart. Though she disliked conflict, she still wanted to secure more resources for the gods under her command.
The God Kings argued endlessly, stirring wind and clouds throughout the Divine Realm.
In the end, having tasted the rewards, the five gods decided to start another game and harvest a fresh round of faith and vow power.
Thus, the five gods devised a new script called "Journey to the West Subduing Evil."
Its central premise was to send inheritors of godhood to save the world and spread the glory of the Divine Realm, under the banner of punishing evil, promoting good, vanquishing demons, and defending the righteous path.
As for where those demons and heretics would come from?
Naturally, that would require the Evil God King's