Journey to the West: Liu Bei’s Soul Possesses Tang Sanzang

[Three Kingdoms, Journey to the West, Liu Bei, Xuanzang, two male leads, philosophy debates, ensemble cast, demon hunting]

A soul of Emperor Zhaolie has forced its way into my body.

Helplessly, I can only take the western journey to fetch scriptures as one body with two souls.

I uphold my Buddhist precepts, with compassion in my heart, saving all beings.

He follows his path of benevolent kingly rule, helping those in distress and punishing the wicked.

Those demon kings became my disciples, and also his brothers.

Without the tight-band curse to restrain them, they still remained so devoted.

At Lion Camel Ridge, a human hell where the lion, elephant, and roc had devoured countless people, he wanted to kill the three demons, but the Buddhas forcibly stopped him in the name of compassion.

Beneath the Buddhist altar at Spirit Mountain, monks under the Buddha openly demanded bribes. He lashed the two monks in fury, only to be condemned to death for disrespecting immortals and Buddhas.

The Buddha said he was my inner demon. Slay the inner demon, and one could immediately become a Buddha.

But looking at the immortals and Buddhas in the sky who did nothing, I only felt that Buddha was no longer Buddha.

I begged the Buddha and was willing to die in his place.

Yet the Buddha, in the name of saving me, struck him with a palm so hard that his soul scattered.

At that moment, the Stone Monkey's eyes turned red, the Heavenly Wolf ground its teeth to pieces, the White Dragon shattered its armor, the Black Bear tore his kasaya to shreds, Sha Seng clenched his staff so hard it burned, the Pig Demon gripped his rake until it cracked, Niu Mo roared until his lungs burst, and Liu'er cried himself blind...

Perhaps they thought I would still be like before, urging them again and again to be compassionate and let go.

But I put down the monk's staff, picked up my twin swords, and told them:

"This master will go with my disciples!"

From then on, I, who had once set my heart on Buddha, finally became the one who turned a single thought into a demon.