All Bosses EXPLAINED in Black Myth: Wukong - The Final Chapter (Six)

[@BanditGames]

Thank you all for this journey... I've enjoyed it so, so much. Onward to more LORE!

[@therealwhoever]

LOREEEEEEE

[@isaacjamelbrown]

Thank you for making amazing and lore full videos.🙏🤩🔥

[@matthewwendt7315]

There are no other lore videos on KZbin worth watching/listening too. None come close to the detail and research you do. You slayed these series and its been a pleasure THANK YOU!!!

[@gethk.gelior4214]

This is the exact moment Bandit Journeyed to the West

[@sam-s6o]

do a world of warcraft video

[@jameslough6329]

Erlang Shen has earned his place as one of my favourite bosses in all of gaming. He’s got great lore/story significance, insane visual spectacle (especially in the part of the fight where you take on the Four Kings), and an extremely well developed AI that perfectly reacts to the player’s behaviour and forces them to use their abilities in smart ways.

[@alexanderayotte8867]

Reminds me of the Aries fight in God of war

[@jameslough6329]

@@alexanderayotte8867 Except WAY harder and more complex

[@HavocHounds1988]

The second phase is so epic, and such a spectacle. The developers outside themselves with that fight for sure.

[@DarkWanderer666]

Erlang lore dumps too much for a fight, I basically mute the game while fighting him. The Four Heavenly Kings fight is awesome though.

[@jameslough6329]

@@DarkWanderer666 That’s part of what makes his fight so good tho. He has unique dialogue based on which form you transform into and he reveals a lot about his friendship with Wukong if you listen to his dialogue during the fight. I also love how he encourages you to attack him if you are too passive. Erlang’s constant banter with the Destined One combined with the unpredictability of his AI makes his boss fight feel as though you are fighting a real person rather than just another video game enemy. It makes his fight unique.

[@Temstar04]

The reason why the whole immortality thing is such a big deal in JttW is it's specifically mentioned immortality is against the proper functioning of the cosmos and achieving it is in itself a crime against existence, you are literately stealing energy from the sky and earth, from the sun and moon to do so. To achieve it you need to: 1. Cultivate yourself, which allows you to overcome the limit of your natural lifespan. Wukong is a stone monkey and may not have a natural life span as such to start with, but just in case he did him crossing out his and his fellow monkey's name in the ledgers of life and death would allow them to exceed their normal lifespan. Su Wukong was 342 years of age when he wiped his name off the ledger. 2. Once you are past dying due to normal aging, at 500 year of age you experience the First Calamity - lightning bolt from the heaven will seek you out. Magics like 72 transformations and cloud riding can be used to dodge this calamity. 3. At 1000 year of age, you experience the Second Calamity - ethereal fire emerges from your feet and seek to burn your organs to ash. 4. At 1500 years of age, you experience the Third Calamity - ethereal wind from back of your head seeks to blow and disburse your senses 5. If you are still alive at 2000 years of age, First Calamity happens again and so on. The Jade Emperor is mentioned in the book to have already experienced 1750 calamities so far. Second and Third Calamity cannot be avoided with any normal means, they have to be endured with the aid of special immortality granting items, such as the immortality peaches, the golden pills, the human baby shaped ginseng fruit and as the rumours go, Sanzang's flesh. It's not stated in the book but later works (including BMW) assumes from Sansang's flesh connection that all such methods of cheating death involves stealing life from someone else. Hence the game implies the golden pills are actually made from yaoguai. This assumption of immortality being only achievable by taking life of others and all the members of the celestial court are actually part taking in these dark rituals are one of the origins of people having a "black myth" read of JttW.

[@Temstar04]

The once every 500 year peach party is the most important event in the celestial court since that's when all the members receive the peach that allows them to continue to enjoy immortality. It's kind of like a pay day for all the immortals. They honour the Jade Emperor and let him boss them around and the peach is their pay in exchange.

[@Kodiakhunter]

This comment deserves more likes. Your explanation actually triggered a eureka moment in my brain realizing that the reason all the gods were so pissed at Wukong was because he ate their paychecks

[@Lucid_Reality]

Interesting, I wonder if you could interpret Wukong himself being a calamity. If the jade emperor kept avoiding calamities then the universe creating something so powerful to finally get him sounds possible.

[@BadEnd98]

@@Lucid_Reality by Black Myth lore, may be, but by original story and the Chinese myths, Sun Wukong not even close to Jade Emperor

[@hotbreakers94569]

You know what that sounds like what Hollywood does, you know with eating flesh of others specially the innocent and the essenc😢e or what they call energy harvesting.

[@gethk.gelior4214]

Ah, I feel like the Mandrill chief story line is kinda underrated, a lone monkey on a journey to revive what is essentially her adoptive son, if an extremely overpowered one. She's the one that taught the monkey king to monkey, after all. And for her to laugh it all up like that when she sees her "son" already reincarnated right before her eyes, or maybe when she saw the destined one and realized the absurdity of it all, maybe both? Kind of a "learn to let go" story mixed in there as well.

[@therranolleo468]

she's probably proud beyond belief that her "son" had orchestrated his own reincarnation

[@HUMAN-fq5ff]

Bandit, if it ever feels like these videos aren’t getting enough love or appreciation, I just want you to know that I have an exam in 3 hours but I’m sitting here watching this. These videos are legitimately so well written. There’s other explanations on KZbin but none go into this much detail and make it so much fun.

[@tamagothchic]

The Mandrill being not only Wukong's oldest friend but his adoptive MOM, desperately trying to revive her son the entire game, makes me want to cry 😭

[@thundercrash4775]

And then realizing that said son is not only orchestrating his own revival, but also his own liberation? A very funny joke indeed.

[@hugo-pg5tv]

Well she was the first monkey to meet him. In the game she tries to get all the skandas to bring back Wukong but in the end realises that Sun Wukong already had a plan and gives the destined one the last skanda.

[@chrisgamer9099]

These videos were a journey in themselves, you did an outstanding job, all the research of the story and game is great. You've earned your rest many times over. Thank you for these lore break downs.

[@HavocHounds1988]

I agree completely. You could have just gone with what it says about them in game, but you actually did research on them outside of the game and learned their significance in Journey to the West as well. You have done a phenomenal job on this series.

[@MatchaCupcakes-x7p]

21:30 Interesting fact: you may be wondering why the four heavenly kings of Buddhism obey the celestial court's commands of Daoism. Because in ancient China, Buddhism and Taoism, in order to assert their legitimacy and gain acceptance among more people, they will claim that rival god originally belongs to their religion, but with a lower status. For example, the four heavenly kings of Buddhism, in Taoism their main work is just a security guard of The Celestial Court‘s gate. After a few hundred years, most people have accepted these assumptions. So you can see that many Chinese gods belong to both Buddhism and Daoism.

[@therealwhoever]

That entire dive into sun wukong was the best I've seen especially when applying the lore of the game itself. Wrapping up the story with a beginning i know me and many others are eager to see is just so HYPE. I hope we one day do learn what happens after black myth wukong. 🙏

[@adawg3032]

I can’t even begin to imagine how much blood sweat and tears game science poured into this game while making it. It’s truly one in a decade release imo.

[@HavocHounds1988]

They actually did mocap of real cats for the Tiger Vanguard fight. They put multiple cats in mocap gear and just recorded them being cats. Instead of trying to get a single cat to do what they wanted. That was a really smart move.

[@maxchen9185]

22:40 Actually the weapon Wang Lingguan wields is indeed referred to as "whip鞭" in Chinese. Apparently ancient chinese people use a solid metal rod to whip horses, and the name stuck. Now in the modern days the word "whip鞭" is more often used to refer to, well, the soft rope-like whip. But when in the context of talking about traditional chinese weapons, that solid metal rod is the "whip".

[@BanditGames]

Ohh that makes so much sense!

[@tamagothchic]

That makes sense! Sort of like an ancient riding crop?

[@maxchen9185]

@@tamagothchic in terms of size, yes. I mean obviously they don't really use a rod as large as the one in the game to whip horses ofc...

[@biqingchai1461]

Wang Lingguan is similar to the personal bodyguard of the Jade Emperor, the Jade Emperor gives Wang Lingguan very high rights, and Wang Lingguan's head into the shape of his own hand, meaning that everyone sees Wang Lingguan as if they saw themselves

[@user-dercbsb]

@@BanditGames It is also an acual combat weapon, used by many famous ancient Chinese warriors(秦琼), though it's made in steel when applied in battle and mostly a secondary weapon(something to fight with in case your main weapon(spear/mace etc.)gets broken), though some use it as a main weapon too. It's also called a bamboo whip because it's shape resembles one

[@RekEStore32]

The Supreme Inspector brings to my mind the western phrase: "Talk to the hand cuz the face ain't listening!" Boy, oh, boy... THAT sums up his appearance, personality and loyalties all too well!

[@icenugget6193]

Man I was so conflicted on killing the son of stones because he’s just chilling there not bothering anyone. But wanting to complete all of my journal entries I ended up taking the poor guy out. At least he’s with his family now, but I’ll be leaving him alone for sure on my NG+

[@imnate9439]

I’ve been waiting for this video for soooo long it’s not even funny. You’re the goat at these lore breakdowns and I’m glad you took the time out of your day to continue providing us with this information. You my good sir deserve this 👑

[@insanemakaioshin]

The actual translation is 72 terrestrial killers, based on the 72 malevolent constellation deities. Most members of the heavenly court, like Zhu Baije, practice the 36 heavenly spirits, based on the 36 benevolent constellation deities that are at war with the 72 terrestrial killers. This is referencing the Buddhist holy number of 108.

[@connor_2003]

This video got me so hyped about Black Myth : Wukong!, it is my Game of the Year, and it’s made me want to learn more about Sun Wukong and The Journey to the West. I’ve played the game twice to completion, I love the soundtrack so much! ❤, and I intend on reading the literature about the world of Wukong and the Monkey King himself. So thank you for this series, it’s been amazing learning more about Wukong and the world he inhabits, can’t wait to see more from your channel and I’ll definitely be doing a 3rd playthrough when DLC drops. 😁

[@junjiechen7341]

The depth of the lore and explanation will even take Chinese players a lot of time to absorb. Yet you did it in a foreign language, I can't imagine how much effort you've put into this. Nothing but respect.

[@alexanderayotte8867]

As a fellow who was pretty ignorant of the journey to the west before playing this game your videos have really provided some great context as to why Wukong is view with fear by those you encounter in the game. I also find it entertaining that your not having a health bar at the beginning of the game is actually lord accurate since he literally can’t die. The most you can do is reset his cycle it seems

[@lesegoshibambo1994]

Just platinumed (that’s not a word is it?) this gem of a game. Your lore videos made me fall in love with the story even more - thank you for these. Can’t wait to jump into this one. RIP Akira Toriyama 🐲

[@HUMAN-fq5ff]

I have a different interpretation about the mind relic though. I feel like the final relic wasn’t given by Erlang. Instead, when he died Wukong’s mind passed through the cycle of life and was born again as The Destined One. The mind relic was always there with him. The reason I say this is because whether or not we fight Erlang, when we enter the final arena the Old Monkey says we are the mind of Wukong, this makes me believe that the mind relic is always with him. Erlang gave him the ability to see through deception with which he was able to see through the deception of the headband and having defeated the shell of Wukong, with the help of Erlang’s eye he saw through it and Wukong’s memories came to him which made him realise that the headband is merely a trick to keep him in control.

[@theanxoiushero800]

The way I see it. The destined one is a reincarnation of wukong, more or less essentially being wukong except without his memories. This is the reason he is able to obtain and absorb the power of all the relics, as they essentially belong to him. As you’ve said the destined one more or less is the final “mind relic” I’ve interpreted it as the destined one maintaining the will of wukongs mind hence he was ‘destined’ to complete this new journey as many others before him probably did not have wukongs “mind” or will. By defeating erlang, the destined one (or wukong reincarnated) was essentially able to fully realise and restore his mind with his past lives memories and therefore understand what wukongs (or his own) true mission was and abandon the headband at the end therefore getting the true ending

[@pieswimmer1]

Yessss bro I love these videos. Thank you. Gonna carry me through my cardio.

[@pieswimmer1]

Oh please do war craft

[@DeadlyHord3]

I just finished the game today and unlocked the secret ending. I cannot wait for the DLC. Thank you for this series

[@shadower227]

Quick correction i believe, buddha didn't transform WuKong small. Its just that the whole world in Buddhism, is within the palms of the buddha, and the edge of the world are his fingers. Wukong did rech the edge, he just didn't knew how significant buddha was

[@wokkyminniecon9803]

Great video. The explanation of how Black Myth ties into the whole mythology is just mind blowing.

[@patrickw474]

Let’s goooo!! So glad to be apart of this journey

[@JustALittolBear]

Thank you so much for this series! I have only the faintest, passing understanding of the tale of Wukong and this video made the context for the entire game so much richer!

[@hami4854]

As you uploaded this I'm currently on chapter 35 of journey to the west and your explanation about wukongs story was to almost a perfect detail, incredible work!

[@maetyu1155]

There is no way this video has only 60k views. This masterful delivery of lore derserves much more considering the popularity of the game.

[@azazelgaming773]

Ughhhh I’ve been anticipating this video for weeks I’m hyped

[@SpiderKurisu]

Well done bro 👏🏾 this was an amazing journey ! Stay blessed 🙏🏾

[@Darkblade18100]

Appreciate all your hard work, bro. Thanks to you, I understand so much about Black Myth Wukong and the mythology of the story. I'm more than ready for the next installment.

[@shadower227]

Thank you for covering thus game. Ive always been eage to hear recaps from you as tou manage to put things so eloquently!

[@Alchimexx]

Its been an amazing journey. I'm currently playing NG+ and it's nice knowing the lore and context and it turns the game into a completely different entity.

[@Fingerfryes]

Hey man. Appreciate you for putting in the effort to tell us the story. It was wonderful

[@Nygon08]

Thank you for this amazing series

[@xxibmehrab]

Hey i just want you to know that my experience with the game was made better with your videos. Thanks for taking the time to make them.

[@darkstarkenster]

holy moly, the amount of effort you put in, thank you!

[@ulfberht4431]

Duo Wen: “I’M MERRY POPPINS Y’ALL!!”

[@Jorge-jr7kk]

Thank you for doing this series! Made my enjoyment for the game all that more great

[@jmdocampo2]

Thanks for this one, now the chronological order is clear for me.

[@JimBeau83]

Thank you so much for this series, brother. Looking forward to whatmcomes next!

[@charleswalker9168]

Wonderfully encapsulated and explained. Love your videos.

[@justaguylyingontheroad]

Finally, I've been waiting a long time for this.

[@deliriushunter]

Absolutely incredible series thank you so much! This is my game of the year for sure, absolutely stellar game!

[@Blu_Moon_Owl]

This was THE BEST series to help anyone understand what has happened on this amazing and now the Wukong is for all essential reasons free, he’s about to go full God of War on the Celestial Court. Also, is the Jade Emperor NOT the Buddha, since you said he shows up to stop Wukong? He just commands the Court but isn’t basically God?

[@frogloafff]

amazing videos! they deserve more recognition

[@HavocHounds1988]

I didn't know you were a Warcraft fan dude. That is awesome. I would love if you did videos diving into it's lore. The way you have explained the lore of Black Myth Wukong, the Zelda games and Elden Ring, I know you would make some great WoW lore videos.

[@earthgoesdark9482]

Thank you so much for the amount of efforts put into this video ❤

[@kraniumskull357]

You are killing my language with your pronunciation. Keep up the good work 👍 (its not sarcasm)

[@manupontheprecipice6254]

R.I.P. Family of Stones.

[@RooMoo_DooMoo]

it's a good day when Bandit uploads

[@LyfeOfAStoner]

20:30 Had to pause here just to encourage you to make a warcraft lore video. Don't care where u start from or if other channles hav done it... we need the BanditGames edition 😂😉

[@DarkLight544]

RETURN OF THE KING 👑

[@lawaysports3077]

Finally you did it, What a closure

[@ApolloWu]

Bro this is a amazing series.

[@touremuhammad5983]

I’m pretty sure the Feng-tail General is a giant cricket, not a locust. I believe it’s because, and I may be wrong here, but crickets were seen as a sign of good fortune in ancient China.

[@dembeku346]

Amazing work as always. Thank you.

[@vizzzyy190]

happy to see it, sad because that means its (almost) over excellent work bandit!

[@imokalright12]

masterpiece game, so much lore, so much passion, everything about this is soooo damn amazing

[@Tabasa05]

Chills. Absolute cinema.

[@narendraaditya8]

What a f**king badass is Sun Wukong! Thank you so much for this series! ❤

[@reginaldross9228]

Awesome!!!! Thanks man. I would be okay with the DLC covering Erlang's story, or more on the Celestial Court.

[@darcon5836]

When i played it took the Destined one as Wukong reborn in soul but not in mind. As they said he was dead but not, that the one they knew was dead because the one thing that made Wukong himself was his memories. Now that he has them he is like you said Wukong once more.

[@B0rn0fDrag0n5]

IVE BEEN WAITING for SO LONG!!!!🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@easonzhang1326]

Its a very very good series, thank you

[@sombrashadow0013]

"Honey, a new BanditGames Wukong video just dropped!" (I live alone)

[@Koichivaa]

I loved this entire series, thank you so much for all the love you put into explaining the ties to all the bosses! I did have a few questions if bandit or anyone else could clarify I'd much appreciate it! 1. So we know The destined one gains the circlet after the ending of the game, is this more of a game symbolic thing? Because it'd seem like a waste if the Destined One were to just don the Circlet again after all that work, or does the circlet not have that binding power anymore? 2. The Destined one has all of Wukong's relics, and his Ryu Jingu Bang and armor and skills, but does he have all those layers of immortality as well? I feel like he'd at least have his name written out of the book of death, unless that was just the immediate monkeys that were under the rule of Wukong when he struck their names from the book...

[@therranolleo468]

The destined one only gets the circlet IF we don't do the secret fight with Erlang; without Erlang, we're missing Wukong's memories; hence, we don't know the true purpose of our journey , and the old monkey simply puts the circlet back on our heads, thus rendering us (and by extension, the reincarnation of Wukong) to once again be Heaven's slave. this can be considered the bad end if we complete the Erlang fight we get Wukong's memories, and we don't get the circlet put back on our head, hence truly freeing Wukong from Heaven's command

[@tarakii__4535]

Beautifully done my boy

[@horanghaeapologist]

finally, been waiting for this

[@PaulRGamer]

I love your series. Followed you since zelda. And monstermaze, and Zeltik. I love your videos. But I gotta admit, heaven did my boy dirty with the circlet. At least in the true ending he is free.

[@SebastianLoh-cm9hk]

22:50 in Chinese the word for whip which is 鞭 could also translated to cane, not the walking kind of cane, but more like a whipping cane

[@jennluu1635]

YEAAAAH! NEW VID TO STAY UP ALL NIGHT!

[@Its_MTG]

watching this instead of video editing>>>>>>>>

[@isdclarke]

Another great video!

[@gabrielchacon7897]

A DLC where we fight through heaven and get layers of immortality would go pretty hard

[@vibangigan5336]

Only killed son of stones once cause I saw a reddit post explaining how he's literally just a chill guy. So many things try to kill you that when I come across a nice npc I remember that im just a chill guy too.

[@gethk.gelior4214]

I believe patriarch Bohdi made a secret appearance in the journals. There's a saying, "a Bohdi tree in a single leave", and I think he appeared to the Black Wind Mountain Keeper, and hinted to his own name by leaving a single leave.

[@bobsimon8547]

so this is telling me like a guy, sun Wukong and all the monkeys are the only true immortals, the gods just live a Reeeeeeaaaaallllyyyyyyyyyyy long time.

[@PaJammies1025]

Oh, Sun Wukong, just constantly failing upwards.

[@dreamingreverie2935]

The five brothers of Erlang in the game actually comes from Fengshen Yanyi, the names of them: Chap1 Chang Hao, Chap2 Zhu Zizhen, Chap3 Yang Xian, Chap4 Wu Long, Chap5 Jin Dasheng. The surname of them pronounce just like the origina animals in Chinese: snake (Changchong), boar, goat, centipede and bull

[@caliaid]

so helpful - thank you!

[@gelonix34]

Omg finallly but when the loong and frog bosses lore video coming

[@jennyzhon8059]

Loong and frog bosses next? FINALLLYYYY

[@cheisda8882]

The reason why Erlang shen and Son Wukong prefer to each other as sworn brother, because in they battle they make a bet on whoever lost will call the winner big brother.

[@matthewwendt7315]

That leak about 13 chapters is even weirder now because the scene of him being killed, perfectly sets up 6 chapters/bosses.

[@easonzhang1326]

I guess the decision is made before they truly start producing the game

[@glassicalscience]

14:54 just wanted to say that his beheading doesn’t really count as suffering as he willingly did it, even wanting to do it to show off his immortality.

[@Reveal_City]

Man, I can't wait for the DLC!

[@vsalontro4243]

been waiting for this shit for time havent even watched yet and im hype

[@brandonwilliams8083]

Erlang needs a game

[@DeadAccountdotdotdot]

WE LOVE YOU BANDIT

[@Amir522]

Finally, IT'S HERE!

[@adawg3032]

Erlang AI code gotta be some of the best souls boss ai ever made

[@peradomato]

Ok... Now I want to see Bandit cover Warcraft lore

[@parkermaisterra8532]

It’s finally arrived!

[@Zayrex-m1l]

Love your videos

[@deworldzlastpunk666]

the great sage's ending really broke my heart

[@hugo-pg5tv]

The old monkey is 100% part of the Buddhas since he shares the same type of clothes and in the bad ending puts on the golden headband onnthe destined one to keep him caged and to obey.

[@WymondTheWerewolf]

If I had Wukong’s agility, I’d be the star of every game of tag… and avoid all adulting

[@Neobarnabas]

YES I love these videos

[@Porcuman]

Supreme inspector is also the one who snitched Bajie, causing him to be banished into a pig.