Black Myth: Wukong & Journey to the West - The Complete Story Explained

[@TheLorebrarians]

What Journey to the West characters do you want to learn more about?

[@socraticwarrior3046]

Pigsy

[@tyriqgreen9487]

This was a complex reverse reincarnation plan wukong and erlang shen developed and this was a stroke of genius outwitting the gods where his reincarnation taking up the mantle of wukong powers, and immortality to defeat the gods on equal par to change the natural order and destroy their injustice on to the mortals and yaoguai themselves.

[@blueapple007]

The Bull King.

[@melodrama6107]

yang jian (erlang shen) or nezha please

[@purenstinctxi]

the loong characters

[@maxchen9185]

19:50 It was actually stated pretty clear in the in-game lore book. Wukong saw through the true nature of Buddhahood and grew uncomfortable with it. "The more offerings we took, the less for the ones who grow them on the fields." He just doesn't want to be a member of this blood-sucking group of deities anymore. JTTW is a novel based on the Chinese Mythology system, but at the core it was a satirical political literature. Primarily written to show the corruption of the Ming Dynasty bureaucracy in a somewhat subtle way. So for the modern audience, people are just not satisfied that acheiving Buddhahood is the ending of Wukong's story, for he represents the rebellious spirit and should not be so easily tamed by the power high above. So all kinds of adaptations were made about continuing his story against the ruling Celestial Court. And so does BMW as well, it's about us freeing him from his circlet and giving him true freedom to fight against the corrupted Court once more. That's why if the player don't know enough about the corruptions and wrong-doings committed by the Court, the Destined One will be deceived into believing in Buddhahood and "enlightenment" once again and reincarnate as Wukong with the circlet still on.

[@ladjame8109]

Thx for that explanation and also I have a question people keep saying the story sucks but I don’t really understand why can you explain?

[@maxchen9185]

@@ladjame8109 Wow that's a big topic. Obiviously I cannot know what they were really thinking but here are some possibilties: 1. They simply don't understand what's happening in-game and hate it. 2. Some believe that "enlightenment" and "buddhahood" is more suiting for Wukong, and the game is obviously againt that. 3. Smear campaign for the game. Since, you know, CHYNA, DEI, not WOKE enough, the dev is anti-women, etc. Pick your poison. 4. Some find that Wukong is not a "perfect being" in the game, and are thus angry cuz HE SHOULD BE PERFECT. 5. Some believe the game did not respect the source material enough. Which is the group I personally hate the most. People who claim this did not read more than two chapters of the original JTTW novel.

[@thuyquynhle6447]

@@ladjame8109 In the Game u have to do the secret chapters to unlock erlang shen to unlock the true ending. In these chapters the lore behind each chapter have to do with the celestial court/buddha involvement in corruption. I.E ch 2 the giant beetle was sent by western heaven to punish the people of the flowing sands for not worshipping anymore.

[@kakussubrado8966]

I was surprised to learn that Guanyin was a no-show in BMW. Considering she played a pivotal part in Wukong's "spiritual awakening"/subservience.

[@maxchen9185]

@@kakussubrado8966 She herself showed up in the Chapter 1 ending animation. On the not so direct side, she subdued the Black Bear when he tried to escape with the relic; and seemingly taught Red Boy one of her spells (which was used to subdue Red Boy in the first place), you know, the "kimimaru" one which spikes grow from below. And a players theory is that the Old Monkey in the end was Guanyin, who tried yet again to make us wear the circlet. I personally believe the Old Monkey is more likely to be Tang Monk reincarnated.

[@molamola9723]

There’s one tiny detail you missed I think. After sun wukong escaped the heavenly furnace, his eyes also became extremely sensitive to light and it became a mild weakness of his. This is referenced during the beginning scene of black myth where wukong complains about how blinding the light above the clouds is before running away.

[@tonywang8385]

sensitive to smoke as well *

[@ZetsubouGintama]

Yeah, but now he can detect every demon in disguise. So it's better than Riddick for sure!

[@chnhan9445]

It is not what you understand. The dazzling light above means that there is a Bodhisattva watching from above, and Sun Wukong is hinting Erlang Shen to go to a secluded place.

[@dioncurtiscurtis3188]

We sure?… cuz the suns glare is pretty Gnarly in RL

[@timinghourglass58]

其實練出了他的火眼金睛😂

[@kkbaby30]

The game really didn't explain enough for a Westerner like me, so I did a lot of outside reading to garner a better understanding of Daoism, Buddhism and Journey to the West. I ended up enjoying the game much more afterwards. I just wish the devs did a better job explaining it in game because I was very confused for chapter 1 and most of chapter 2 before taking a couple days off to research. Great video!

[@kolr2873]

One thing I feel like the game failed to explain to players unfamiliar with the story of Journey to the West is the importance of Tang Sanzang's Kasaya. It's not just a pretty looking robe; it is a heavenly artifact that was awarded to Tang Sanzang in recognition of his virtue and purity. It serves as a signal of his righteousness, compatibility to become Bodhisattva, and ability to attain Nirvana and because the goal of every monk is to attain Nirvana it is an object of immense admiration. The story of Elder Jinchi's kasaya theft then speaks to him valuing the perception of enlightenment (by owning the kasaya) over actually realizing enlightenment himself.

[@wensiangfong]

The game story actually suck, I was expecting for more and better story. This game story doesn't make sense at all. Project the God is actually bad...and so afraid of wukong for no whatever reason. Just because the game developer say so..😅

[@walhdamaskus2408]

This is a Selll PR for Juorney to the west.

[@Krishnaeternal]

@@wensiangfong I feel the same way, and over many aspects, not just a single one. The chinese explanatory videos in KZbin also spoke about this. In the defence of Black Myth, they pointed out that there are many inconsistencies even in the original novel, so from that standpoint, there is therefore no point in being upset about Black Myth. So I am now persuaded to just let it go LOL.

[@mrsushicut]

Damn you just added more depth to this chapter than it already has thanks man, NG+ feels completly différent knowing all that

[@ladjame8109]

OK for any of you that keeps saying that the story sucks. I need you to keep in mind that these developers were going to create about 12 chapters but they had to make six because of time constraint and the budget and as such couldn’t get the story fully flashed out, so can you please just quit with that it’s not their fault and you have no write to start shitting on the story that wasn’t even properly done

[@trooperx36]

This is quite literally the easiest explanation I was able to find. Bravo!

[@TheLorebrarians]

Appreciate it!

[@qcop4921]

Good video. One thing that is incorrect: the binding circlet on Wukong's head is fact a gift from Quanyin to the monk after Wukong posed a physical threat to him. The circle is one of the three holy circlets given by Buddha to Quanyin to aid her in the recruitment quest. One circlet for Wukong, one circlets to the Black bear that eventually became her bamboo garden guardian (he's in the game by the way), and one final circlet for Bull demon king's son which she tamed to become her apostle. Each circlet has its own unique chants to shrink and bind the subjects into submission. These circlets are not from the Jade emperor 's court. Source: the novel. I read it yearly since a child .

[@vulturepeak]

The circlets were given by buddha to guanyin for the monk's 3 disciples. Guanyin only used one on wukong, then used the other 2 to grow her own following (controlling black bear and red boy) It is also worth knowing that according to the celestial court, the 五方五老 (5 elders of the 5 areas) has buddha and guanyin each taking up a slot. In the buddhist court yes, guanyin is a rank lower than buddha but in the eyes of the celestial court they are equal in rank. Guanyin has her own agenda.

[@andrewgoh8130]

But they were, all of them, deceived, for another circlet was made. In the Western Paradise, in the fires of Thunderclap Monastery, the Buddha forged in secret a Master Circlet, to control all others. And into this circlet he poured his wisdom, his compassion and his will to enlighten all life. One Circlet to rule them all!

[@chellelim68]

the lord of the circlet😂😂

[@NORTHBORING]

Great video on the intro to JTTW. But like one of the other comment stated, JTTW was written to be a political satire, and the game is a reimagination focusing on that aspect, thus "black myth", or a dark story. In this view, the story is about how the strong prey on the weak, and how the strong maintain their power. One needs to view the characters in their hierarchy to see the darkness beneath what meets the eye, to see the gods as the highborn with power and background, to see the yiaoguais as the lowborn everyman like you and I (including wukong). I can raise some questions about each chapter to support this claim: 1. Why does the black wind pled for a punishment to be going back to the budda? 2. Why did the people of the contry of gold turn into rats as soon as they started to worship a rat? Why did yellow wind, someone who genuinely wanted to help people made his own land hell that made people suffer, right after wirnessing Wukong's death? 3. Why did yellow brow who openly talks against the celestial court got away twice while Sanzan who talks the talk and walks the walk had to be punished to be reborn? 4. Bajien is not that dumb, why wouldn't he recognize his own daughter? 5. Why did Wukong tell the bull "To have a master, to do what the gods wishes, that's the only way left for us"? 6. Why was the destined one's journey to revive Wukong helped throughout the game by the gods who wanted to kill Wukong so badly? Why does the old monkey wear the clothes of the gods (the floaty bands around him)? I strongly recommend people to read the stories through this lense. It makes all the small stories in game even more depth. One story that tellse that we should do this was one of the wolf leader's, where he got his leadership because he helped black wind with his nonsensical propaganda. Sorry if I didn't use the right translations, I played in Chinese.

[@TheLorebrarians]

Appreciate the comment and the write up! You are right, this is mostly an intro for those unfamiliar as both JTTW and BMW have very rich stories with complex characters and moral lessons. Working on more videos in the future to discuss in more detail specific topics

[@LostWallet]

one tiny correction, the Destine One has always been Wukong mind himself. that is why the relics recgonized him and come to him voluntarily. what Erlang keep was Wukong memories, as his potrait bio mention how after Wukong die, he also take a bit of Wukong remain without anyone noticed. that remain he took must be Wukong memories.

[@essabuhazzaa7700]

@@JamesJohnsonQbefore the last fight the old monkey said that the destine one is the mind.. so with all the relics together and refusing the crown.. I think it means the old sun wukong are back in a new body .. that’s what I understand from the ending

[@deliriushunter]

First goated Lords of the Fallen videos.. and now peak Wukong content.. One of the best lore channels on KZbin for sure!

[@TifffanyTaylor]

I want a sequel where i play as MF TURTLE GENERAL & take the fight to the celestial court. 🐢 🔪 🗡 🐢

[@CharlieLiuPhotography]

This has got to be the best explanation of what led up to the game and then the full game explained. I played this game but could not fully understand the story especially since the endings of the chapter didn't have any dialogue to explain what was going on.

[@wisdomleader85]

"Journey to the West" is far more than just a fantasy novel. There are lots of thought-provoking sections that could make readers question the authority of Buddha, or even speculate that Buddha is the mastermind behind this journey for ideological expansion. For example, with Wukong's power, if his master truly just wanted to obtain Buddhist scripture, he could just carry his master and "fast travel" by flying back and forth, so why didn't he? That's just one of many illogical settings you can put some serious doubts in.

[@BadEnd98]

The important thing is the journey, where Tangsang and the gang go through trials and attain their enlightenment. Not the destination.

[@BigBilly2009]

People hardly realize how much Sun Wukong from the Journey to the West has influenced modern literature (especially in Manga/Anime). The protagonist of the manga Dragon Ball, Son Goku, is directly influenced by Sun Wukong. And so is, One Piece's protagonist, Monkey D. Luffy. Both mangas are about the journey of their protagonist who desire nothing more than true and complete freedom, have monkey-like playful and carefree personalities, and also possess Wukong's indomitable will and genius in combat.

[@dfafdasdfasdsfadsf]

Loving the story’s integration of Journey to the West elements! Immersive Translate made understanding these cultural references a lot smoother.

[@ThinhLee27]

The story behind Bajie and Violet Spider seems to go much much deeper. They have a daughter, which is that small spider girl. She has big pig ears in the cutscene. Violet Spider used to be a celestial lady-in-waiting who seemed to harbor secret feelings for Bajie back when he was in the Celestial Court. He also seemed to stumble upon a scandalous adultery between the Moon Lady and some other powerful entity (presumably the Emperor himself). That is why he was banished to Earth, supposedly for his lewd behavior, but actually to silent him. The court lady decided to deliberately follow him to Earth to look for him, reincarnated as the Violet Spider. She was the only lady who loved him for who he was, either when he was a "lowly" admiral in Heaven, or a hideous pig monster on Earth. And yet he keeps abandoning her, either for chasing after others, or to go on the JTTW, even after they shared a daughter. That is why she had become so angry and bitter. Now Bajie has his reason to turn his head away from her as well. He was scared of the Celestial Court and their retribution, first against Violet Spider, and now against their own daughter, if they found out about the relationship.

[@kkbaby30]

That was a weird thing I thought of: how is their daughter seemingly younger than the other spider sisters that were birthed by other mates after Bajie and Violet's affair? I mean, it's a story of magic and miracles so I guess anything goes, but I did find it odd that she's like a preteen while the other sister seem to be young women.

[@mr.darknd1119]

Fun fact the dragon that becomes the groups horse actually is the 3rd son of the dragon king of the west seas who was banished for accidentally setting fire to a crazy ass pearl gifted by the jade emperor, he runs into the group while being banished and mistakingly eats the tang monks horse and then from then on transforms and becomes their steed for the rest of the story and goes on to become bohdisatva Babu Tianlong Guangli

[@katemc516]

A yaoguai is usually a humanoid being with animal features, it can either be a human condemned to take on an animal form or an animal or an object becoming a human

[@派派罗尼]

It's totally wrong,the true story is: In "Black Myth: Wukong," the story begins after Wukong attains Buddhahood and discovers the secret of the Heavenly Court and Mount Ling. He learns that the elixir of immortality is made using the lives of yaoguais. Unable to accept this truth, Wukong resigns from his position as a Buddha and returns to his hometown. However, the Heavenly Court does not want someone disobedient to exist, so they join forces with five yaoguai kings and Er lang Shen to kill him. Er lang Shen, understanding Wukong, stages a play with him (the opening act). To free himself from the headband, Wukong commits suicide and transforms into six items, hiding his most important thoughts in Erlang Shen's third eye. The chosen one must find the hidden demons (Erlang Shen's followers) in each chapter and ultimately duel Erlang Shen to trigger the true ending, where the chosen one receives Wukong's thoughts, merges with him, and breaks free from the headband."Black Myth: Wukong" is part of a trilogy. The true ending's animation hints at the next installment, which will involve battling the Heavenly Court.

[@BadEnd98]

From the dialogues it seem Erlang just realized and went with Wukong when they fought, not that they planned that together

[@MickeyMouse-ud2xu]

@@BadEnd98The opening fight was just a retelling from the old monkey, what actually happened is the details we see in the animated scenes, the 5 demon generals being their as well as the fight not concluding in the mountain.

[@svnayak3849]

Ah yes, "Evenly matched" 47:55 . Definitely didn't die 75 times lol

[@swordqz]

31:19 that boy, is Yellowbrow,not Future Buddha. Yellowbrow was a disciple of the future Buddha, so he pretended to be him. The one wearing blue plain clothes is the future Buddha

[@bosunbill9059]

Fun fact: Li Shimin, the 2nd Tang Emperor of China, was known as one of the greatest and most enlightened Chinese Emperor in history, he was also the one who sent Tang Xuanzang to India. He was also the one who gifted Xuanzang his cossack, which is why Xuanzang held it in high regard.

[@jinshensoon2240]

Chapter 4 is not really correct. The matriarch is is still deeply in love with Ba Jie and will not consume him as they both had a daughter (the little spider girl); it is just a bitter love kind of banter. Ba Jie's refusal of her love is not because he don't love her, but because of his curse when he was banished from heaven after witnessing the affair of jade emperor with Taiyin Star Lord, whom in the Chapter's ending cinematic, is who Ba Jie was chasing after at the start. Ba Jie knows if he acknowledges their relationship and love, the celestial court (eastern celestial heavens) will come for him, the matriarch and their daughter. Which is why at the very end, the matriarch mentions that Ba Jie is still the same (Although she dies, she will be reincarnated to become a spider again, and the cycle repeats). In the cinematic, the last verse is: Ba Jie: "Please don't look back" (He don't want her to be hurt in this 100 cycles of pain) Matriarch: "Please remember to look back" (She hopes to see him again, and would not mind dying for the chance for their love to reunite one day)

[@porozil4068]

"Wukong complained and threatened the rulers of Hell" is such a wild sentence 😂

[@tyriqgreen9487]

It's so cool wukong after his pre journey of the west self and imprisoned for 500 years and did 81 trials during journey of the west and achieved godhood and realized the injustice the celestial court committed and resent sun wukong he made a plan with erlang shen to go against the jade emperor and buddha themslev to do a reverse reincarnation process 1. Erlang shen took wu Kong memories in planted in his third eye for 500 years later, 2. He sperated his six senses to the yaoguai kings for the destined on to retrieve them, 3. He put his golden armor and his weapon in areas where no one would find them, 4. Having the destined his reincarnation go through these trials and defeat erlang shen by sparing him but killing the 4 heavenly gods a thorn to wukong path in heaven, 5. Defeating sun wukong corpse and obtaining the six senses back and not having the golden band on his head he is free from the gods and the destined a powerful and more skilled monkey than sun wukong obtained new upgraded power, skill, inmortality wukong developed thousands of years prior and on equal par to the gods themselves to help the people across the land from evil and fight the gods changing the natural order itself.

[@Alabasterjones1017]

Only thing I’d say is he doesn’t want to be the “new” jade emperor. He just wants the title of equal to heaven.

[@WateringDNami]

He literally Try to sit his throne in heaven

[@Alabasterjones1017]

@@WateringDNami that seems more like purposeful disrespect.

[@kaidouseishin4614]

he wants to rule heaven instead of the Jade Emperor

[@mugenokami2201]

@@kaidouseishin4614why?

[@casamir1]

I think he wants to be recognized as powerful, not to have responsibility

[@alluke24]

I have a suggestion for a game. It’s a hard game, but also its lore is complicated but also kind of interesting. It has multiple endings as well. And in fact, there are two versions of the game but the one you wanna get is the second because that is officially the complete game with all the endings all the content, including the true ending. And I’ll tell you this the true ending is a pain in the butt to get. Yet it is honestly quite an enjoyable game. It’s a souls like side scroller. The art style is really nice. The story is complicated but interesting. The twist in it I did not see coming and to top it off the voice work and music is really good. The gameplay does take a little bit to get used to it first. But all in all the game is really good. It was also developed by a very small team of game developers, and honestly not enough people pay attention of this game. I wish they would. The game is called Death’s Gambit Afterlife.

[@Kindergard]

Cant wait for the DLC to come for the Black Myth Wukong, i want to see another Wukong fight or maybe Neyza will come into the game (one of the best Heaven's Court Warrior after Erlang) although its sad i cant see the usual jester Sun Wukong i know i still enjoy the adventure.

[@michaeljones674]

wasn't expecting a video of the lore of this one. Thanks for posting!

[@Krishnaeternal]

@31:23 This Maitreya here, in yellow robe, is Yellow brow in disguise. He wasn't testing the monkey. He was outright fighting him. And won, capturing the monkey. The blue robed Maitreya is the real one.

[@barbiebarbie1813]

. Although the protagonist goes to obtain Buddhist scriptures, the content is a story with Taoist culture as the main body.Heaven is Taoism and Chinese ancestors, and monkeys(Including various animal monsters) come from Chinese Taoist Stories and opera stories. * Sun Wukong is a real Taoist god in real life, find Wushiqi, Aquatic Monkey god who defeated by Yellow Emperor in legend, but some tribes peoples in Fujian and Fuzhou still worship him as a god. The original form of (india)Buddha is in hell, in charge of death. In Journey to the West, Chinese Buddha (the incarnation of consciousness) is placed in the sky. He is governed by Chinese Taoism gods and becomes a member of little god. ---------------- Chinese Buddhism (Han Buddhism) and Indian Buddhism are different. Chinese Buddhism is 3 religious combinations 1 . 三教合一 . ( 道Taoism+儒Confucianism+釋Buddhism ). China retains the content of the Buddhist scriptures. Simple Indian Buddhist ? ancient Chinese do not accept it From its inception, " Chinese Buddhism" has been influenced by native Chinese religions and philosophy, especially Confucianism and Taoism, but also Chinese folk religion. Before the emergence of Buddhism, the Chinese did not have the concept of hell. So when the Chinese described hell, they would quote Buddhism. "Taoism" has formed Chinese culture and Chinese philosophy. (Heaven) "Confucianism" regulates the moral concepts and etiquette of the Chinese. (Human world) "Buddhism" affects the concept of life and death of the Chinese. (hell)

[@mikedelgrande5296]

Why was Wukong unmatched in power before being trapped for 500 years, but then struggles so much on his pilgrimage? He literally defeats all of heaven and earth before, but then struggles with every single demon they come across on the journey to the west. I don’t understand?

[@ywlee319]

Because of situations, the monk he protects don't have power and they have to walk to prove faith. Passing by Red Boys Volcano mountain is so hot that the monk will die. Passing by Female Kingdom which is in deserts that have no water. Monsters instigate relationship. They are all destined by Buddha for the journey. It's called 77 Difficulty and 99 Trouble that they will encounter before arriving to the sculpture.

[@ywlee319]

Just like the game, there are many things to learn and experience to encounter. It's not just about beating the game. That's why he can't fly to get the sculpture. Buddha wants them to experience.

[@mikedelgrande5296]

@@ywlee319 yeah I understand that. But it still doesn’t make sense to me that he so easily overpowers everyone before and then gets defeated nearly every time after. He constantly has to ask for help, but before it was effortless for him to win. There’s just a lot of inconsistency in his power level. Btw, I don’t mean this as a negative. It’s just something I took notice of. I love Journey to the West and Black Myth Wukong. Both are incredible stories. I just think the obvious debuff to his power so that it fits the story is a bit weird. It’s not a problem though.

[@ywlee319]

@@mikedelgrande5296 Just imagine you are the toughest guy and you have to bring the hottest girl (that can't fight) and travel to 50 prison with no prison guards. Vs you the toughest guy travel by yourself. See the difference Everyone wants a piece of the monks' meat for immortality. There's going to be tough guys out there. You are not the only tough guy.

[@ywlee319]

@@mikedelgrande5296 Where did he get defeated Everytime? Except the Scorpion, Black wind Monster, Dream Demon, and another Rock Monkey. Did you watched Journey to the West?

[@yohanes9943]

I think in chapter 3 if we see Maitreya use a yellow robe it means it was a yellow brow Yaoguai disguising himself as Maitreya and if we see Maitreya use a dark blue robe it means it is Maitreya himself. Sorry for my bad English.

[@tarzan4167]

Yessss, I thought maybe I imagined the different colors, good to know I’m not the only who noticed

[@danieldanieletto7734]

Well done 👍

[@kvinegarnett3301]

Wukong. Has anyone thought about the meaning of the name? Sun Wukong is a heart ape, what does he want to understand? Is the truth of the world, From the beginning of his debut, Sun Wukong is a red boy waiting to experience the primeval universe, and his ultimate destiny is to find the truth beyond all boundaries. This is the ultimate philosophical freedom. He has been to heaven, he has been to hell, he has fought thousands of horses, he has walked through the streets. Sun Wukong represents the human spirit of adventure ", the spirit of rebellion, is the pioneer of the universe. He experienced the myriad faces of the world, such a brilliant life to return to peace, is not the ideal of human beings?

[@seldros]

Regarding Red Boy 红孩儿， He is actually the son of the Yaksha king, during the massacre and expulsion of the Yaksha race. His soul was distill into a lotus and mix the blood of the king and the water from the river of child bearing river. Raksasi was forced to drink it, and bearing Red Boy. This is the revenge that red boy said when he found out the truth. The reason he ask for the grieved body relic from Bull king during the chapter 5 animation

[@patrickwu919]

now the whole western world believes zhu bajie has a love story... there is no such thing in the original novel... this love story between him n violet spider is created for the game... the reason why he was banished to earth is also different as depicted in the game... he was playing ard with zhang 'e and was banished as punishment, and not becos he caught someone in a scandal and got banished...

[@klom15thailand]

Amitabha!!! just wondering why so many Buddhas in Chinese Buddhism contemporary. Besides, Chinese Mythology should give a credit of Indian novel named “Ramayana” composing since 3xx BCE before SunWukongNovel compaosed in 16CE. One of main actor was MOnkey named Hanuman. In reality, there was only one person who found Buddhism existed in part btw Nepal & India

[@ComicFanMan]

Great video. What anime cartoon did you use for the animation clips? I’m interested in watching it.

[@travisvanalst4698]

I think there’s an anime from the early 2000s about Journey to the West.

[@charlelels]

they are cutscenes from the game after defeating each chapter’s final boss (their backstories)

[@you-ly9kk]

It's in the game

[@hmoobv4j154]

So after reaching bhuddahood how can the headband stull control him? Wont he be strong enough for it? Ti break it or take it off?

[@denjisan8507]

Hello, I was searching for a video that will summarize the original bookw but you mention in the begining that there is going to be spoilers about the game ? I'm confused as i don't want to get spoiled before playing lmao

[@wlyiu4057]

28:15 I really, really resent this statement. Have you any idea how much pain and suffering each of us has endured at the hands of that ^&*(#@$ tiger?

[@lashonnakennybrew4847]

about this complete journey and stuff I still would never understand how was it possible that Sun Wukong died he has true Immortal and true immortality how can someone strip that away from him when Immortal and immortality can never be taken away from you that means Sun Wukong his Immortal and immortality was completely different and now it fell to the Destined one bajie and Buddha baby kid to reclaim all six relics in the remnants of the true Monkey King to resurrect him and give him his second life and break this infinite endless cycle so Wukong never submitted to the celestial court and never was slaved by that golden headband

[@sahilhossian8212]

Lore of Black Myth: Wukong & Journey to the West - The Complete Story Explained momentum 100

[@Sometuy11A]

First. Thanks for covering this game!

[@TheLorebrarians]

It has been great researching Easter religion and Mythology for this video, hope you enjoy!

[@barbiebarbie1813]

Chinese Buddhism (Han Buddhism). Dont associate it with India Buddhism. There is a huge difference between the two. Chinese Buddhism is 3 religious combinations 1 . 三教合一 . ( 道Taoism+儒Confucianism+釋Buddhism ). China retains the content of the Buddhist scriptures. Simple Indian Buddhist ? ancient Chinese do not accept it "Taoism" has formed Chinese culture and Chinese philosophy. (Heaven) "Confucianism" regulates the moral concepts and etiquette of the Chinese. (Human world) "Buddhism" affects the concept of life and death of the Chinese. (hell) From its inception, " Chinese Buddhism" has been influenced by native Chinese religions and philosophy, especially Confucianism and Taoism, but also Chinese folk religion. Before the emergence of Buddhism, the Chinese did not have the concept of hell. So when the Chinese described hell, they would quote Buddhism. In Chinese Buddhism, all Buddhas are Chinese. Otherwise, the ancient Chinese would not have accepted it. Initially, the ancient Chinese very much rejected Buddhism (which seriously violated the culture and spirit of Taoism and Confucianism. Cutting off hair and being irresponsible to family and work Responsibility). Some interest groups promoted Buddhism in China. Add a lot of Taoist and Confucian culture. Radically transform Buddhism into a Chinese religion. (preserve the content of Buddhist scriptures). Let the ancient Chinese believe that Buddhism is a Chinese religion. Only then can they accept Buddhism. * The only job of ancient Chinese monks was to save the souls of the dead. All Chinese Buddhas and styles are Chinese in China. Their appearance, clothing and culture are all changed to Chinese (or Taoist gods). Some use the same phonetic name. Represent the same function or incarnation. In Chinese Buddhism, everything non-Chinese is excluded (except for the words in Buddhist scriptures). In Chinese Buddhism (Han Buddhism), anyone as long as anyone opens wisdom (let go of desire). He can become Buddha. There is a saying in China: " 放下屠刀立地成佛 A butcher becomes a Buddha the moment he drops his cleaver. "人人都是佛 Everyone is a Buddha. 滿街都是聖人The streets are full of saints.". In history, many ancient Chinese have become Buddhas. So many Buddha statues of different images in China are those ancient Chinese (most of them are monks). -------------------------- Chinese Buddhism and Indian Buddhism are completely different. Even in many countries with Buddhist cultures in Southeast Asia, their Buddhist culture and content are completely different (the difference from Chinese Buddhism is also huge). India's main religion and Buddhism is antagonistic. Ancient Buddhism appeared and developed in a certain place in Asia for only a short time (not today India). But Buddhism has existed in other countries and peoples for hundreds of years. Various Buddhist cultures on the earth have India is not relevant. Indians should not fantasize about the whole world.

[@shinigamiAFK]

what is the name of the anime of which you are using the clips? would like to watch it

[@charlelels]

they are cutscenes from the game after defeating the chapter’s final boss (their back stories)

[@travisvanalst4698]

This game excelled where God of War: Ragnarok fell. The amount of gods and beasts…the amount of combat, the design of the deities, and the story was so much better. God of War 2018 was so good and Ragnarok fell so flat. I’m really happy this was as good as it was.

[@weixinlin446]

Many false details here. I stopped watching when it failed to mention the time he spent in eternal fire accidentally gave him another layer of immortality, whilst making his eyes more sensitive. The sensitive eyes debuff turned out to be useful as it can see through any disguise. Also, it was guan yin, the female buddha that gave wukong's master the shrinking headband.

[@TheRazzband]

Fun fact for all DBZ fans Sun Wukong is actually who Goku is based off of and that's why he has the power pole, the nimbus, and a tail

[@hihihihihello]

Who's Frieza then ?

[@TheLastUchiha337]

Sun Goku is literally the pronunciation of Sun Wukong in Japanese.

[@jacquestan1564]

@@hihihihihelloThe fridge WuKong later bought from IKEA

[@hihihihihello]

@@jacquestan1564 lel

[@duongkstn]

The west never fully understand the whole meaning

[@xli4n609]

bro was born out of nowhere💀 bro claimed pretentiously a weapon that sustained the seas💀 bro learnt all magic spells💀💀 bro soloed the entire celestial army💀💀 bro got death sentenced and got even stronger(!?) 💀💀💀💀

[@mencobabahagia5858]

So this is about claude become monkey

[@adawg3032]

I just want my spider wife to not be a pill and be my home girl in the dlc

[@Doji97]

Lmao they made Bajie super cute 😂

[@xlantboi]

why

[@zjj001]

​@@xlantboiThe pigs in the book are particularly ugly. It is described that the pigs put their mouths in their arms.

[@LoganSearles]

Unfortunately I have read Journey to the west so I kinda figured what was going on in this game.

[@MartinGasparini86]

you are missing the fact that the protagonist monkey is one of Wu Kong copy made by his fur

[@chellelim68]

3:22 72 Bian is not pronounced ( bai-an, but bee-an) 😂 it is 72变 ( 72 transformation/change)

[@booytoyy69]

One thing that I hate about this game is that they strip him from his Buddha hood and take his immortality away because he gained immortality through training from his master and also from the holy peaches so just dumb it’s just dumb, but I get it the story you had to story somehow but now it could’ve done something better

[@Mandalvivek]

He is Hanuman from Indian script Ramayana who move to China which creates its own storyline

[@harem_lord-FFM]

No he's not, p4jeet scammer

[@iateyursandwiches]

​@JuriBinturong chill with the racism bro. Wtf. It's not that serious.

[@you-ly9kk]

I'm Indian, Hanuman is from Hindu mythology and wukong is from Chinese mythology, 2 very different beings, not the same

[@ncross869]

sucks that the devs were so weird before launch and ruined the game for me, i was genuinely excited for it

[@HadesHatredEdge]

You're really not going to get the game?

[@iamsheep]

What did they do?

[@brookspn]

How so? The email? That was based.

[@Happygg6]

Ur weird

[@KawalaGaskin-v3p]

Hella weird

[@SomethingScotty]

Ugh entire videos using A.I. voice programs should be a mark against the account.

[@TheLorebrarians]

This is my actual voice, and I write all the scripts to my videos going on close to five years now

[@you-ly9kk]

How the hell did you think this was A.I, this guy's voice is hella soothing