Chapter 1: Sun Wukong Awakens — The Stone Monkey Journey to the West

In Chapter 1 of Journey to the West, Sun Wukong—the Stone Monkey—awakens on Flower-Fruit Mountain, claims the Water Curtain Cave, and begins his quest for immortality, sending Heaven into motion. After the world is split by Pangu and shaped by Yin and Yang, a stone egg drinks in the mountain’s energy until it cracks, and a bright-eyed monkey steps out. His first breath flares into golden beams that reach the Heavenly Palace, so the Jade Emperor’s court dispatches watchers—yet they find no demon, only a creature learning the world. When he leads his band through the roaring waterfall and takes the cave as home, he becomes king. But one death among his own turns triumph into dread: strength cannot bargain with time. So he leaves the kingdom behind, follows a woodcutter’s hint, and finds the Patriarch Subodhi, the master who gives him a true name: Sun Wukong. Watch to the end—and tell me: what would you risk to escape death? 📝 Blog: https://www.atrumvox.com/