Five hundred years ago, the Great Sage had actually already died. The havoc in Heaven was a play staged by the Celestial Court, and the journey to the Western Heaven to obtain the scriptures was a shocking conspiracy. That Golden-Banded Staff, which once shook the Four Seas, was nothing more than a white bone that had drifted up from the bottom of the Eastern Sea. At the summit of Flower-Fruit Mountain, an elderly man nearing the end of his life guards a naive little monkey and reveals the entire long-buried truth. He entrusts the young monkey with old belongings and a Wind-Calming Pearl, ordering him to travel west along the Great Sage's footsteps and see through the world wrapped in lies with his own eyes. The little fellow refuses to accept the deception and insists on seeking justice for his king. After fighting his way through the Flaming Mountains, he is shocked to learn that the Great Sage's true essence has been sealed for five hundred years, and that even the Bull Demon King and Princess Iron Fan were caught up in the web of that year's trials. The little monkey sets out along the path his predecessor once took.