Liu Yun is still enjoying the gossip; even the last bit of it is quite interesting.

Fei Fei came in with dark circles and bags under her eyes, handed the printed script to Liu Yun, and then sat comfortably on the sofa next to her, taking out her phone.

Smiling broadly and looking quite energetic, he said, "This news has really changed a lot faster than expected."

"I was so busy perfecting the script that I didn't get a chance to properly enjoy the gossip. It was all on and off. Now that you've checked it first, I can finally relax and enjoy the gossip for a while."

Liu Yun raised an eyebrow: "So you screenwriters are all gossip lovers!"

Fei Fei: "Of course I'll eat! The entertainment industry truly embodies the diversity of human nature."

"Maybe the entertainment industry attracts more attention! Any little thing can cause a huge uproar, making people feel like there are so many big and small things going on in the industry."

"Hehe, others may not know, but these messy news stories and social news can really give authors a lot of inspiration, especially for the diverse portrayal of characters. Our authors' imaginations alone can't compare to the bizarre real-life stories!"

Liu Yun nodded in agreement: "That makes sense."

"Especially now that living standards have improved, people have more ideas, and therefore more bizarre things."

"Truly, this is something that even capable people cannot do."

Feifei: ...This word can be used like that?

But upon closer inspection, it really makes no mistake.

The things they do are not things that normal people would do, but it seems that there are more and more abnormal people.

Some scripts may seem outrageous, but they are actually based on true events.

After finishing her melon, Liu Yun didn't disturb Fei Fei and happily started flipping through the script.

I knew from the start that this angle would be hard to find, and most people probably wouldn't be able to accept a time traveler replacing the Monkey King.

Finding a balance that most people can accept when combining rebirth and radical modification is not easy.

She eagerly turned the pages of the story, and soon her eyes lit up; at least, she liked this angle.

After the Journey to the West ended and everyone was rewarded, the imperial edict from the Victorious Fighting Buddha was rejected by the Monkey King, who had suddenly become very different.

Yes, according to the prehistoric storyline, the rewards bestowed upon the four Journey to the West were decrees from the sages, prepared long ago.

Ultimately, it was for the flourishing of Buddhism. Well, it was also because Hongjun and Rahu turned against each other after the war between the three races. Hongjun only won the war at the cost of the barrenness of the West. Therefore, he owed the West a karmic debt.

The flourishing of Buddhism was part of Hongjun's plan to repay his debts.

Although... it's unclear why Hongjun's favor was repaid with the entire Taoist sect, the Jade Emperor and the Queen Mother were once the gatekeepers of Hongjun's Zixiao Palace, and they would never disobey Hongjun's wishes.

Therefore, the entire Heavenly Court was cooperating in this charade.

In this context, the sage's methods were actually countered by the Monkey King.

Logically speaking, in the later stages of Journey to the West, the closer one gets to Mount Ling, the more severely the Great Sage's strength declines, and any Buddha or Bodhisattva on Mount Ling could suppress him.

However, he not only suddenly transformed, but also thwarted the saint's methods.

This was so outrageous that the entire Lingshan Mountain fell silent.

It turned out that the Great Sage's Chaos Demon Ape bloodline had fully awakened. Not only did it inherit many of the Chaos Demon Ape's insights into the laws, but it also possessed magic, and even restored its original strength, breaking through to the Hunyuan Daluo Golden Immortal level in one fell swoop.

With the explanations from the previous "Primordial Era I" and "Primordial Era II", everyone understands that the later concepts of half-saints and saints were a realm system created by Hongjun.

But the chaotic world is not like that.

When the Great Sage awakened his bloodline, his power system followed the Chaos Realm, truly showing a hint of wanting to transcend the primordial world.

In fact, it only broke through halfway before completely draining the spiritual veins that the entire Ling Mountain had painstakingly restored.

The sacred mountain, which had been nurtured over countless eons, was suddenly reduced to its pre-liberation state, its spiritual energy on the verge of depletion, seemingly on the verge of reverting to its original barren state at any moment.

The Great Sage scattered the imperial edict with a single move, causing it to return to the world. The transformed spiritual energy was absorbed by the Golden Cudgel, resulting in not only the Great Sage's breakthrough but also the Golden Cudgel's advancement.

"Hehe, what Victorious Fighting Buddha? To hell with the Victorious Fighting Buddha, I, Old Sun, am the Great Sage Equal to Heaven of Flower Fruit Mountain, Sun Wukong!"

Liu Yun could imagine that if the voice actor's emotions were good enough, a simple sentence would be enough to ignite everyone's passion.

Yes, he is the Great Sage Equaling Heaven, Sun Wukong, not the Victorious Fighting Buddha, Wukong.

He is not the Great Sage Equaling Heaven of Heaven from Heaven, but the Great Sage Equaling Heaven of Flower Fruit Mountain. He proclaimed himself that way, and no one else has the right to do so.

The expressions of the Buddhas changed drastically. They never expected that such a huge oversight would occur at the very end of the Journey to the West, when it should have been the time to reap the rewards.

As anyone who has read Journey to the West knows, the reward bestowed upon the Buddha at Mount Ling actually only covered the eighty tribulations.

Another difficulty arose on the return journey after the rewards were bestowed.

If a mistake occurs at this point, the merit will not be complete.

Moreover, how could the Great Sage possibly have scattered the imperial edict conferring the title of Sage?

The Buddha's head was covered with bags that were almost filled with small question marks.

Is this something a monkey with decreasing strength can do?

Does Heaven know about this bizarre event?

"This is bad! This mischievous monkey is absorbing the spiritual veins of Mount Ling to break through, and the Ruyi Jingu Bang is also undergoing a transformation. If this continues, Mount Ling will cease to exist. Buddha, please intervene!" Guanyin pointed out the current crisis in one sentence.

The Buddhas then realized that the Great Sage's aura was constantly rising and had not yet recovered to what it was before he was suppressed under the Five Fingers Mountain, but if this continued, it would be only a matter of time.

How could Lingshan possibly be a stepping stone for that monkey?

There weren't many lines at this point, but the Buddhas noticed and, before Tathagata could make a move, the Great Sage struck first.

Even though his current strength isn't that great, each attack makes him a little stronger, and his strength recovers and breaks through in battle.

The Golden Cudgel also underwent continuous transformation during the battle, eventually evolving into a primordial magic weapon.

The fight scene wasn't described in detail, but Liu Yun realized that if all these requirements could be met and shown on screen, the film would be halfway to success.

This is definitely one of the most exciting and thrilling battles in the entire movie.

The transformation from weak to strong is the advancement of the Great Sage Equaling Heaven. On the surface, it seems that the Great Sage is being suppressed and attacked by the Buddhas. However, it proves the saying that what cannot kill him will only make him stronger.

Surviving each attack makes the Monkey King a little stronger.

The key is how to express this process without using language, only through visuals.

Liu Yun: "I wanted a classic, but you guys gave me a huge one. This kind of setting is impossible for a person to act out."

Only through cutting-edge animation technology and a high percentage of special effects can expressions, eyes, thoughts, and auras be perfectly conveyed.

Otherwise, if even one aspect is substandard, the visuals will be significantly weaker, and the entire film will have to be downgraded.