Journey To The West- Monkey King ’ s Perspective
Quarry Bay School , Rekhi , Agastya - 8
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, Sun Wukong groaned and punched the walls inside the cave . With each punch my hand only hurt more . I had been stuck in this mountain for 500 years and it was all Buddha ' s fault . I ' ll never get out of here , I will never be free again , my heart ached . Suddenly the mountain split in half , the flower that had kept me trapped inside had been broken and a weird guy with no hair was standing in front of me . I grabbed my staff and ran forward to smash his head . The monk quickly threw something on my head and said some words . It was a golden loop that was squishing my head , my head pounded severly , the pain was unbearable and I passed out ..
When I woke up I was lying on a hammock by a crackling fire . On the other end sat a guy with no hair . He introduced himself as XuanZang , a monk who had to go on a special quest , a difficult and dangerous quest to bring the Holy Scriptures back and he needed my help . I told him I was Sun Wukong , the Monkey King , The Great Sage Equal to Heaven . I was brave , strong and powerful and I did not have to listen or help him . I was free and no one matched my power . But I must say the monks powers of convincing were pretty strong . He begged to hear my story .
I was proud to tell him my story , I was born from a rock and nourished by the five elements and no one was as strong as me . I told the monk that I single handedly ruled the land for years . I was brave , strong and everyone feared my might . No one in this world and beyond matched my strength and power . However I feared my time was coming to an end and I might die soon . One of my advisors told me I should find Subhuti a teacher of immortality . I searched the world for ten long years until found him . He taught me the secrets of Eternal life . I was happy at the success of my trip but returned home to find a demon had taken over during my absence . I was furious and charged out and slayed him . After killing him with just one blow , I realised that I was too strong for these mortal weapons so my advisor told me to go to the Sea King . I tried several weapons , each weighing several pounds but they were all too light for the Mighty Me . In the end I chose a nine tonne iron pillar which was used by Yu the Great , King of the Xia dynasty to measure the depths of the flood . The staff , I had chosen responded to my touch and became mine to command . I bullied the Sea Gods brothers into giving me a suit of magic armour , as with it , I would be the most powerful King ever to live . I would be indestructible .
I returned home victorious with my armour and staff , but as I slept at night my soul was dragged to the underworld . I was told it was time for me to die . I scared everyone with my martial arts and strength and vowed to destroy the underworld . The ruler of the underworld begged me to stop my rage and destruction and decided to cut my name from the book of dying . My soul returned to my body and when I woke up , I was immortal .
A messenger from the Gods came and told me I was given a place in Heaven as ’ Guardian of the Heavenly Horses ’. I was happy to finally get the respect that was due to me . But it was a trick , I found the post given to me was of an assistant and the lowest place in Heaven . I was livid with anger and I wanted to teach the Gods a lesson for treating me so badly . I returned home and called myself ‘ The Great Sage Equal To Heaven ’. The Jade Emperor was unhappy that I had set his horses free and sent an army of thousands to kill me . But they were no match for my supreme strength and I slaughtered them all with just one blow . I , the Great Monkey King had destroyed the whole army and was going to destroy all the Gods in Heaven but the Jade Emperor decided to offer me the post of The Guardian of Immortal Peaches . I was happy but my happiness didn ’ t last as The Jade Emperor insulted me again . He threw a big banquet and everyone was invited but me . I decide to teach him a lesson once and for all . I entered the garden and ate all the peaches and magic pills , I was now immortal and the Gods didn ’ t have any peaches for their banquet . Victorious and happy to have taught the Gods a lesson I returned home . I was ready to fight again if they followed me . The Jade Emperor came with thousands of Gods and their Guardians to fight me . I grew six arms and three heads and fought savagely . I was on the verge of destroying them all but they started capturing my monkey children by throwing big nets . I had to flee but the God of magic , the nephew of the Jade Emperor followed me and fought me savagely as I ran away . Suddenly he dropped a diamond bracelet on my head stopping me long enough for his hound to bite my leg . I was taken to Heaven for execution for my crimes but fire , lightning and edged weapons had no effect on my invincible body . The son of magic suggested to