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Jumpscares

There are many jumpscares in Sun of Hopes, ranging from simple scary images to the stuff of nightmares.

A general tip to not get jumpscared is to **not** check things that seem to be at night outside of the Starview Peaks.

## Anti-piracy screen

If you attempt to pirate Sun of Hopes, which in itself is a crime, nothing will be changed.

That is, until you enter the Freezeflame Cave after beating the Chill-Out Snowman. A greyscale image of Sunny will appear with the words "PIRACY IS BAD" everywhere on said image. Sunny's eye appears to be leaking an unknown substance.

While this occurs, the track "Look At What You've Done" will play.

## Dark Ice

If you check the window in Ice Stuff, you will see a jumpscare of Ice, except he's a Dark Spike with red eyes and a creepy smile. The image has an overall yellowish tint.

While this occurs, the track "Silent Forest" from MOON will play.

## Trivia

* The **Dark Ice** jumpscare's smile is based on Starecrown.
Spider Charm

The **Spider Charm** is an accessory in Sun of Hopes. It is found on the Redrock Volcano and can only be equipped on Seam.

## Effect

It raises the STR and INT of the character it has equipped on by 40 and 5, respectively.

## Recommendations

It is a great accessory, especially when coupled with the Paint Bomb, as Seam normally has abysmal physical attacking stats.
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**Welcome to the Sun of Hopes Wiki!**Sun of Hopes is an RPG game made in RPG Maker XP, and a sequel to MOON by Pastel.
Colt needs to defeat several monsters in the land of Summer to end an eternal day that will burn the world down if not ended.

Maybe he'll save the world, or maybe he'll just make things worse.

There also are some hidden paths you can take throughout the story that bring you different endings. Can you find them all?

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Ice Spike

"An ice cube, possessed by an evil force. It has evolved to grow a spike on its head at the later stages of its life."

## Battle information

### Weak to

Fire
Darkness

## Appearances

### Appears in

Sun of Hopes
Hopes in the Sunset
A Destroyed Sunset

### Debut

Sun of Hopes

**Ice Spikes** are enemies in Sun of Hopes. They are (most of the time) the first actual enemy to be encountered in the game.

## Strategy

They are not very dangerous, but can pose a threat if you're low-leveled.
Aria

**Aria** is a party member in Sun of Hopes. She is Colt's best friend and lives in Snow Town.

## Aria

### Themes

Fight! Fight!!!Hooray! You Won!

Legend of the Hopeful Sun

## Appearances

### Appears in

Sun of HopesHopes in the SunsetThe Knight Apprentice's Adventure

## Lore

She and her family once lived in Calmplains Town on the continent of Calmsky. However, her family received notices from an unknown person that the continent of Summer was in trouble with the many monsters appearing due to the evil forces in the area, and so, her family moved to Snow Town, where she met Colt, who was also fighting monsters in the areas near.
Diamond City

**Diamond City** is a location in Sun of Hopes.

It is a giant city, with many places to see.

## Shops

### Eucalyptus Café

A returning shop from MOON. It is run by Amelia. Colt has to come here and talk to her to get the key to Ender's gallery.

### Alleyway shop

A small shop situated in the alleyway behind Ender's gallery. It is run by Chomp.

## Other points of interest

### Ender's gallery

The gallery where Ender places his art. Colt must come here on their first visit to the city to talk to him.

### The apartment

The apartment where Ender lives in. In the post-game, if you come here at night, the Mysterious Shadow can be fought at Violet's room.

### James's house

The house where James lives. If you come here at after defeating the Mysterious Shadow, StatConfig.dll can be fought by interacting with the computer.

## Trivia

* The western part of the city, where Ender's gallery and the Blue Building are, bears quite a huge resemblance to the entrance to the Electrical Tower in MOON, only that the gallery is now there.
* The alleyway shop is a reference to Bratty and Catty's shop from Undertale.
Krysta

SPOILER WARNING!
This page may contain major spoilers for the story and plot of Sun of Hopes. It is reccomended that you wait for the game to be released and play it before reading.

## Krysta

### Themes

Feline Friend
Cold Building
Cyan Abyss
Mysterious House
Can't Predict A Cat
Cold Surprise
The Basement
Not A Surprise

### Aliases

Storekeeper K (Snowing City & ????? NPCs)
Beast (Starpower City NPCs)

### Relationships

Metal (older brother)
Sunblaze (father)
Mystery Cat (girlfriend)
Amelia (friend)

## Battle information

### Location

The Mirrorsort
Snowing City (Villain Route)

### Weak to

Fire
Light

### Resists

Thunder
Darkness
Light

## Shop information

### Shop items

Super Boomerang - 345 G
Hero's Blade - 360 G
Trickery Crystal - 380 G

## Appearances

### Appears in

Nocturnal Hope
Sun of Hopes
Hopes in the Sunset

### Debut

Sun of Hopes

**Krysta** is a recurring character in both Sun of Hopes and Hopes in the Sunset. She is the manager of the Snowstore.

## Personality

She is usually shy, and often suffers from anxiety. She is also infamous for being **terrible** at organiziing events, as shown with how in one of her attacks, she tries to put a disco ball at the ceiling, but drops it on herself.

However, when her illusions are broken... you'll regret it.

## Lore

Krysta used to live in Bluewing City as part of a rich family there, until they were thrown out due to theft. Her trauma and guilt for her past actions caused her to become a nervous wreck, often thinking that she needs help to not screw something up.

## Main story

She is first seen in the Relaxing Beach, where she gets washed-up after getting wounded by a "terrible sea monster". She joins the party as she feels safe around them. When they reach Diamond City, she tells the party to go to the Cyan Building. There, she reveals that her family managed to get a room. She thanks Colt and gives him an Unimportant Orb. She stays there until Chapter 7, where she moves to the Snowstorm Mall. At this point, if you bring the Imporant??? Orb to your room in the Mirrorsort, the mirror will turn into a wall and Krysta will reveal her dark side to the heroes, fighting them.

## Trivia

* Krysta is a lesbian.
* Krysta canonically has heliophobia, the fear of the sun.
* Krysta's favorite thing to do is stay up all night and watch the stars.
Dummy

"A dummy with a soul in it. It doesn't care if you beat it up, though."

The **Dummy** is the first "enemy" encountered in the game. It serves as the game's tutorial enemy.

Stats
 ATK
 INT
 PDEF
 MDEF
 AGI
1 (data)

## In-battle

### Strategy

Are you really asking what the strategy is? The thing can't do anything, just attack.

### Hard mode

It is literally the same strategy as a normal Ice Spike. Which means it can pose a threat if you are low-leveled.

## Trivia

* The Dummy never disappears, even if you beat it up a lot of times.
	+ This makes it a very easy way to grind Exp. Points, though not very efficient.
* The fact the Dummy has a soul in it is a reference to Undertale's own Dummy, which is possessed by a ghost.
* Due to the tutorial, the Dummy's Memory Hall entry is automatically unlocked when Tower Town is reached.
Fisherman

*"I'm going to go fishing."*
- the Fisherman

The **Fisherman** is an NPC in Sun of Hopes. He appears in Snowing City.

## Personality

Not much is known about him, as all he says is that he's going to go fishing.

## Main story

When talked to, he says that he's going to go fishing, and then disappears for the rest of the game.

## Trivia

* "Gone fishing" can mean "unavailable".
	+ This NPC is a joke about this definition.
Toxy Fang

"Do not fear these, they will not attack you... Unless you do it first."

The **Toxy Fang** is an enemy in Sun of Hopes. It is found in the Forgotten Forest.

It will not attack unless it is **directly** targeted by an attack.

## Strategy

It is easily defeated by spells such as Fire Tornado and Hailstorm. Not the hardest of enemies. Not even being paired with other enemies saves it, as it will never attack unless you directly target it, like previously said in this same page.

## Trivia

* The Toxy Fang is actually a leftover of one of Crystral's scrapped game projects.
Red Boy

**Red Boy** (红孩儿 hong har) is the son of Princess Iron Fan and Bull Demon King.

## Story

Red boy is a demon despised to eat Tang Sanzang. He disguises himself as a child tied up on a tree. The group freed him and Sun Wukong was expected to carry him. He capture Tang Sanzang by turnin to wind. Sun Wukong asked a ground god to come and explain who the demon is. He revealed he is the son of Bull demon king, who was sun wukong’s sworn brother 500 years ago. Sun Wukong and the team went to his cave. He didnt believe what Wukong said and fought him. he couldn’t defeat Sun Wukong so he used magic fire and scared them off. Sun Wukong decided to ask the dragon king for water. He once again returned to Red Boy’s cave and got him to come out. Red boy again used fire and the dragon king rained. However it just makes the fire worse. Sun Wukong fled to a river to reduce the burn. The group then decided to ask Guanyin for help. Zhu Bajie went but Red Boy found out and disguised himself as Guanyin and Tricked Bajie, capturing him. Sun Wukong disguised into a bug and found out the truth. He got the real Guanyin and disguised as Bull Demon King. Red Boy got suspicious and asked about his birthday. Wukong changed back to himself and fought red boy. Once again, he used his magic fire but Guanyin made it disappear with a pot. When Red boy say Guanyin, he asked why is she here Guanyin ignored him and red boy attacks her. Guanyin vanished, and red boy thinks she is scared. He sits on Guanyin’s lotus platform which turns into swords. Red boy pleaded for his life. Guanyin demands him to become her student red boy accepted it. When Guanyin released him, he attempted to attack her again. Guanyin threw five metal bands at him and they counted around his head and limbs. Wukong freed his master and continued their journey. Guanyin took Red Boy to her mountain to be her student.
Painted Spike

Sprite

The **Painted Spike** is an enemy in Sun of Hopes. They appear in the Disaster-Struck Ruins.

Stats
 ATK
 PDEF
 MDEF
 AGI

## Strategy

Despite it having been such a while since you saw their weaker versions last, they are still as easy to kill as them. However, they can prove to be a pain if they are paired with other, tougher enemies, such as the Star Doom and the Electro Lamp, as attacking it can possibly let one of them have their turn if you can't dispose of them in one or two hits.
Greenstar

Art

**Greenstar** is a boss in Sun of Hopes. He is fought in the Starview Peaks, right before the Starminator.

## Strategy

* Starting with Full Boost helps a lot, as finishing him off quickly reduces the chances of the fight being a complete disaster for you.
* When Greenstar uses his fallings stars attack, you should heal with Magic Cure 3, as the attack deals a lot of damage.
* If dealing with the Memory Hall Greenstar, having the Sliding Crystal Special Attack helps a lot to defeat the Star Dooms he summons.
The Setting

## Mythological novel ?

Wu Cheng'en's *Journey to the West* is essentially a mythological novel, which means it is not incorporated within the original mythical stories that explain how the world is created and etc. However, a mythological novel is a story based on those original mythical stories. Throughout the years, readers and writers tried to link different mythological stories and form a congregated storyline, but there's still a lot of disagreements with settings and character relationships. Although there isn't a 'perfect storyline' that everybody agreed to, these efforts of merging mythological novels together have given birth to exciting conspiracy theories and other innovative stories, which to some degree, influenced some of the modern-day "Wuxia" stories.

## The History

Although *Journey to the West* is considered a mythological novel, it is inspired by real historical events that took place 1400 years ago during the Tang Dynasty. For example, Xuanzang, the prototype of Tang Seng, was one of the greatest travelers, Buddhist scholar, and translator in China's history. Xuan Zang's pilgrimage from Chang'an (Modern day Xi'an) to the kingdom of Dagamirah took around 19 years and went through 138 countries (the number could be incorrect since there are controversies on how many countries Xuan Zang had actually gone through). Xuan Zang traveled around 25000 km in total, bringing hundreds of Buddhist scriptures back to China; after that, he spends over twenty years translating the scriptures into Chinese. Xuan Zang also wrote *Buddhist Records of the Western World* in which he described his westward pilgrimage, the different cultures along the way and things that he has experienced.

Inspired by Xuan Zang's story, Wu Chengen then writes the Journey to the West; however, he is not the only writer inspired by the westward pilgrimage. There were several versions of *Journey to the West*during and even before the Ming dynasty when the *Journey to the West* is believed to be written. More importantly, the original copies of the most famous version of *Journey to the West* didn't have the author's name written on it, complicating the problem even more. How much of Wu Chengen's *Journey to the West* original? Is Wu Cheng'en really the actual author of the book? We don't know the answers to these questions for sure, but most experts agreed that Wu Chengen is the real author.

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H e l p.dll

**H e l p.dll** is an optional boss in Sun of Hopes. Its appearance is a mix of cropped parts from the silhouettes of the sprites of Chomp, Star and Markus. It is encountered in Sunny's Hideout.

## H e l p.dll

"Seems to be a corruption in time and space itself. It exists, and nobody in the world can do a thing about its existence."

## Appearances

### Appears in

Sun of Hopes
Hopes in the Sunset
A Destroyed Sunset

## In battle

Stats
 PATK
 MATK
 PDEF
 MDEF
 AGI
50 (data)

### Strategy

It is the third easiest of the optional bosses in the game, losing that position only to the Barrel Thief and Spike King.

All you really have to do here is use whatever attacks you have until it is defeated.
Literal Comedy

**Literal Comedy** is a secret route in Sun of Hopes. It involves making Crystal be as funny as possible... despite the several innocent citizens she's killing.

## How to acquire

To start the route, right after Crystal joins the party, go back into the ocean and she'll attempt to pull Colt away from the water only for her to fall in it while standing on the boy's shoulder. She will ask Colt what he is trying to do. The right choice is "Something, for sure.", causing Crystal to become confused, but she tells Colt that if he wants comedy, he can count on her.

Now, on Sunny's Desert, go to the western part, and tell Crystal to try to find the bridge. An image of Crystal placing a single paw on the wrong part of the pit will appear. She will then laugh the fear off.

Now, go to the Abandoned Store, and interact with the crumpled paper in the room. After Aria throws it beyond a pool, tell Crystal to go after it. She will attempt to complain, but you have to tell her to go after it again. She will go and slip into the pool. When she returns with the crumpled paper, she will admit that it was funny.

Now you have to equip the crumpled paper on Crystal, exit the store and go to the (visible) bridge. After crossing it, she'll tell Colt that she was scared she'd fall off.

At this point, Crystal will have a new Special Attack named Comedy. It involves Crystal playing with a boulder or disco ball and accidentally causing it to roll into an enemy and crush it, instantly defeating it. You have to defeat every enemy in the area with this Special Attack.
Reading guide

## Some notes on reading the original text

The beginning of Chapter 1 contains many philosophical and cosmological references to ancient Chinese texts. If one does not understand every allusion on a first read, that is fine. All it is essentially detailing is that Pangu created the universe, giving a brief history of the universe and Chinese mythology, and how there are 4 main continents.

The first part of the main story starts a bit later in the chapter with Sun Wukong. The introductory story of Sun Wukong acts as a self-contained prelude.

After this first arc, the main protagonist Tang Sanzang is introduced (around 500 years after Sun Wukong in the chronology of the story).

It is here that Tang Sanzang's journey to the west starts.
Nezha

**Nezha** (哪吒, *Nǎzhā*?), also known as **Prince Nezha** (哪吒三太子, *Nǎzhā sān tàizǐ*?), is an ancient fire deity. He was a general under his father, "Pagoda-wielding Heavenly King" Li Jing. He fought the Monkey King, Sun Wukong, when the latter rebelled against the Jade Emperor. They later became friends. Nezha made some appearances to help the four protagonists defeat powerful demons including his adoptive sister, Lady Earth Flow.

## Abilities

* Breaths fire
* Has fire roller blades
* Can fly

## Battles

Battles Sun Wukong and his Ruyi Cudgel at Huaguo Mountain to bring him to Heaven's Palace.
May I ask where is the road to the West

May I ask where is the road to the West (敢问路在何方 *gan wen lu zai hefang*) is the theme song to Journey to the West (1986 TV Series).
It was written by Yan Su (阎肃) and Xu Jingqing (许镜清). It has been sung by Zhang Baomo (张暴默), Jiang Dawei (蒋大为), and Dao Lang (刀郎).

## Media

刀郎 - 敢问路在何方sung by Dao Lang
* Jiang Dawei version on Bilibili

## Lyrics

你挑着担，我牵着马；

迎来日出送走晚霞。

踏平坎坷成大道，

斗罢艰险又出发，又出发。

啦啦——啦啦啦啦啦啦啦啦，

一番番春秋冬夏，

一场场酸甜苦辣；

敢问路在何方？

路在脚下。

你挑着担，我牵着马；

翻山涉水两肩霜花。

风云雷电任叱咤，

一路豪歌向天涯，向天涯。

啦啦——啦啦啦啦啦啦啦啦，

一番番春秋冬夏，

一场场酸甜苦辣；

敢问路在何方？

路在脚下。

敢问路在何方？

路在脚下。

## Links

* https://baike.baidu.com/item/%E6%95%A2%E9%97%AE%E8%B7%AF%E5%9C%A8%E4%BD%95%E6%96%B9/84221
The Monkey King: Havoc in Heaven's Palace

2014 film directed by Cheang Pou-soi

## Summary

When Pangu created the universe, 3 tribes fought each other: humans, gods, and demons (人神魔).

Heavenly Palace was in ruins after the war.

The Jade Emperor banished all demons and the Demon King to the Flaming Mountains.

Nuwa sacrifices herself to protect the Southern Heavenly Gate and fix Heavenly Palace.

A monkey is born in one of nvwa's crystals.

Guanyin is searching for this monkey to train it. She tells a monk Puti Zushi that he can find the monkey at Flowers and Fruit Mountain.

Subhuti trains Sun Wukong.

Sun travels to the Dragon Palace of the East Sea to obtain weapons such as the Phoenix Feather Cap and Ruyi Jingu Bang (from the ocean floor, placed there by Dayu).

Back at Huaguo, Sun Wukong meets up with Bai Ruxue the fox spirit.

## Locations

Southern Heavenly Gate
Three Stars Cave

## Cast

* Donnie Yen as Sun Wukong, the Monkey King
* Chow Yun-fat as the Jade Emperor
* Aaron Kwok as Bull Demon King
* Joe Chen as Princess Iron Fan
* Peter Ho as Erlang Shen
* Kelly Chen as Guanyin
* Zhang Zilin as Nüwa
* Gigi Leung as Chang'e
* Xia Zitong as Ruxue the Nine-tailed Vixen
* Louis Fan as Juling Shen
* Eddie Cheung as Li Jing, the Pagoda-wielding Heavenly King
* Calvin Cheng as Nezha
* Him Law as Muzha
* Liu Hua as the Dragon King of the East Sea
* Li Ching as the Green-haired Monkey King
* Irene Wang as Fairy Caiyun
* Hai Yitian as Puti Zushi
* Cathy Leung as Fairy Caixia
* Monica Mok
* Liu Ye
* Wang Xizhi
Water Belly Cave

**Water Belly Cave** (水臟洞, *Shuǐzàng dòng*?) is a cave located at the foot of a steep cliff in the Northern Spring Mountain, nourished by the Five Phases.

## Description

The cave is where the Demon King and his imps subordinates reside. In the cave were also the utensils, such as stone pots and bowls, that the Demon King stole from the monkeys in the Water Curtain Cave.

## Synopsis

After Sun Wukong defeated the Demon King of Confusion, killed all imps and rescued the monkeys that the demon had kidnapped, he then set fire to the cave and reduced it to ashes.
Monkey King: Hero Is Back

**Monkey King: Hero Is Back** (Chinese: 西游记之大圣归来 *Xīyóu jì zhī dà shèng guīlái*, "'Journey to the West: Return of the Great Sage'") is a 2015 Chinese CGI film directed by Tian Xiaopeng as his first work. The film was released on 10 July 2015 and was the nominated as China's highest-grossing animated film until it was surpassed by the 2016 films Zootopia and Kung Fu Panda 3.

The film was raised through crowdfunding earning up to 7.8 million yuan ($1.23 million) of the film's marketing costs, in exchange for listing of 109 producers (many of whom are children) in the film's credits.

The film received generally positive reviews on Chinese review aggregators Maoyan and Douban with scores of 9.3 and 8.4 out of 10 ratings respectively.
Starzinger

**Starzinger** (SF西遊記スタージンガー, *Esu Efu Saiyūki Sutājingā*, lit. "SF Jounrey to the West: Starzinger") is a Japanese anime series produced by Toei Animation as a sci-fi remake/adaptation of the original novel by Wu Cheng'en. It aired on Fuji TV in Japan from April 2, 1978 to August 24, 1979.

In the United States, it was referred to as **Force Five: Spaceketeers** and was part of Jim Terry's **Force Five** series. In the United Kingdom, it was referred to as **Sci-Bots** on VHS releases. In Latin America, it was known as **El Galáctico**.

## Correspondence

 Sun Wukong | Jan Kugo
 Sha Wujing | Sir Djorgo
 Zhu Bajie | Don Hakka

## Adaptations

The movie was aired in March 1979 by reusing footages from the first segment of the series. It was more or less a summary.

The last 9 episode of the actual series was rebranded as *"SF Saiyuki Starzinger II"*, though when shown outside Japan it is treated as one continuous series. It was never intended to be anything more than remarketing the last few episodes, since it was aired immediately after the first 64 episodes were shown in June 1979. The 65th episode began instantly in July 1979 with all the galactic energy restored in the storyline.

## Internationalization

Starzinger was aired in early 1980s in Latin America with the name of "El Galáctico" (The Galactic), as part of the four-series show *"El Festival de los Robots"* which translate to "Festival of Robots". The other shows were "Steel Jeeg", "Gaiking", and "Magne Robo Gakeen".

In North America, it was aired as *"Spaceketeers"* as part of the package show Force Five. As the "Journey to the West story" is not well known in the region, the characters were renamed to reference the Three Musketeers. To also fit into the Force Five time slot, the show had to be edit-squeezed into 26 episodes. The US version puts them on a mission to the Dekos Star System which contained evil powers changing peaceful creatures to evil mutants. It should be noted that the Force Five version not only just produced 26 episodes, but this English Version of the series never reached their conclusion.

24 episodes of the original 73 were released to home video in Scandinavia (mainly in Sweden) under the original name Starzinger.

List of what episodes were cut out can be found at:
Warfists Starzinger site in the episode section

## Trivia

* It was aired every week Sunday 7:00pm to 7:30pm.
Jade Emperor

### Alias(es)

Great Benevolent Sage of Heaven, the Celestial Jade Emperor of the Most Venerable Deva

## Characteristics

### Relationship

* Queen Mother of the West (wife)
* Yaoji (sister)
* Erlang Shen (nephew)

## Debut

### Novel

Chapter 1

**Jade Emperor** (玉皇上帝, *Yǜ huáng shàngdì*?), titled **Great Benevolent Sage of Heaven, the Celestial Jade Emperor of the Most Venerable Deva** (高天上聖大慈仁者玉皇大天尊玄穹高上帝, *Gāo tiānshàng shèng dàcí rénzhě yù huáng dà tiānzūn xuán qióng gāo shàngdì*?), is the supreme ruler of Heaven.
Dragon Palace of the East Sea

**Dragon Palace of the Eastern Sea** (東海龍宮, *Dōnghǎi lónggōng*?), also known as the **Water-Crystal Palace** (水晶宮?), is an underwater palace where the Dragon King of the East Sea, Ao Guang, resides.

## Description

The palace is located at the bottom of the East Sea, below the stream under the iron bridge that connects the Water Curtain Cave with the waterfall of the Flowers and Fruit Mountain. It is described to be adorned with green-jade and contains shell portals.

Ao Guang resides in the palace with his wife, the Dragon Queen, Dragon sons and grandsons. His entourage include shrimp soldiers, crab generals, perch commanders, whiting lieutenants, eel porters, bream admirals and carp brigadiers.

The palace contains an area called Sea Treasury (海藏, *Hǎicáng*?) where many immortal weapons and other treasures are stored. The weapons from the arsenal that were presented to Sun Wukong includes a long-handled scimitar, a nine-pronged fork (weighing 3600 pounds), and a giant halberd (7200 pounds). In the center of the treasury is a piece of rare magic iron pillar by which the depth of the Milky Way (天河, *Tiānhé*?, lit. "Heavenly River") is fixed.

## Synopsis

After Sun Wukong taught his monkey brethen how to use weapons, he found it cumbersome to use earthly weapons. He decided to obtains weapons from the Dragon Palace of the East Sea.
Juling Shen

**Mighty Spirit God** (巨靈神, *Jù Líng Shén*?) is a god and general of the Heavenly Army.

## Synopsis

Juling Shen is one of the first generals sent down by the Jade Emperor to capture the Monkey King, Sun Wukong. He is easily defeated by the latter. The commander of the heavenly army Li Jing wants to behead him for the defeat, but spares him after Nezha intervenes.
Colt

Towards the Generator!

The Knight Apprentice's Adventure (cameo in the credits)

**Colt** is the protagonist of Sun of Hopes. He is the prince of Sundream and is destined by legend to save the entire world from the Eternal Day.

## Lore

Colt and his sister used to live in Tower Town until evil forces corrupted the monsters of the region. He and his sister moved to Snow Town so he could fight the monsters that roamed the area.
Red

**RedSunofHopes**, also known as **Ender**, is the creator of Sun of Hopes.

## Overview

He is usually bored and unhappy, due to real life problems and not having much to do. He is also a huge fan of Pokémon, OMORI and Undertale.

## Story

**RedSunofHopes** originally posted a few boss designs on Discord, for an RPG that was unnamed at the time. These designs would then become Heatbird and the Chill-Out Snowman. Later, this old version of the game was scrapped.

However, Amelia then came, developing a game named MOON.

After some time, MOON and the unnamed project, which was then named Sun of Hopes, became part of the same universe.
Media Adaptation

*Journey to the West* has been adapted to films, TV series, animes, comics and games since a hundred years ago.

For a list see

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List\_of\_media\_adaptations\_of\_Journey\_to\_the\_West

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Journey\_to\_the\_West

Some famous adaptations include the CCTV produced TV series, TVB produced TV series and several film adaptations.

## TV series

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The Monkey King 2

The tencent movie is in standard Mandarin putonghua and has English subtitles The youtube movie is in Cantonese and has English subtitles.

In the previous movie, Aaron Kwok was the Bull Demon King. However, this time he is Sun Wukong, taking over the role from Donnie Yen.

In this movie, Tang Sanzang and others are introduced, and Sanzang's journey to the west to retrieve Buddhist scriptures begins.

## Cast

* Aaron Kwok as Sun Wukong, the Monkey King
* Feng Shaofeng as Tang Sanzang, the Buddhist monk
* Xiaoshenyang as Zhu Bajie the Pig Demon
* Gong Li as Baigujing, the White Bone Demon
* Fei Xiang as the king of Yun Hai Xi Kingdom (literally *Western Kingdom of Sea of Clouds*)
* Him Law as Sha Wujing, the water-buffalo
* Lu Weu, Xi'er Qi and Miya Muqi as the evil spirits snake, bat and pig
* Kelly Chen as Guanyin, the Mercy Goddess (special appearance)

## Critical reception

The sequel performed better critically than the 1st movie in the monkey king series.
Patarillo Saiyuki!

**Patalliro Saiyuki!** (パタリロ西遊記!, *Patalliro Saiyuki!*) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Mineo May as the spin-off to her Patalliro! manga series while being an SF paropdy to the original 16th century novel. It was serialized in Hakusensha's monthly "Melody" magazine from 2003 – 2005 where its chapters compiled into 8 tankobon volumes.

A TV anime series adaptation by Magic Bus studio was aired on June 5 to November 9, 2005 premiering on Kids Station before tvk in 2006.
Creatures

There are five major divisions of all living creatures (五蟲):

1. Furry/hairy creatures (毛蟲)
2. Winged creatures (羽蟲)
3. Armored creatures (昆蟲)
4. Scaly creatures (鱗介之屬)
5. Naked creatures (臝蟲), including humans

Of these divisions, only three classes of humans do not come under the jurisdiction of Yama King:

* Buddhas (佛)
* Immortals (仙)
* Holy Sages (神聖)

They are free from the Reincarnation Wheel, as well as the process of birth and death. They are as eternal as Heaven and Earth, as the mountains and the rivers. They live within the world of Southern Continent of the Jambudvīpa, in ancient caves on immortal mountains.
Genshin Impact

Genshin Impact (原神) is a game that makes some references to Journey to the West.

Male Traveler's name is Kong (空) a reference to Sun Wukong (孙悟空).

As explained in Xiao's design notes, the adepti (仙人 Immortals) of Genshin Impact are classified as non-human beings. This is based on Sun Wukong's quote: "All who have nine orifices can achieve immortality through self-discipline" meaning that animals can achieve adepti status as well.

## References

1. ↑ https://genshin.mihoyo.com/en/news/detail/8642
Books

These are books based on the original novel Journey to the West by Wu Cheng'en

## Adoptions

Books inspired by or drawing from jttw

* American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang features the legend of the Monkey King throughout the book. He uses the story of the Monkey King's quest to become equal to a god to parallel the feelings of the main character, a Chinese immigrant, who is struggling to fit into American society.
* The Ape, a graphic novel by Milo Manara and Silverio Pisu published in 1986 by Catalan Communications. Previously serialised in Heavy Metal in 1983, this is a more adult adaptation of Journey to the West with a preface by Renata Pisu.
Demon King of Confusion

**Demon King of Confusion** (混世魔, *Hùnshì mó*?) appears at Flowers and Fruit Mountain, causing monkeys to flee to Water Belly Cave. But then Sun Wukong destroys it into many pieces. He looks like a stone golem.

## Description

The monkeys describe him as coming like the cloud and leaving like the mist, like the wind and the rain, like lightning and thunder.

### Poem

* Hanzi
* English

頭戴烏金盔，映日光明;

身掛皂羅袍，迎風飄蕩。

下穿著黑鐵甲，緊勒皮條;

足踏著花褶靴，雄如上將。

腰廣十圍，身高三丈。

手執一口刀，鋒刃多明亮。

稱為混世魔，磊落兇模樣。

Wore on his head a black gold helmet

Which gleamed in the sun;

And on his body a dark silk robe

Which swayed in the wind;

Lower he had on a black iron vest

Tied tightly with leather straps;

His feet were shod in finely carved boots,

Grand as those of warriors great.

Ten spans—the width of his waist;

Thirty feet—the height of his frame;

He held in his hands a sword;

Its blade was fine and bright.

His name: the Demon of Confusion

Of most fearsome form and look.

## Trivia

* In the Chinese text he is often simply referred to as the Demon King (魔王)
One Piece

There are numerous influences of Journey to the West on One Piece

* Monkey D. Luffy's personality is similar to Sun Wukong's. Even Monkey's name is homage to Wukong, the Monkey King.
* Crocodile can transform into sand, a power that Sun Wukong gains after eating Divine Peaches
* The All Blue 四海 is taken from the Four Seas
* Devil Fruits grant superhuman powers, similar to the Divine Peaches in Heavenly Palace

## External links

There are more allusions:

https://www.reddit.com/r/OnePiece/comments/1z72rs/theory\_on\_what\_the\_one\_piece\_is\_supported\_by/
Ming dynasty

Ming dynasty (明朝), 1368 to 1644, was a Chinese dynasty that followed the Yuan dynasty (元朝) or Mongol empire. The Ming ruled over much of China's east coast, but failed to rule parts of the north and west which were ruled by remnants of the Mongol empire. While it lasted, the Ming would fight numerous wars against the Northern Yuan.

In its latter years, the Ming fought wars against Japanese pirates and samurai (unified under Toyotomi Hideyoshi 豊臣秀吉) as well as the Later Jin dynasty (后金) to the northeast, which would eventually become the Qing dynasty.

Eventually the Ming was destroyed by the Qing dynasty (清朝). Unlike the Ming, the Qing unified much more of China, including the Northern Yuan remnants and Western Regions.

It is during its later years in the eve of the Ming dynasty that the novel Journey to the West was written.

## People

* Chen Youliang (陈友谅), Yuan dynasty general
* Zhu Yuanzhang (朱元璋), Ming dynasty
* Zheng He (郑和), famous sailor
* Wu Cheng'en (吴承恩), "Journey to the West" usually credited to him
* Aisin Gioro Nurhaci (爱新觉罗 努尔哈赤), Jurchen (女真), khan and founder of the Later Jin which would eventually become the Qing dynasty and overturn the Ming
Universe

The **Universe** (天地, *Tiāndì*?) or **World** (世界, *Shìjiè*?) is the place that consists of Heaven and Earth. It is the location where the entire story of *Journey to the West* takes place in.

## History

In the order of the universe, a cyclus consists of 129,600 years and is divided into twelve epochs: Zi, Chou, Yin, Mao, Chen, Si, Wu, Wei, Shen, Yu, Xu, and Hai, with each epoch lasting 10,800 years.

* **Xu**: Heaven and Earth become obscure and all things indistinct.
* **Hai**: During this epoch, there is only darkness. As there are neither beings nor the two spheres, it is also called Chaos (混沌, *Hùndùn*?) or Great Vagueness (鴻濛, *Hóngméng*?). After Hai ended, the creative force begins to work after great perseverance. At this point, the firmament first acquires its foundation.
* **Zi**: The ethereal and the light rises up to form the Four Phenomena (四象, *Sìxiàng*?) of the Sun, Moon, Stars and Heavenly Bodies (日月星辰, *Rì yuè xīng chén*?). That's why they say Heaven is created during Zi. After Zi ended, the universe begins to harden and becomes solidified.
* **Chou**: The turbidity forms the Five Elements (五形, *Wǔxíng*?) of Water, Fire, Mountain, Stone and Earth. That's why they say Earth is created during Chou.
* **Yin**: The heavenly aura descends and the earthly aura rises up, Heaven and Earth copulates and all things are born from that. Humans, beasts, and birds came into being. That's why they say Humans are born during Yin. At this point, the so-called Three Forces (三才, *Sāncái*?) of Heaven, Earth and Humanity (天地人, *Tiān dì rén*?) was established.

Following Pangu’s construction of the universe, the rule and the ordering of the relations by the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors (三皇五帝), the world was divided into Four Great Continents (四大部洲):

1. Eastern Continent of Superior Body
2. Western Continent of Cattle−gift
3. Southern Continent of Jambu
4. Northern Continent of Kuru

Beyond the ocean there was a country named Aolai. It was near a great sea, the East Sea, in the midst of the sea was located the Flowers and Fruit Mountain. This mountain came into being after the creation of the world and formed the origin of the Ten Continents and Three Islands (十洲三島).

## Trivia

* In Chinese legend, Pangu was said to be the first human, born from the union of the yin and yang forces. He assisted in the formation of the universe by separating heaven and earth. His body later became geographic features such as mountains and rivers.
Great Way

大道 Dadao, from Daodejing

## Subhuti's poem

Heavenly flowers fell in profusion,

While golden lotuses burst forth from the earth.

Brilliantly he expounded the doctrine of the Three Vehicles,

Setting forth ten thousand Dharmas in all their details.

As he slowly waved his whisk, jewels fell from his mouth,

Echoing like thunder and shaking the Nine Heavens.

Now preaching the Way, Now teaching meditation, He showed that the Three Beliefs are basically the same.

In explaining a single word he brought one back to the truth, And taught the secrets of avoiding birth and understanding one's nature.
Alternate Antics

**Alternate Antics** is a secret route in Sun of Hopes. It revolves around finding ways to subvert the usual structure of the game's story.

## How to acquire

First, you must start on the Hero Route. After Samantha finishes her dialogue, go back to Colt's room and take the Personal Knife. Equip it, and then fight the dummy in the tutorial. Attack it like you normally would to truly start the route. The dummy will be completely gone after the fight, and Aria will call you a monster for killing an innocent creature.

After this, cut the out-of-place tall grass in the north of Snow Town to reach Thunderstorm Mountain.
Ao Guang

Ao Guang (敖廣, *Áo Guǎng*?), is the Dragon King of the East Sea.

## Synopsis

The monkey king Sun Wukong obtained his Ruyi Jingu Bang, a magically expanding, gold-ringed iron rod weapon, from Ao Guang. This weapon was originally a tool for measuring the depth of sea water used by Yu the Great in his flood control and treatment efforts; hence its ability to vary its shape and length. After Yu left, it remained in the sea and became the "Pillar holding down the sea", an unmovable treasure of the undersea palace of Ao Guang.

One of Wukong's senior advisors had told him to seek out the dragon-king in order to get a powerful weapon befitting his skill. In the dragon palace, he tried out several kinds of heavenly weapons, many of which bent or completely broke as he wielded them. Ao Guang's wife then suggested the Ruyi Jingu Bang, stating that some time prior the iron rod had begun to emit a strange heavenly light and that she believed the Monkey King was destined to obtain it. When Wukong neared the pillar, it began to glow, signifying that the Monkey King was its true owner. It obediently listened to his commands and shrank to a manageable size so Wukong could wield it effectively. This awed the dragons and threw the sea into confusion, the Monkey King having removed the only thing controlling the ebb and flow of the ocean's tides. In addition to the magic staff, Wukong also forced Ao Guang to give him other magical gifts; including golden chain mail, a phoenix-feather cap, and cloud-walking boots.
Wukong solicits Ao Guang's aid later in the journey to overcome Red Boy, a demon that had captured Tang Sanzang. Ao Guang provides torrential rain in an attempt to stop Red Boy's fire but the fire could not be stopped by ordinary water. Ao Guang returns to the East Ocean unable to help Wukong defeat Red Boy. In a later adventures, Ao Guang again shows deference to Wukong and assists Wukong in a rain-making contest and creating an elixir.
Kung Fu Yoga

2017 film featuring Jackie Chan, Sonu Sood, Disha Patani, Aarif Rahman, Lay Zhang, Miya Muqi, Amyra Dastur, and others. It features both Chinese and Indian actors and makes references to Journey to the West.

## Reference to JW

In the movie start, Archaeology Professor Jack (Jackie Chan) lectures on the history of Wang Xuance and Xuanzang's journey to India.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kung\_Fu\_Yoga
Fantasy Westward Journey

**Fantasy Westward Journey** (梦幻西游) is a video game inspired by *Journey to the West*.

## Gallery

Azure Lion (大大王 from 狮驼岭)Moon Deity (月灵 from 月宫)Sun Wukong (孙悟空 from 花果山)Ao Guang (东海龙王 from 龙宫)Bull Demon King (牛魔王 from 魔王寨)Subhuti (菩提祖师 from 方寸山)Guanyin (观音姐姐 from 普陀山)Yellow Brows Great King (黄眉 from 小雷音)Ksitigarbha (地藏王 from 阴曹地府)Cheng Yaojin (程咬金 from 大唐官府)
Videos

Videos from youtube or other places made on Journey to the West

## Overly Sarcastic Productions

Multipart series with cartoon pictures. There are around 5 parts.

Overly Sarcastic Productions, Legends Summarized: The Journey To The West (Part I)

Overly Sarcastic Productions, Legends Summarized: The Journey To The West (Part II)

> Fun Fact: Xuanzang was a real dude, who really did go west to India to get scriptures and bring them back to China. He's one of the most prolific translators of Mahayana scriptures in China, and many of his translations are still considered authoritative in East Asia. Also he wrote a book about his travels that's still used to understand cultures along the Silk Road through Central Asia.
>
> SonofSethoitae, youtube user
Anime

List of anime adaptations and series based on xiyouji

* Starzinger, a 1979 Japanese sci-fi anime adaptation.
* Journey to the West: Legends of the Monkey King, 1992 donghua
* Journey to the West (1999 donghua), 西游记（1999年方润南执导动画）
* Alakazam the Great, a retelling of the first part of the story based on the characters designed by Osamu Tezuka. It was one of the first anime films produced by Toei Animation.
* Dragon Ball was initially inspired by Journey to the West. For example, Sun Wukong becomes "Son Goku", a human boy who has a monkey tail, wields an elongating staff weapon, can fly using a magic cloud and has the ability to change into a giant ape when he look at the full moon. The supporting character Oolong was also based on Zhu Bajie and it was said that Yamcha was based on Sha Wujing. The object of sutras are replaced by the seven wish-granting "Dragon Balls".
* Monkey Kid, LEGO anime adaptation
* Monkey Magic is a 1999 CG-animated adaptation TV series.
* Monkey Typhoon is a manga and anime series based on the Journey to the West saga, following a futuristic steampunk-retelling of the legend.
* Saiyuki is a 1997 manga and 1999 anime series inspired by the legend. Follow-up series include Saiyūki Gaiden, Saiyūki Ibun and Saiyūki Reload Blast and Saiyuki Reload: Zeroin.
Body Beyond the Body

**Body Beyond the Body** (身外身法, *Shēnwàishēn fǎ*?) is a technique that Sun Wukong uses to multiply himself.

## Description

By plucking a handful of hairs from his own body and throwing them into his mouth, he chews them to tiny pieces and then spits them into the air. After crying “Change!”, the hairs change at once into 200 to 300 little monkeys encircling the combatants on all sides. It is only possible to use this technique when someone acquires the body of an Immortal, he can project his spirit, change his form, and perform all kinds of wonders. Since the Monkey King had become accomplished in the Way, every one of the 84,000 hairs on his body could change into whatever shape or substance he desired. The little monkeys he creates are so keen of eye and so swift of movement that they could be wounded by neither sword nor spear. With a shake, he can recollect his hair back onto his body.

## Synopsis

Wukong uses this technique for the first time in his battle against the Demon King of Confusion. By multiplying himself, his clones went on to pull the demon, some crawling in between his legs, some tugging at his feet. They kicked and punched; they yanked at his hair and poked at his eyes; they pinched his nose and tried to sweep him completely off his feet, until they tangled themselves into confusion. Meanwhile Wukong succeeded in snatching the scimitar, pushed through the throng of little monkeys, and brought the scimitar down squarely onto the monster’s skull, cleaving it in two. He and the rest of the monkeys then fought their way into the cave and slaughtered all the imps.
Sanskrit

Sanskrit (梵语) is an ancient language of India that was eventually written in the devanagari abugida (alphasyllabary) script.

Sanskrit and Pali were used to write many Buddhist scriptures.

Xuanzang translated these scriptures from Sanskrit into Chinese on his journey to the west.

## Note

It is acceptable to write Sanskrit (in devanagari, romanization, or preferred script) on this site for key terms relating to Buddhism and India.
Northern Spring Mountain

**Northern Spring Mountain** (坎源山, *Kǎnyuán shān*?) is a mountain ruled by the Demon King of Confusion.

## Description

The mountain is located northward from the Flowers and Fruit Mountain in the Three Realms and is tall and rugged. At the foot of a steep cliff lies the Belly Water Cave, where the Demon King and his imps subordinates reside.

### Poem

The mountain is described in the following poem:

* Hanzi
* English

筆峰挺立，曲澗深沉。

筆峰挺立透空霄，曲澗深沉通地戶。

兩崖花木爭奇，幾處松篁鬥翠。

左邊龍，熟熟馴馴;

右邊虎，平平伏伏。

每見鐵牛耕，常有金錢種。

幽禽睍睆聲，丹鳳朝陽立。

石磷磷，波淨淨，古怪蹺蹊真惡獰。

世上名山無數多，花開花謝蘩還眾。

爭如此景永長存，八節四時渾不動。

誠為三界坎源山，滋養五行水臟洞。

Its penlike peak stands erect;

Its winding streams flow unfathomed and deep.

Its penlike peak, standing erect, cuts through the air;

Its winding streams, unfathomed and deep, reach diverse sites on earth. On two ridges flowers rival trees in exotic charm;

At various spots pines match bamboos in green.

The dragon on the left

Seems docile and tame;

The tiger on the right

Seems gentle and meek.

Iron oxen on occasion are seen plowing.

Gold-coin flowers are frequently planted.

Rare fowls make melodious songs;

The phoenix stands facing the sun.

Rocks worn smooth and shiny

By water placid and bright

Appear by turns grotesque, bizarre, and fierce.

In countless numbers are the world’s famous mountains

Where flowers bloom and wither; they flourish and die.

What place resembles this long-lasting scene

Wholly untouched by the four seasons and eight epochs?

This is, in the Three Realms, the Mount of Northern Spring,

The Belly Water Cave, nourished by the Five Phases.
Boku no Son Goku

**Our Son Goku** (ぼくの孫悟空, *Our Son Goku*) is a Japanese manga created by Osamu Tezuka based on the original 16th-century novel.

It was eventually adapted into an anime titled **The Adventures of Wukong** (悟空の大冒険, *Gokū no Daibōken*) that was directed by Gisaburō Sugii and produced by Mushi Productions.
Li Jing

Li Jing (李景) descends from Chen Baxian from the paternal side, similar to Li Shimin. Chen Baxian named one of his biological sons Li, and one of his great-great grandsons would eventually father Li Jing. During the Tang dynasty, Li Jing gave credit for most of his career to having descended from Chen Baxian.
Han dynasty

Han dynasty (202 BC–220 AD), founded by Liu Bang, succeeded the Qin dynasty, sometimes divided into the Western Han and Eastern Han (with the short-lived Xin dynasty in between).

Major events

* Han-Xiongnu war: Liu Che defeated and conquered Xiongnu (匈奴) in Battle of Mobei
* Zhang Qian, Ban Chao sent to western regions (Central Asia), open Silk Road and trade with Greco-Bactrians, Parthians, ancient India
* Buddhism started spreading through China
* Standardization of Chinese characters (汉字) and many other inventions
Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King Li

**Li Jing** (李靖, *Lǐ jìng*?), also known as **Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King Li** (托塔李天王, *Tuō tǎ lǐ tiānwáng*?), is a god and father of Nezha. He carries a tower that can capture any spirit, demon or god within its walls.

## Trivia

* Li Jing is a figure in Chinese mythology and a god in Chinese folk religion. Besides appearing in the classic Chinese novel *Journey to the West*, he also appeared in *Investiture of the Gods*.