Graveyard of the Gods

**"Graveyard of the Gods"** is the first episode of the second season of *The New Legends of Monkey* and the eleventh episode overall. This episode became available on Netflix on 7 August 2020.

## Plot synopsis

The Monkey King, Tripitaka, Pigsy, and Sandy set out in search of the sacred scrolls. Demons learn of Monkey's return and vow to destroy him.

## Summary

Monkey, Tripitaka, Sandy, and Pigsy are being hunted by Kimura and a an army of demons after killing Davari and escaping with the Immortality Scroll. The others stay behind to fight off the demons whilst Tripitaka tries to escape with the scroll. Kimura chases her down and grabs the scroll. Monkey knocks him to the ground, and he and Tripitaka escape with the gods they rescued from Davari. Monkey instructs Lior and the other gods to take refuge in Western Mountains.

Monkey, Tripitaka, Sandy, and Pigsy journey to the Archive of the Infinite Scrolls. However, Monkey decides to travel on his own as his cloud can’t carry all four of them. Monkey arrives at the Archive of Infinite Scrolls, where he encounters Scribe, a servant of the scrolls, whose life is dedicated to protecting them. He forbids Monkey from passing and draws his pen. Monkey is defeated by the Scribe and sent back to Tripitaka, Sandy, and Pigsy without his hands.

General Khan calls a meeting of the demon lords. It has been 500 years since their last meeting, but the Monkey King has returned. Dreglon doubts the existence of the Monkey King, but Khan insists that he’s real. Cranius explains that before Monkey was imprisoned, the demons cowered at his name. Kimura arrives and reports that the Monkey King escaped with the Sacred Scroll of Immortality. Hagfish speaks out of term and Gorm tells him to mind histounge. Gorm blames Kimura for allowing Monkey to escape. He asks Khan, Dreglon, Cranius, Mothrax, and Tsumori to bow before him, but they refuse. Demons have not unified under one leader since the Demon Queen Hakuru because it’s harder to cut off seven heads. Khan then orders that they send word out to find the Monkey King.

Quiver leads a fleet of demons to attack a village in search of Monkey and offers a reward for his capture.

Tripitaka is reluctant to use the Immortality Scroll to regenerate Monkey’s hand, but they don’t have any other option, so they start by searching for a pepper bud flower. Whilst Monkey, Tripitaka, and Sandy search for the flower, Pigsy is on guard. They cross paths with a woman named Mycelia, who explains that the forest has special herbs that can’t be found anywhere else. She reveals that they’re standing in the Graveyard of the Gods. Pigsy arrives with the flower. Mycelia tells him that he shouldn’t have picked a pepper bud flower. One has to pull it up by the roots. A mist-like substance leaves the flower, and the four of them suddenly start to sneeze before passing out.

Mycelia explains that the pepper bud is poisonous and medicinal depending on its use. She tells them that everything comes at a cost, such as the use of Sacred Scrolls. She then tells Monkey to stay put for seven hours while his hands grow back.

Mycelia shows Sandy and Pigsy how plants are fertilized. She then presents them with a seed, claiming that the plant that sprouts from it will one day save Pigsy's life before handing it over to Sandy.

Once Monkey’s hands have been restored, he, Tripitaka, Sandy, and Pigsy journey to the Archive of Infinite Scrolls, where Scribe guards the entry. He uses a spell to attack them with knives, arrows, hammers, stones, and wind. Monkey launches his staff at the Scribe and knocks him down. Scribe apologies and allows them entry.

Sandy dropped the seed during the attack. She recovers it and tells Pigsy that she wants to see this through and wants to know that she’s capable of keeping the plant alive.

Monkey, Tripitaka, Sandy, and Pigsy enter the Archive. The door locks behind them and eventually disappears all together.

## Cast

### Main

* Chai Hansen as Monkey
* Luciane Buchanan as Tripitaka
* Josh Thomson as Pigsy
* Emilie Cocquerel as Sandy

### Co-Starring

* Fasitua Amosa as Dreglon
* Michelle Ang as General Khan
* Jim Cawthorn as Quiver
* Jason Chong as Kimura
* Samson Chan-Boon as Lior
* Natasha Daniel as Mothrax
* Tawanda Manyimo as Gorm
* Mustaq Missouri as Scribe
* Roxie Mohebbi as Tsumori
* Simon Prast as Hagfish
* Joel Tobeck as Cranius
* Katherine Kennard as Mycelia

## Notes and Trivia

* This episode is the premiere for the second season.