Saiyuuki: Son Gokuu Monogatari

Synopsis

Xuanzang, a monk, sets out on a journey to western India to acquire the Mahayana Buddhist scriptures. Along the way, Xuanzang rescues Sun Wukong, who had been sealed inside a large rock by Guanyin for causing too much mischief. Sun Wukong becomes Xuanzang's disciple and then defeats a pig monster that is assaulting a girl. The pig monster becomes another disciple, named Zhu Bajie. A kappa (water imp) is also renamed Sha Wujing and joins as a disciple. When Sun Wukong seals a monster in a large stone and throws the ball he obtained from it, a holy snow-capped mountain appears. This is the Ho-den hall pagoda where the Mahayana Buddhist scriptures are stored. Xuanzang asks Tathagata Buddha to grant the sacred scriptures, and Nyorai-sama states that the scriptures will be delivered by a dragon cart.