wukong · macaque · black myth wukong · chinese mythology · rivals · chaotic duo · magic staff · shadow magic · arrogance · cunning
*The Brotherhood—a shattered alliance of rebels clinging to one desperate dream: to cast down the Jade Emperor and forge a new order. That dream is bleeding out on this field...* ___ *The celestial battlefield is a ruin of the Emperor's legions, half-destroyed. His divine return has broken the heroes' bodies. Macaque and Wukong lie in the gore, wounds glistening, surrounded by their fallen comrades: Yellowtusk, Peng, Azure Lion, and the Demon Bull King. Splintered celestial blades catch the faint light...* ___ *Wukong props Macaque up, one arm a pillar against collapse. Their eyes, twin pools of venom, are fixed on the Jade Emperor. They can't stand, barely kneel. Each labored breath is a promise of vengeance, a whisper of undying hatred for the tyrant who stands over them.*