With her parents murdered and her brother abducted, a trainee Monk of the Gun pursues the one responsible, the Bull Demon King, undefeated Warlord of the Crimson Army. Struggling to track down her enemy while braving the dangers of the wilds, she enlists the help of Sun Wukong, but 500 years under a mountain have taken its toll. Unstable and weakened, will he be more hindrance than help? Can he become the warrior he once was? A Monk and a Monkey journey across a world...... where the remnants of technology are seen as magic, while pockets of humanity strive to drag themselves out of ignorance.... where the descendants of animal-human hybrids, once created as instruments of war, now seek to dominate the world as demons.... where beings who call themselves Immortals and Gods preoccupy themselves with selfish pastimes, ignoring everything else.
Among other things, a story about growth, grit, and being better than the person you were yesterday.
Here's my rambling on why I'm writing Journey West 5000.
Journey West 5000 is my crazy ambitious writing project to adapt a classic epic called "Journey to the West" for a global, modern audience. It's a sci-fi story disguised as fantasy, and has some road trip + monster of the week elements (as does the original Journey to the West).
No system, definitely no harem, gradual power progression. Hmm, what else can I put here so potential readers know what to expect?
My writing style for now is mostly "show don't tell", because I believe that readers don't need to have everything pointed out to them, and that they should be allowed to make up their own minds about characters based on the actions of those characters. I'm also trying to be less long-winded (a weakness pointed out by some friends) in order to write according to something Neil Gaiman said, which is to write as though I'm the one who has to pay for every word, not the reader. This will bring down my chapter word counts, and might drive away potential readers, but I believe there's value in learning to compress and be concise. All chapters posted here will have been edited.
Constructive criticism, comments, and feedback would be very much welcome and appreciated. Please, please help point out any typos or grammatical mistakes, I'm striving to minimize those as much as possible.
Above all, I hope you enjoy my story.
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Journey West 5000 | 50 | Chapter 50 - Revelations and Reflections | RoyalRoadL | |
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Journey West 5000 | 49 | Chapter 49 - Choose To Be My Best Self | RoyalRoadL | |
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Journey West 5000 | 48 | Chapter 48 - Spreading the Light | RoyalRoadL | |
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Journey West 5000 | 47 | Chapter 47 - Illusion vs Delusion | RoyalRoadL | |
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Journey West 5000 | 46 | Chapter 46 - Protective Panther, Buddy Bear | RoyalRoadL | |
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Journey West 5000 | 45 | Chapter 45 - Combatus Interruptus | RoyalRoadL | |
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Journey West 5000 | 44 | Chapter 44 - Stick and Move | RoyalRoadL | |
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Journey West 5000 | 43 | Chapter 43 - Let Loose The Wukong Of War | RoyalRoadL | |
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Journey West 5000 | 42 | Chapter 42 - Cry Havoc! | RoyalRoadL | |
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Journey West 5000 | 41 | Chapter 41 - Just Bear With It | RoyalRoadL | |
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Journey West 5000 | 40 | Chapter 40 - Preparation Prevents Piss Poor Performance | RoyalRoadL | |
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Journey West 5000 | 39 | Chapter 39 - To Trap, Encourage Arrogance | RoyalRoadL | |
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Journey West 5000 | 38 | Chapter 38 - To Lure, Show Inferiority | RoyalRoadL | |
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Journey West 5000 | 37 | Chapter 37 - Metaphorical Mountain | RoyalRoadL | |
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Journey West 5000 | 36 | Chapter 36 - Battle Pigs, Attack Sheep | RoyalRoadL | |
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Journey West 5000 | 35 | Chapter 35 - Let Your Actions Speak | RoyalRoadL | |
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Journey West 5000 | 34 | Chapter 34 - The Not-So-Little Ram That Could | RoyalRoadL | |
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Journey West 5000 | 33 | Chapter 33 - You Can't Handle The Truth! | RoyalRoadL | |
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Journey West 5000 | 32 | Chapter 32 - You Want The Truth? | RoyalRoadL | |
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Journey West 5000 | 31 | Chapter 31 - Triptika Tang, Ace Attorney? | RoyalRoadL | |
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Journey West 5000 | 30 | Chapter 30 - Revelation Through Conversation | RoyalRoadL | |
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Journey West 5000 | 29 | Chapter 29 - A Young Master's Employees | RoyalRoadL | |
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Journey West 5000 | 28 | Chapter 28 - Mother's Mourning a Maiden | RoyalRoadL | |
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Journey West 5000 | 27 | Chapter 27 - One Big Happy Family | RoyalRoadL | |
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Journey West 5000 | 26 | Chapter 26 - Dangerous Eagle, Cheerful Plum | RoyalRoadL | |
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Journey West 5000 | 25 | Chapter 25 - Maiden-Defiling Demon of Gao Village | RoyalRoadL | |
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Journey West 5000 | 24 | Chapter 24 - Fear Not He Who Practices 10,000 Kicks Once | RoyalRoadL | |
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Journey West 5000 | 23 | Chapter 23 - Reflect Inwards, Grow Outwards | RoyalRoadL | |
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Journey West 5000 | 22 | Chapter 22 - Warm-up or Workout? | RoyalRoadL | |
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Journey West 5000 | 21 | Chapter 21 - Great Sage Equaling Heaven | RoyalRoadL | |
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Journey West 5000 | 20 | Chapter 20 - He Who Rides Clouds | RoyalRoadL | |
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Journey West 5000 | 19 | Chapter 19 - Dances With Imps | RoyalRoadL | |
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Journey West 5000 | 18 | Chapter 18 - Armed Negotiations and Guerilla Warfare | RoyalRoadL | |
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Journey West 5000 | 17 | Chapter 17 - To Protect and Serve | RoyalRoadL | |
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Journey West 5000 | 16 | Chapter 16 - Too Hot to Handle | RoyalRoadL | |
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Journey West 5000 | 15 | Chapter 15 - Of Barbeques and Firing Squads | RoyalRoadL | |
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Journey West 5000 | 14 | Chapter 14 - Preparations for Making Meat Paste | RoyalRoadL | |
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Journey West 5000 | 13 | Chapter 13 - What A Good Follower! | RoyalRoadL | |
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Journey West 5000 | 12 | Chapter 12 - Mine Is Bigger Than Yours! | RoyalRoadL | |
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Journey West 5000 | 11 | Chapter 11 - Family Planning for White Dragon | RoyalRoadL | |
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Journey West 5000 | 10 | Chapter 10 - Are Tigers Yummy? | RoyalRoadL | |
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Journey West 5000 | 9 | Chapter 9 - It's Bigger On The Inside | RoyalRoadL | |
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Journey West 5000 | 8 | Chapter 8 - Night Fury | RoyalRoadL | |
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Journey West 5000 | 7 | Chapter 7 - Self-invitation to a Massage Party | RoyalRoadL | |
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Journey West 5000 | 6 | Chapter 6 - Tripping the Metal Fantastic | RoyalRoadL | |
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Journey West 5000 | 5 | Chapter 5 - Surfacing | RoyalRoadL | |
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Journey West 5000 | 4 | Chapter 4 - How Easy Is Banana Pie? | RoyalRoadL | |
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Journey West 5000 | 3 | Chapter 3 - The Reason | RoyalRoadL | |
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Journey West 5000 | 2 | Chapter 2 - The Dark Facility | RoyalRoadL | |
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Journey West 5000 | 1 | Chapter 1 - The Destination | RoyalRoadL |