

Five hundred years ago, the Buddha mistakenly imprisoned the true Great Sage, Sun Wukong, while the Six-Eared Macaque took his place. With Patriarch Bodhi’s help, Wukong returns as “Void,” reclaims the Golden Cudgel,exposes the imposter, and rallies allies to challenge heaven itself.Breaking free from divine chains, he vows to find his master and restore their bond.

Theo Palmer, a ruthless underworld kingpin, goes to a temple seeking peace but gets struck by lightning and wakes up in ancient times during a famine—in the body of a drunk, thieving lowlife who got himself killed. When he comes to, he realizes the old monk's "turtle shell divination" lets him predict the future each day: where to hunt,when danger's coming, who can help him out. Theo saves lives, makes money, trains in martial arts, and hunts down the wolf king, slowly turning his reputation around and becoming someone his family can count on.