Sun Wukong had always thought that in his original life, after creating havoc in the Heavenly Court and being suppressed by the Buddha under the Five Elements Mountain, he would become the core talent of the scripture-fetching team.
What he needed to do was simply to escort Tang Sanzang to fetch scriptures from the Western Heaven, subdue demons along the way, and ultimately attain true fruition in the Buddha Sect.
Some netizens had said that such a life isn't bad after all; despite having made grave mistakes, he could still become Victorious Fighting Buddha in the end—truly, a sign of the Buddha's mercy.
Of course, Sun Wukong did not appreciate this kind of talk and had always been wary of the Buddha Sect, because the netizens told him that the uproar in the Heavenly Court was all a calculated plot.
Moreover, the Buddha Sect, without notifying him, had listed him as the core talent for the scripture-fetching project. This act, done without his consent, deeply annoyed him.