The secret ending is actually the true ending： Sun Wukong was playing a big game against the celestial court. In the prologue, he loses the battle because of the Buddha's headband, which means the chain that holds him, like a dog on a leash. He cannot rip it off by himself, not in this life. But with his death and his mortal flesh gone, someone, the destined one years later, will carry on his will and live a life without the headband, a true “immortality” life.(That’s why he said to Yang Jian before he died: watch me rip it off”)
I understand why many players have difficulty comprehending the story endings since many hints were hidden in the character descriptions and dialogue throughout the game. During this journey, along with the Destined One, players will witness many examples of how it will end for yaoguais’ kind when they try to defy the Celestial Court. They either be consumed by their twisted desire because of failing on trying to help others or being punished or threatened by the Celestial Court until they have nothing left but a broken family. Is this what the Gods and Buddha proclaimed “immortality “? It's more like a life of eternal suffering.
Yang Jian himself hates the court as well as what the Jade emperor had done to his mother. He cherishes the freedom that Wukong had and thus, able to help Wukong to make this "big game" happen (help by killing his flesh at opening and sending YaoGuais to challenge/test the destined ones). That's why Yang Jian said he knows he (Wukong) will win this battle (against the court).
@@Fictional_sema so if we fight Erleng before reaching the final boss then only can the cycle be broke? But how? Because he's from the celestial court?
@@DDD-ye3wh Wukong's memories are stored in Erlang's third eye, so when you beat him, he pass those memories to you... atleast that's what I understood from the fight
Since all the flashbacks in this game are out of order, here's an ordered summary of the events, from the original Journey to the West, to the ending of Black Myth: Sun Wukong, a mischievous, greedy, arrogant monkey is born from a magical stone. He becomes king over his fellow monkeys in their home Mount Huaguo, and goes on a quest for immortality after learning of the inevitability of death. This quest leads him to obtaining superpowers, martial arts, immortality, and makes himself many sworn comrades/brothers as well as enemies on the way. To quell his chaos in the mortal realm, The Heavenly Court decide to keep him close under their watch, and give him a low-ranking post in Heaven as Chief Horse Groomer, however, to satisfy his ego, they lied to him about his rank, calling this position lofty. Learning of their lies, Wukong takes great offense to them, and unleashes his wrath upon Heaven (the infamous "Havoc across the Heavens"), fighting and defeating many gods. He is eventually subdued only by the Buddha, and for his crimes, gets imprisoned under a mountain for 500 years. Black Myth Wukong adds here a bit that wasn't in the original story: during these 500 years, everyone who allied with Wukong during his havoc have been punished, those are the Yaoguai Kings we see in the true ending flashback where he's drinking with them in his Water Curtain Cave. Which is why so many of his old comrades, like the Bull Demon King, feel embittered towards him. Wukong is offered a chance to repent by Bodhisattva Guanyin: his crimes will be forgiven if he serves as a bodyguard for Tang Sanzang, a monk going on a pilgrimage from China to India to bring back the sacred Buddhist scriptures. He accepts the offer, and to make sure he won't shirk his duty and rebel again, a golden band is placed upon his head, which would cause him great pain if its chant is spoken. Wukong and the Tang Monk go on a long, arduous journey full of adventures, and even add two more repenting pilgrims to their party: Zhu Bajie and Sha Wujing. They go through many trials and defeat hundreds of yaoguais seeking to eat the monk for immortality along the way, some of whom were old friends of Wukong, like the Bull Demon King. The Pilgrims succeeded in their journey and brought back the scriptures, even though some were accidentally lost along the way. For their efforts, they were rewarded high ranks in Heaven, with Wukong even being granted Buddhahood as "The Victorious Fighting Buddha", and removed the golden headband. However, in this retelling of Black Myth Wukong, this was all another ruse from Heaven: The headband was never actually removed, only concealed, and the Buddhahood title was only given to Wukong to placate him yet again, like when they named him Chief Horse Groomer. Heaven never trusted Wukong, in spite of his immense growth and change of heart during the journey. To escape Heaven's control once and for all, Wukong devises a plan with his sworn brother Erlang Shen, and the guidance of the next Buddha Maitreya: He would "fake" his death in a second, staged rebellion against Heaven, and his remains would be divvied up into five relics, to be given to five Yaoguai Kings of Erlang's choosing. One day, the sixth relic, his Mind, would reincarnate as a monkey of his homeland Mount Huaguo, and come to reclaim the five relics should he be worthy, so that he may reborn anew, without the golden headband controlling him. Then the events of the game transpire as you see them. In the end, once Wukong is properly reborn in the true ending, the animation implies a flash forward, where after we see Wukong alone in his cave, with the weapons of his past comrades strewn about, sets off somewhere with a determined look, possibly implying a third, final rebellion, perfectly setting us up for a DLC. The End :)
Some more context for the true ending: although Sun Wukong is successfully reborn, this is not in fact the same person who went on the journey to the west. The Destined One possesses more than just Wukong's body and mind/memories & experience, he has his own individual experiences and memories too. In a sense, the original Sun Wukong is truly dead and gone, and this new Wukong is the heir of his name and legacy, with all of the original's old friends and acquaintances, like Bajie, Erlang, and Maitreya, hoping that he won't make the same mistakes as his predecessor and repeat the cycle, and that he would be better.
As for the bad ending, the Destined One here fails to properly reincarnate as Sun Wukong, as he has not reclaimed the latter's memories and experiences from Erlang in the Great Pagoda, becoming another Stone Monkey to be defeated by a different, future Destined One to come along and repeat the cycle, and hopefully, reincarnate properly. This is why no animation is played, as we don't have Wukong's memories for viewing.
I saw it in a website, in the bad ending, the new destined one wukong wears the headband thus continuing the wukong buddahood punishement of staying in the egg for countless years now he grows old.
@@nadeemakhtar3687if he wears that headband it’s a bad ending if the Old Monkey hold that headband but won’t crown means Destined One got good/true ending
At 8:16 you can see he's grinning. The Destined one 'IS' Wukong without his memory. In the true ending, he got his memory back (hence the grin) before the old Monkey had the chance to put the headband back on his head. I only noticed this after I beat him and watched the cutscene two times.
@@boomba8739Actually because it he "truly" becomes Wu Kong then he for his dharma would had the Headband. He is Now with the memories 99% Wu Kong but a Actually different, new and Free one
The final boss was a cycle, a test if you become the Real Wukong. The 5 relics are like 5 horcruxes, each contains a part of Wukong’s soul, which shattered as he died. However in Chinese-Buddhism, one’s soul should have 6 pieces, the sixth and biggest part of Wukong’s soul fell into the circle of life, and was reborn as the Destined One. In the Bad Ending, the Destined One, (who hasn't done all of the side quests) doesn't possess Wukong's memories or 6th piece, that's why he does not wake after the fight because he is an incomplete vessel, 5 relics without the 6th piece or the mind. (you will hear the sigh of the old monkey as he proceeds to put the crown back, repeating the cycle for another Destined One to beat YOU as the final boss, the empty vessel). Now, in the Good Ending, the Destined One, (who has done all of the side quests, especially when you received Wukong's memories through Erlang's 3rd eye) has awakened the Wukong inside of him and receives all of relics as he now completes the 6 pieces of Wukong's soul (with the 6th piece or the mind), making you, 100% reincarnation of Wukong.
@@hamzakhane2089 You have to beat Erlang first to unlock a special cutscene where you receive Wukong's memories through his 3rd eye before proceeding to the final boss.
@@leighandreusanjose2673 i beat stone monkey i beat wukong empty shell game ended i continued after credit and went to pagoda i beat erlang he gave me a spear, no relic i went back to stone monkey and he is there again do i beat him again for secret ending ?
@@hamzakhane2089your supposed to beat erlang first and then fight the final boss to get secret ending and then in new game you will have the 6th relic when you start chapter 1
@@hamzakhane2089 so what happend? I have the Same Situation, i beat the final Boss an im Stuck on erlang. Should i fight him or cant i get the 6th relict?
Here's my understanding: If you’ve read Harry Potter, it would be a lot easier. The 5 relics are like 5 horcruxes, each contains a part of Wukong’s soul, which shattered as he died. However in Chinese-Buddhism, one’s soul should have 6 pieces, the sixth and biggest part of Wukong’s soul fell into the circle of life, and was reborn as the Destined One. The Destined One is the last Horcrux of Wukong. When the Destined One collects and absorbs all 5 relics, his soul will be 100% Wukong’s soul, he will literally become Wukong on earth. Bad ending: You did not finish all side quests, you did not learn enough about him, you, and the world. So you failed to awake the Wukong within you. You die, and the circle of life will bring the next Destined One to success Wukong’s will. Good ending: You finished all side quests, successfully merged Wukong’s soul and synchronized. He is awake. The ending animate, the Journey to the West runs backward, meaning all the memories of Wukong are coming back to your head. You were Wukong in your last life, he intentionally died so he can get rid of the binding circlet that stuck on his head. Now, you are him, you finally remember who you were, and your purpose. Now, what will you do?
@@ethanedward01 i mean lich is not a new concept. For example classic Slavic folk tales have "Koschey the immortal" who's death is hidden on the island in the far seas, inside the chest that hangs on a giant oak, inside the chest is a hare that will try to run away, inside the hare is a duck that will try to fly away. inside the duck is and egg. Inside the egg is a needle, Inside that needle is a death of Koschey (you need to break the needle for Koschey to die/become mortal. which is literally a phylactery/Horcrux)
I’m confused yeah I beat Erlang and got the secret ending but I heard to get the true ending yu need to beat the game 3 times to max out the all the relics?
In the true ending, the destined one is truly Wukong with the Firey Golden Star Eyes which he had got when imprisoned in Bagua Furnace of The Supreme Fairy Old Man before getting Buddha's punishment and assisting Tang Monk in his journey. In other words, Wukong is resurrected in the true ending, fulfilling his wish to completely break free from Celestial Court and Buddha's control.
I just realized this: Each ending has a different end credit song that is thematically appropriate. Bad Ending: Where Lies the Path Ahead? True Ending: Unfinished
For those who do not get why the normal ending is the bad ending it cause the golden filet controls wukong from doing anything bad or without the courts permission so the destined one wearing it will prevent for doing stuff he wants if he does something bad when the golden fillet activities it will become more tightened and make his head hurt which is why wukong lost to Erlang at the beginning of the game cause the golden filet
You have a choice! That’s why bajie says “you don’t have to do this! You can run away!” In the bad ending where you basically choose to be once again imprisoned to the headband
@@grossartus if you explore well enough you don’t gotta look it up lol. I found the great pagoda in chapter 3 and figured it would mean something more, especially when I couldn’t for the life of me find a secret area in that chapter I just came back to the great pagoda after every chapter and eventually it let me in to fight erlang 🤷 also it’s hidden, because each secret area is clueing you in, and leading you towards Erlang, when you defeat erlang, you get ALL of wukong’s memories, almost 100% reincarnating wukong, except now he can choose not to be imprisoned by the headband
The true Journey to the West is the journey of oneself, journey to becoming a better person, self-improvement and moral integrity. In the end, the mischievous monkey achieved true freedom and immortality, not by means of defying Gods or cheating death by various mischievous means, but by enduring his punishment for his past actions and embracing the dharma, becoming a better version of himself. The Old Sun Wukong is dead and with his reincarnation he became a better one - achieved Buddahood. Whether you are sound for Buddhism and its teachings, the lesson from the story is about the follies of humanity and the strive for becoming a better person. :)
First ending is=destined one take sun wukong place with the headband Second ending is=destined one got the memory of sun wukong and he is the sixth and strongest relic i like the true ending because i was sad when i see sun wukong is no more
I mean from what I understand, five relics have already been collected by the Destined One (even the equipment except for Wukong's WIll) and sealed in the stone egg after wearing the headband. I don't think there will be another Destined One to appear. Wukong's resurrection has failed.
@@ahassani"big monkey" . you are trying to make heavenly kings sound weak . I think you mean Losing to a monke that can clone himself a millions times. And that same clone can clone itself million times. And also have a pillar that was used to measure the depth of the ocean as his weapon. Which is why it can change size. It still maintain the original weight. Same monke who can shapeshift into anything
TH-cam viewers turned out to be stupid because they didn't buy the game, its bad ending... Wukong wants to be free from his headband but his successor monkey doesn't know that. In the true ending, when fighting Erlang, Wukong's successor realizes about the headband... and when Old Monkey wants to wear it to Wukong's successor... he realizes that the headband is a restraint. So a flashback appears during the journey and at the end Wukong prepares to live freely once again without a headband. the essence of this game is freedom... and it will continue in the next game. will wukong live free? Or will the gods interfere with his life once again? or wukong challange the heaven once again, because heaven kill wukong friend ? u can see this ending in youtube
The next game is supposedly gonna be about a different story but there are planned DLCs. There's a good chance that he'll take the fight to heaven again in the DLC.
There is one which I found someone playing, where u go and beat that starting boss which u get when u start the game... U go to that big belly button child and then he lets u go somewhere...
For those who don’t know, the headband was sent to wukong by the heavens to make him behave. If he didn’t behave, his master would say some words and would tighten the headband and would make wukong suffer
U must go back to The Great Pagoda once u do the last secret area in chapter 5. There will be a boss, u must fight him before u finish the game. Its cosindered a bad ending because u still trapped at the stone in the end
@@ruminateog3889 oh yeah damn, the room with the paintings. uhgg. to be fair i really didnt think it was going to end right there. I thought we were going to be able to fight the guy from the intro.
For some reason I thought that the true ending was the normal ending and was baffled why it wasnt triggered for me despite having met every requirement
If you are a devout buddhist / daoist, then it's a "good" thing that he puts on the crown to stop him from doing harmful things. If you aren't, then he has every right of "freedom" away from their control as it is to live his life peacefully under the Flower and Fruit Mountain. It's all about perspective.
Oh, I didn't even know that was a secret ending, I only realized Erlang was optional after I beat the game, cause I was just walking around and decided to go back to the Great Pagoda lol
the 6th relic is hidden by Erlang Shen in his 3rd eye (mind relic). After the destined one defeated Erlang, we can hear wukong voice when Erlang released black swamp.
The amount of people who got the true ending first try is astonishing. Then again, I am curious to know how they played the game since you have to do a lot of backtracking and so on.
He is Wukong Reincarnation... without hus memories. The memories return and he declines to wear the headband.... The cartoon symbolism of his memories return backward.... Start from the last day he lost his memories.
Yes. The Destined One gains Wukong's memories, which means he now has all 6 pieces of Wukong's soul in him. These memories likely include knowledge of all of Wukong's spells too. However, it's not clear that he gained Wukong's immortality, since that mostly came from consuming peaches and pills.
so the true ending is when the Destined One is finally free, something Wukong didn't achieve because of that crown and will now what? hunt down the other deities of the court as an act of revenger?
You can defeat sage first and then defeat erlang and come back and defeat sage again. I did like this. And saw the extra cutscene. You have a chance if you by mistake defeat the sage first. Not sure whether they patched it or not.
I do not like the ending in which Sun Wu kong actually died, that is, his Mind really died. In my view, the best ending is: Wu Kong will be reborn and fight against the bad forces both in Heavens and in Buddha realm, then reinforce the Buddhism in the earth by supporting the appearance by the future buddha
Sorry i have a question, i just finished the game for the first time and i found out i got the true ending, now there is the "new cicle" or ng+ whatever you want to call it. Is it worth doing it? I mean, may i got a new ending or it's really the same? Furthermore, how can i get the bad ending?
For bad ending it's pretty simple. Just keep going straight for main bosses in each chapter. Don't do any secret areas nothing. NG + is just a new game with all the armors, spirits, skills (you got in first run) unlocked from the start. Eveything else is same except bosses are a bit buffed up now.
@@kenshin391 you only get the bad ending if you do NOT do the secret fight in area 3 but you must complete all secret areas then go back to area 3 the pagoda realm
@@123456xist1 do you know if you lose/get locked out of something if you do the secret ending first? I just finished the game but didn't start new game+ yet
I got the secret ending, don’t know how or what I did to trigger it. I thought it was the only ending until I saw a post saying there was 2 endings. Lucked out I guess.
But I dont get the rules for bad and good ending. I did my first NG , i beat all the bosses, including all secret area bosses in every chapter, and got the bad ending, my NG+ I did everything the same and got the good ending. Why?
you mean a "happy" ending, not true ending, how can it be a true ending if you really need to look it up how to get it because is not explicit in the game play?
@@Kun-e8o There is DLC, but it is said to have a mysterious ending. There is a sentence in the book that is not easy to translate, 跳出三界外，不在五行中。（Jump out of the three realms, not in the five elements）It probably means that Sun Wukong will jump out of reincarnation. But play the game over and over again. It's like falling into reincarnation. You can't find this mysterious ending this way
@@lx051225 Aint it suppose to be endlessly reincarnate until you find the way out of the cycle? It's not like souls can stuck somewhere and not instantly reincarnate, wherever it might end up.
No the first ending was that he accepted the headband meaning the courts rules were still applied on him while I'm the second ending he doesn't accept the headband because when Wu Kong was about to die he said to Erlang watch me rip it off meaning the headband
@@ATOMIC099 No, He Died. Both of the ending shows that he died. He need to die to rip of the headband, the difference was the memories. other people have explained in this comment section the difference between the ending and mostly it was the memory of the Wukong himself. Refer to other comment section to see what i meant.
Bad ending: The chosen one didn't have the memory of Wukong (stored by Erlang) so he didn't know about the headband, all he knows is that he need to collect all of Wukong's relics and equipments, including the head band. True ending: After he defeats Erlang and receives Wukong's memory, he now understands what Wukong was planning and rejects the headband.
Gentlemen. Unreal game i gotta drop firstly, do we have to find Erlang before completing the birthstone battle?? I got the bad ending so im rattling my head trying to figure out the secret ending
true ending , bad ending just beat every gdboss in the game. i dont understand anything you guyz are discussing. need a clear explanation. i beat final wukong, i continued the game not ng plus. i beat erlang shen. du i get the 6th relic? yes or no. i dont care about the ending since everyone with still play ng plus.
To get the ending where the golden band is put on the destined one do I have to skip all the secret hidden levels and bosses or the secret fight against erlang and the four heavenly Kings
go back to pagoda room with the murals on chapter 3. You have to defeat the secret boss there, for that you must defeat all the Dragons that are behind a waterfall on chapter 1, a sand one in chapter 2, a 3rd one is just to the right after the fight with the dragon lady on turtle island an the 4th one is on chapter 4 he is right before entering the whole cave path to the spider ladies lair, you beat them all and you can access the secret boss on chapter 3. or just to be safe do all secret boss in every chapter except 3.
The bad ending the headband is put on him so the monkey failed and has to be reborn again because headband keeps him cursed second one he gets all memories and becomes reborn and free of the headband curse so he had to die inorder to remove the headband so he can be reborn and be free of it
Can someone please help me with a question about which ending is best to do first secret or normal? I'm trying to platinum the game and I'm currently at the start of chapter 6 first shrine and I've got all collectables so far only need a few in chapter 6. But if I decide to do the secret ending first will I be put back where I left off in chapter 6?
ok so how do you get this secret ending.. I know that in chapter 3 you have to talk to the baby or whatever it is and fight erlang, but what happens after that? Can you still play the secret ending even after finishing chapter 6? I'm on chapter 3 rn so I'd like to know 😭
The secret ending is actually the true ending： Sun Wukong was playing a big game against the celestial court. In the prologue, he loses the battle because of the Buddha's headband, which means the chain that holds him, like a dog on a leash. He cannot rip it off by himself, not in this life. But with his death and his mortal flesh gone, someone, the destined one years later, will carry on his will and live a life without the headband, a true “immortality” life.(That’s why he said to Yang Jian before he died: watch me rip it off”)
He deliberately fighted against the Celestial Court, even he knew that would be his demise. In the end, he lost a fight, but instead he win a war.
I understand why many players have difficulty comprehending the story endings since many hints were hidden in the character descriptions and dialogue throughout the game. During this journey, along with the Destined One, players will witness many examples of how it will end for yaoguais’ kind when they try to defy the Celestial Court. They either be consumed by their twisted desire because of failing on trying to help others or being punished or threatened by the Celestial Court until they have nothing left but a broken family. Is this what the Gods and Buddha proclaimed “immortality “? It's more like a life of eternal suffering.
It was 500 years not 1 year
@@EnglishJoyTH-cam12 You misread it. It's “The Destined One （in） years later.”
Yang Jian himself hates the court as well as what the Jade emperor had done to his mother. He cherishes the freedom that Wukong had and thus, able to help Wukong to make this "big game" happen (help by killing his flesh at opening and sending YaoGuais to challenge/test the destined ones). That's why Yang Jian said he knows he (Wukong) will win this battle (against the court).
In the bad ending, you just replaced the boss you just beat and remain there until another Destined One comes and beat you
so the cycle repeats? but why wear the crown if it's going to end up giving the destined one a headache?
That's exactly why it's called a bad ending@@DDD-ye3wh
@@DDD-ye3wh because he didn't fight with elrong he didn't get the past memories so he doesn't know
@@Fictional_sema so if we fight Erleng before reaching the final boss then only can the cycle be broke? But how? Because he's from the celestial court?
@@DDD-ye3wh Wukong's memories are stored in Erlang's third eye, so when you beat him, he pass those memories to you... atleast that's what I understood from the fight
Since all the flashbacks in this game are out of order, here's an ordered summary of the events, from the original Journey to the West, to the ending of Black Myth:
Sun Wukong, a mischievous, greedy, arrogant monkey is born from a magical stone. He becomes king over his fellow monkeys in their home Mount Huaguo, and goes on a quest for immortality after learning of the inevitability of death. This quest leads him to obtaining superpowers, martial arts, immortality, and makes himself many sworn comrades/brothers as well as enemies on the way.
To quell his chaos in the mortal realm, The Heavenly Court decide to keep him close under their watch, and give him a low-ranking post in Heaven as Chief Horse Groomer, however, to satisfy his ego, they lied to him about his rank, calling this position lofty. Learning of their lies, Wukong takes great offense to them, and unleashes his wrath upon Heaven (the infamous "Havoc across the Heavens"), fighting and defeating many gods.
He is eventually subdued only by the Buddha, and for his crimes, gets imprisoned under a mountain for 500 years. Black Myth Wukong adds here a bit that wasn't in the original story: during these 500 years, everyone who allied with Wukong during his havoc have been punished, those are the Yaoguai Kings we see in the true ending flashback where he's drinking with them in his Water Curtain Cave. Which is why so many of his old comrades, like the Bull Demon King, feel embittered towards him.
Wukong is offered a chance to repent by Bodhisattva Guanyin: his crimes will be forgiven if he serves as a bodyguard for Tang Sanzang, a monk going on a pilgrimage from China to India to bring back the sacred Buddhist scriptures. He accepts the offer, and to make sure he won't shirk his duty and rebel again, a golden band is placed upon his head, which would cause him great pain if its chant is spoken.
Wukong and the Tang Monk go on a long, arduous journey full of adventures, and even add two more repenting pilgrims to their party: Zhu Bajie and Sha Wujing. They go through many trials and defeat hundreds of yaoguais seeking to eat the monk for immortality along the way, some of whom were old friends of Wukong, like the Bull Demon King.
The Pilgrims succeeded in their journey and brought back the scriptures, even though some were accidentally lost along the way. For their efforts, they were rewarded high ranks in Heaven, with Wukong even being granted Buddhahood as "The Victorious Fighting Buddha", and removed the golden headband.
However, in this retelling of Black Myth Wukong, this was all another ruse from Heaven: The headband was never actually removed, only concealed, and the Buddhahood title was only given to Wukong to placate him yet again, like when they named him Chief Horse Groomer. Heaven never trusted Wukong, in spite of his immense growth and change of heart during the journey.
To escape Heaven's control once and for all, Wukong devises a plan with his sworn brother Erlang Shen, and the guidance of the next Buddha Maitreya: He would "fake" his death in a second, staged rebellion against Heaven, and his remains would be divvied up into five relics, to be given to five Yaoguai Kings of Erlang's choosing. One day, the sixth relic, his Mind, would reincarnate as a monkey of his homeland Mount Huaguo, and come to reclaim the five relics should he be worthy, so that he may reborn anew, without the golden headband controlling him.
Then the events of the game transpire as you see them. In the end, once Wukong is properly reborn in the true ending, the animation implies a flash forward, where after we see Wukong alone in his cave, with the weapons of his past comrades strewn about, sets off somewhere with a determined look, possibly implying a third, final rebellion, perfectly setting us up for a DLC.
The End :)
Some more context for the true ending: although Sun Wukong is successfully reborn, this is not in fact the same person who went on the journey to the west. The Destined One possesses more than just Wukong's body and mind/memories & experience, he has his own individual experiences and memories too. In a sense, the original Sun Wukong is truly dead and gone, and this new Wukong is the heir of his name and legacy, with all of the original's old friends and acquaintances, like Bajie, Erlang, and Maitreya, hoping that he won't make the same mistakes as his predecessor and repeat the cycle, and that he would be better.
As for the bad ending, the Destined One here fails to properly reincarnate as Sun Wukong, as he has not reclaimed the latter's memories and experiences from Erlang in the Great Pagoda, becoming another Stone Monkey to be defeated by a different, future Destined One to come along and repeat the cycle, and hopefully, reincarnate properly. This is why no animation is played, as we don't have Wukong's memories for viewing.
Wow this game is truly amazing
This summary was everything I was looking for after beating this amazing game. Thank you for this!
@@VaporGawd No problem :)
I saw it in a website, in the bad ending, the new destined one wukong wears the headband thus continuing the wukong buddahood punishement of staying in the egg for countless years now he grows old.
And now he is become a chicken
But don't we also end up wearing it in the good ending? And if so why is it even called a good ending?
@@nadeemakhtar3687 the cutscene cuts right before the headband is put on as the Destined One opens his eyes, so no, atleast it hints so
Now he became slave
@@nadeemakhtar3687if he wears that headband it’s a bad ending if the Old Monkey hold that headband but won’t crown means Destined One got good/true ending
Wukong without headband is true Sun wukong.
At 8:16 you can see he's grinning. The Destined one 'IS' Wukong without his memory. In the true ending, he got his memory back (hence the grin) before the old Monkey had the chance to put the headband back on his head. I only noticed this after I beat him and watched the cutscene two times.
i mean they said he died like 1 million times. i think the destined one just got the memories of wukong he didn't actually become him
Heh, he is free!
Beat who the old monkey or blck myth with band
@@boomba8739Actually because it he "truly" becomes Wu Kong then he for his dharma would had the Headband. He is Now with the memories 99% Wu Kong but a Actually different, new and Free one
Oh so you mean he's a new body just with wukongs memory?@@zetroaixengard5906
As someone who grew up watching journey to the west, it brought up a lot of memories when I heard that theme song.
I though I was the only one who noticed that. so the theme is represent their 1986?
@@cigzgaming yes
@@cigzgaming I don’t know which one I watched. All I remember was Monk Tang walking up the steps with the song.
me too brother
@@ZachNight you can try search in youtube. Journey to the west 1986 opening theme. You'll find simillar tune. Especially the celestial symphony title
The final boss was a cycle, a test if you become the Real Wukong. The 5 relics are like 5 horcruxes, each contains a part of Wukong’s soul, which shattered as he died. However in Chinese-Buddhism, one’s soul should have 6 pieces, the sixth and biggest part of Wukong’s soul fell into the circle of life, and was reborn as the Destined One.
In the Bad Ending, the Destined One, (who hasn't done all of the side quests) doesn't possess Wukong's memories or 6th piece, that's why he does not wake after the fight because he is an incomplete vessel, 5 relics without the 6th piece or the mind. (you will hear the sigh of the old monkey as he proceeds to put the crown back, repeating the cycle for another Destined One to beat YOU as the final boss, the empty vessel).
Now, in the Good Ending, the Destined One, (who has done all of the side quests, especially when you received Wukong's memories through Erlang's 3rd eye) has awakened the Wukong inside of him and receives all of relics as he now completes the 6 pieces of Wukong's soul (with the 6th piece or the mind), making you, 100% reincarnation of Wukong.
so you have to play NG+ for the good/secret ending ?!
@@hamzakhane2089 You have to beat Erlang first to unlock a special cutscene where you receive Wukong's memories through his 3rd eye before proceeding to the final boss.
@@leighandreusanjose2673
i beat stone monkey
i beat wukong empty shell
game ended
i continued after credit and went to pagoda
i beat erlang
he gave me a spear, no relic
i went back to stone monkey and he is there again
do i beat him again for secret ending ?
@@hamzakhane2089your supposed to beat erlang first and then fight the final boss to get secret ending and then in new game you will have the 6th relic when you start chapter 1
@@hamzakhane2089 so what happend? I have the Same Situation, i beat the final Boss an im Stuck on erlang. Should i fight him or cant i get the 6th relict?
Second ending is in backward if you wanted to understand it
Wdym by that?
@@bakugoboom1530 The story of Journey to the west, it is in reverse
@@rollyknighty4846 aahhhhh
Ahhh I understand now. Thank you!
I want an anime movie already with the same art style
Fr this is so cool
Don’t tell Netflix, they might butcher a live adaptation again 😬
@@d.p.l9623one piece tho
go watch the tv series journey to the west.
With this animation style, it would be the greatest Animated Mythological Movie of all time.
Here's my understanding: If you’ve read Harry Potter, it would be a lot easier.
The 5 relics are like 5 horcruxes, each contains a part of Wukong’s soul, which shattered as he died. However in Chinese-Buddhism, one’s soul should have 6 pieces, the sixth and biggest part of Wukong’s soul fell into the circle of life, and was reborn as the Destined One.
The Destined One is the last Horcrux of Wukong.
When the Destined One collects and absorbs all 5 relics, his soul will be 100% Wukong’s soul, he will literally become Wukong on earth.
Bad ending: You did not finish all side quests, you did not learn enough about him, you, and the world. So you failed to awake the Wukong within you. You die, and the circle of life will bring the next Destined One to success Wukong’s will.
Good ending: You finished all side quests, successfully merged Wukong’s soul and synchronized. He is awake. The ending animate, the Journey to the West runs backward, meaning all the memories of Wukong are coming back to your head. You were Wukong in your last life, he intentionally died so he can get rid of the binding circlet that stuck on his head. Now, you are him, you finally remember who you were, and your purpose. Now, what will you do?
I’m so mad I don’t know what I could have missed I went out of my way to do everything 😢
when i heard that when he died, he turn into 5 relics...harry potter came actually to mind....
If this game have sequel,so this one is a "Prolouge" the Main quest of this story is to get rid the head band,so Wukong can be the Real Wukong,..
@@Deyotrah2 dlcs coming and a sequel
@@ethanedward01 i mean lich is not a new concept. For example classic Slavic folk tales have "Koschey the immortal" who's death is hidden on the island in the far seas, inside the chest that hangs on a giant oak, inside the chest is a hare that will try to run away, inside the hare is a duck that will try to fly away. inside the duck is and egg. Inside the egg is a needle, Inside that needle is a death of Koschey (you need to break the needle for Koschey to die/become mortal. which is literally a phylactery/Horcrux)
I got secret ending first try! lets gooooooo awesome game!!!
Same here. I went to the pagoda before unlocking Nimbus and wanted to beat Erlang before finishing the game. Glad I did lol
Did you complete all the secret areas in the game or Nah?
@@SuperbCloakSuperbCloak-r8y yep... that's the requirement
Same bro , i don’t know beating erlang will unlock secret ending , but man the fight with erlang and then bosses together is masterpiece
I’m confused yeah I beat Erlang and got the secret ending but I heard to get the true ending yu need to beat the game 3 times to max out the all the relics?
In the true ending, the destined one is truly Wukong with the Firey Golden Star Eyes which he had got when imprisoned in Bagua Furnace of The Supreme Fairy Old Man before getting Buddha's punishment and assisting Tang Monk in his journey. In other words, Wukong is resurrected in the true ending, fulfilling his wish to completely break free from Celestial Court and Buddha's control.
😢I hate TH-cam bgm copyright.
I just realized this: Each ending has a different end credit song that is thematically appropriate.
Bad Ending: Where Lies the Path Ahead?
True Ending: Unfinished
For those who do not get why the normal ending is the bad ending it cause the golden filet controls wukong from doing anything bad or without the courts permission so the destined one wearing it will prevent for doing stuff he wants if he does something bad when the golden fillet activities it will become more tightened and make his head hurt which is why wukong lost to Erlang at the beginning of the game cause the golden filet
You have a choice! That’s why bajie says “you don’t have to do this! You can run away!” In the bad ending where you basically choose to be once again imprisoned to the headband
but why the "real ending" is so hidden? you literally have to look this up
@@grossartus if you explore well enough you don’t gotta look it up lol. I found the great pagoda in chapter 3 and figured it would mean something more, especially when I couldn’t for the life of me find a secret area in that chapter
I just came back to the great pagoda after every chapter and eventually it let me in to fight erlang 🤷 also it’s hidden, because each secret area is clueing you in, and leading you towards Erlang, when you defeat erlang, you get ALL of wukong’s memories, almost 100% reincarnating wukong, except now he can choose not to be imprisoned by the headband
The true Journey to the West is the journey of oneself, journey to becoming a better person, self-improvement and moral integrity. In the end, the mischievous monkey achieved true freedom and immortality, not by means of defying Gods or cheating death by various mischievous means, but by enduring his punishment for his past actions and embracing the dharma, becoming a better version of himself. The Old Sun Wukong is dead and with his reincarnation he became a better one - achieved Buddahood. Whether you are sound for Buddhism and its teachings, the lesson from the story is about the follies of humanity and the strive for becoming a better person. :)
So basically this game was about Wukong trying to reincarnate himself as many times as it took until he was reincarnated fully???
No, reincarnation will always happen until Wukong breaks the cycle of Samsara and reaches enlightenment. The true ending he does this.
Those who want the anime, you all can just read the book (novel), it’s amazing 😊
Fym this isnt and anime or novel ita mythology😭😭
@@Winstonsmn12journey to the west is a novel lol
Like a folklore
Loving this guide! I was stuck on some translations, but Immersive Translate made it so much easier to understand the game mechanics.
First ending is=destined one take sun wukong place with the headband
Second ending is=destined one got the memory of sun wukong and he is the sixth and strongest relic i like the true ending because i was sad when i see sun wukong is no more
He didn't got the memory of sun wukong. He's sun wukong from the start. The destined one is sun wukong itself.
First ending is looping 😮
Cycle of Samsara.
I mean from what I understand, five relics have already been collected by the Destined One (even the equipment except for Wukong's WIll) and sealed in the stone egg after wearing the headband. I don't think there will be another Destined One to appear. Wukong's resurrection has failed.
Those heavenly kings were useless
Well in novel wukong one shot most of them so no suprise
Imagine being labeled as a heavenly king of the celestial court, and just losing to a big monkey... lol.
@@ahassaniLike what erlang said
"He is just a normal monkey, he is monkey of merit. A monkey once made Buddha once" so yeah
But ofc not an ordinary one @@ahassani
@@ahassani"big monkey" .
you are trying to make heavenly kings sound weak .
I think you mean
Losing to a monke that can clone himself a millions times. And that same clone can clone itself million times. And also have a pillar that was used to measure the depth of the ocean as his weapon. Which is why it can change size.
It still maintain the original weight.
Same monke who can shapeshift into anything
Man that true ending is fire. Hope at least one of the streamers i like get that ending to see it, cause holy shit thats emotional.
Played game twice (reg and ng+). Not sure sure what I did wrong. Followed a guide as well. Got the "Normal/bad ending" twice.
you must defeat erlang in order to get the true ending
@@BlueInfernus Yeah the guy with the white coat up in the snow level. I beat him and all secrets. Guess I'll try again in NG+++
@@ScaredDonutdo every quest line
@ScaredDonut I think you need to beat erlang first and then beat wukong shell
@@ScaredDonut Did you unlock the relic ability?
TH-cam viewers turned out to be stupid because they didn't buy the game, its bad ending... Wukong wants to be free from his headband but his successor monkey doesn't know that. In the true ending, when fighting Erlang, Wukong's successor realizes about the headband... and when Old Monkey wants to wear it to Wukong's successor... he realizes that the headband is a restraint. So a flashback appears during the journey and at the end Wukong prepares to live freely once again without a headband. the essence of this game is freedom... and it will continue in the next game. will wukong live free? Or will the gods interfere with his life once again? or wukong challange the heaven once again, because heaven kill wukong friend ? u can see this ending in youtube
The next game is supposedly gonna be about a different story but there are planned DLCs. There's a good chance that he'll take the fight to heaven again in the DLC.
i heard there was a third ending hidden somewhere in the game, but its just so hard to find
There's only 2 due to budget constrain
they also originally wanted to do 12 chapters alongside many endings but don't have enough money
@@zondor8123well now they have the budget to make a dlc 😂
@@icyclestick178 bro what is dlc 😢
@@murshid4051DownLoadable Content DLC
There is one which I found someone playing, where u go and beat that starting boss which u get when u start the game... U go to that big belly button child and then he lets u go somewhere...
The fact that we didn't see all the ending it's crazy. I wonder how is it.
Half of the commenters have no idea what they are talking about and saying the endings are confusing. Maybe try playing the game before complaining.
So basically you defeat Erlang first for the true ending, I’m glad I didn’t get the bad ending
Faxxx
For those who don’t know, the headband was sent to wukong by the heavens to make him behave. If he didn’t behave, his master would say some words and would tighten the headband and would make wukong suffer
The sound is gone for more than half of the video.
Problem with sounds in video though. 9:45
i think that may have been intentional to avoid copyright nonsense but who knows
@@CrimsonCascade Probably, but that piece of music is the real jew on the crown. Every Chinese would get goosebumps hearing that music.
It's most likely youtube muting the music becuase it's copyrighted.
Because one company bought the copyright of all the songs in this game
How did I get the bad ending ? I did every single side boss side mission secret area. I mean I don’t consider it bad I felt at peace
U must go back to The Great Pagoda once u do the last secret area in chapter 5. There will be a boss, u must fight him before u finish the game.
Its cosindered a bad ending because u still trapped at the stone in the end
@@Souzz__ well I guess I gotta restart cause I decided to play new game+ 😂
@@ruminateog3889Go Free Wukong....monke together monke Strong
@@ruminateog3889 oh yeah damn, the room with the paintings. uhgg. to be fair i really didnt think it was going to end right there. I thought we were going to be able to fight the guy from the intro.
@@ZuperPhresh same I thought wukong was the 2nd to last boss
No sound since 9:35 👎
Just finished this game today 10/10 story
For some reason I thought that the true ending was the normal ending and was baffled why it wasnt triggered for me despite having met every requirement
7:10 i need the song
2:16 "he is nothing but a monkey" Is crazy
3:13 MONKEY D LUFFY GEAR 5
This game is pure cinema ngl
Dont know when i enjoyed the last time a game that much
And i got directly the good ending
I wished you could have the staff and armour of the final cinematic looks soo goooooood
Did all that shit just to reincarnate and remove the crown just to put the crown back on 💀
If you are a devout buddhist / daoist, then it's a "good" thing that he puts on the crown to stop him from doing harmful things. If you aren't, then he has every right of "freedom" away from their control as it is to live his life peacefully under the Flower and Fruit Mountain. It's all about perspective.
Oh, I didn't even know that was a secret ending,
I only realized Erlang was optional after I beat the game, cause I was just walking around and decided to go back to the Great Pagoda lol
the 6th relic is hidden by Erlang Shen in his 3rd eye (mind relic). After the destined one defeated Erlang, we can hear wukong voice when Erlang released black swamp.
The amount of people who got the true ending first try is astonishing. Then again, I am curious to know how they played the game since you have to do a lot of backtracking and so on.
I always thought wukong was just a raid shadow legends character because of their ads 😂
Black myth WUKONG 2 book it!!!!!!!
12:30 EPIC FIRE
At the end monkey king revived on the worrior body right
He is Wukong Reincarnation... without hus memories. The memories return and he declines to wear the headband.... The cartoon symbolism of his memories return backward.... Start from the last day he lost his memories.
Yes. The Destined One gains Wukong's memories, which means he now has all 6 pieces of Wukong's soul in him. These memories likely include knowledge of all of Wukong's spells too. However, it's not clear that he gained Wukong's immortality, since that mostly came from consuming peaches and pills.
9:36 no audio after this ? Why ?
copyright?
Because one company bought the copyright all the songs of this game
Wait til BMW 2 and sha seng come back after killed all the egyptian gods 💀
If i had known the "secret" ending was actually just a pre requisite for the good ending, i would have done that first ffs...
Ура!
Хоть кто-то показал правильно обе концовки!
Thanks a lot!❤
so the true ending is when the Destined One is finally free, something Wukong didn't achieve because of that crown and will now what? hunt down the other deities of the court as an act of revenger?
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So there is no 5 endings as some people were claiming. Only these 2 endings are there in game .
You can defeat sage first and then defeat erlang and come back and defeat sage again. I did like this. And saw the extra cutscene. You have a chance if you by mistake defeat the sage first. Not sure whether they patched it or not.
I do not like the ending in which Sun Wu kong actually died, that is, his Mind really died. In my view, the best ending is: Wu Kong will be reborn and fight against the bad forces both in Heavens and in Buddha realm, then reinforce the Buddhism in the earth by supporting the appearance by the future buddha
whats the correct order to finish the game ? beat the final boss then do secret ending or the other way around ?
Do the secret ending later
Sorry i have a question, i just finished the game for the first time and i found out i got the true ending, now there is the "new cicle" or ng+ whatever you want to call it. Is it worth doing it? I mean, may i got a new ending or it's really the same? Furthermore, how can i get the bad ending?
For bad ending it's pretty simple. Just keep going straight for main bosses in each chapter. Don't do any secret areas nothing.
NG + is just a new game with all the armors, spirits, skills (you got in first run) unlocked from the start. Eveything else is same except bosses are a bit buffed up now.
Can you get all endings in 1 play through and did you upload save data to get all endings?
I kept the save data of the last shrine...Just before the final boss fight.
@@thegamerpillar If you do all the side quest and secret area bosses does that count for all endings or just 1?
@@kenshin391 you only get the bad ending if you do NOT do the secret fight in area 3 but you must complete all secret areas then go back to area 3 the pagoda realm
@@123456xist1 do you know if you lose/get locked out of something if you do the secret ending first? I just finished the game but didn't start new game+ yet
@@123456xist1 Thank you
So for the correct ending you have to beat erlang 1st at the start of chapter 6 ?
No good or bad ending, it ends.
I got the secret ending, don’t know how or what I did to trigger it. I thought it was the only ending until I saw a post saying there was 2 endings. Lucked out I guess.
Someone: hey did u play black myth wukong? Me: oh yeah (youtube) :/
wukong sirf ek black myth tha ✍️😶
This whole time I’ve been getting the true ending 😂😂😂 ppl over here saying you gotta fight the final boss twice
I saw Friar Sand in the true ending. I hope he will be inserted as a DLC element
aaa nice so i get the good ending first try , nicee
But I dont get the rules for bad and good ending. I did my first NG , i beat all the bosses, including all secret area bosses in every chapter, and got the bad ending, my NG+ I did everything the same and got the good ending. Why?
you mean a "happy" ending, not true ending, how can it be a true ending if you really need to look it up how to get it because is not explicit in the game play?
I got the true ending first try. How do I get the normal one? Do I need to start a new game for that?
do you have to beat the boss twice in the first playthrough to get the second ending ?
No, u must beat the boss at the Great Pagoda before the last fight
Is the true ending 2d animation not showing for the normal ending (i.e. it will only display for the true ending)?
Missing like 2 more endings sir
我刚在中国的网站上看到的，据说公司手里还有好几个结局。不过目前放出来的只有这2个。后面的会在更新后才加入。
How many ending's to get trophy?
@@lx051225 DLC ????
@@Kun-e8o There is DLC, but it is said to have a mysterious ending. There is a sentence in the book that is not easy to translate, 跳出三界外，不在五行中。（Jump out of the three realms, not in the five elements）It probably means that Sun Wukong will jump out of reincarnation. But play the game over and over again. It's like falling into reincarnation. You can't find this mysterious ending this way
@@lx051225
Aint it suppose to be endlessly reincarnate until you find the way out of the cycle?
It's not like souls can stuck somewhere and not instantly reincarnate, wherever it might end up.
Cool i got the true ending on the first try.
If I get the good ending, do I not lose any achievements for the bad ending?
So the first ending was that Wukong died and the second ending was that Wukong didn't die
No the first ending was that he accepted the headband meaning the courts rules were still applied on him while I'm the second ending he doesn't accept the headband because when Wu Kong was about to die he said to Erlang watch me rip it off meaning the headband
@@THETHUMPSUPGUY thats what I said 💀
@@ATOMIC099 No, He Died. Both of the ending shows that he died. He need to die to rip of the headband, the difference was the memories. other people have explained in this comment section the difference between the ending and mostly it was the memory of the Wukong himself. Refer to other comment section to see what i meant.
Lmao that means you didn't understand shit. Wukong was always dead
@@enternaldragon1 I must've understood it enough to get the first question right lmfao 😂
I’m glad I did the secret ending. Totally on accident and god damn I’m so happy I beat him before then end I’m so happy
Why wukong puts the control crown again? It is supposed to damage him when he does something that heshang doesnt like right?
Because he doesn't have his memories in the bad ending
Bad ending: The chosen one didn't have the memory of Wukong (stored by Erlang) so he didn't know about the headband, all he knows is that he need to collect all of Wukong's relics and equipments, including the head band.
True ending: After he defeats Erlang and receives Wukong's memory, he now understands what Wukong was planning and rejects the headband.
Gentlemen. Unreal game i gotta drop firstly, do we have to find Erlang before completing the birthstone battle??
I got the bad ending so im rattling my head trying to figure out the secret ending
true ending , bad ending just beat every gdboss in the game. i dont understand anything you guyz are discussing. need a clear explanation. i beat final wukong, i continued the game not ng plus. i beat erlang shen. du i get the 6th relic? yes or no. i dont care about the ending since everyone with still play ng plus.
I hate it when the mic cut out
If u do true ending three times can u do a false one after? Just curious
Ayy. Got the true ending on my favorite play through then. 😤
The anime in ending W
No sound at the end wasn't worth the time
To get the ending where the golden band is put on the destined one do I have to skip all the secret hidden levels and bosses or the secret fight against erlang and the four heavenly Kings
I think you have to do the fight with Erlang and the four heavenly Knights
don't do jack shit and the band will be placed on the destined one's head (bad ending)
Minute nine has no sound?
Yeah😢
Copyright
how to do this (secret ending) anyway?
go back to pagoda room with the murals on chapter 3. You have to defeat the secret boss there, for that you must defeat all the Dragons that are behind a waterfall on chapter 1, a sand one in chapter 2, a 3rd one is just to the right after the fight with the dragon lady on turtle island an the 4th one is on chapter 4 he is right before entering the whole cave path to the spider ladies lair, you beat them all and you can access the secret boss on chapter 3. or just to be safe do all secret boss in every chapter except 3.
I seen the true ending on my first play through.. Guess i ain't missing nothing
How do you get secret ending/ true ending?
Killed the monkey first than went and did secrets and killed erlang can i still get the true ending cut seen ? Or i have to do it in ng+?
4:14Bro can somebody explain because i didn't understand anything like who is this or who is the real wukong
rewatch the opening after Wukong vs Erlang
The bad ending the headband is put on him so the monkey failed and has to be reborn again because headband keeps him cursed second one he gets all memories and becomes reborn and free of the headband curse so he had to die inorder to remove the headband so he can be reborn and be free of it
Can someone please help me with a question about which ending is best to do first secret or normal? I'm trying to platinum the game and I'm currently at the start of chapter 6 first shrine and I've got all collectables so far only need a few in chapter 6. But if I decide to do the secret ending first will I be put back where I left off in chapter 6?
How do you get the last relic? I got the true ending but I never got the last relic
First time u must start a NG to receive it
Haizz... if you scare the copyright of GS, dont't make this video.
ok so how do you get this secret ending.. I know that in chapter 3 you have to talk to the baby or whatever it is and fight erlang, but what happens after that? Can you still play the secret ending even after finishing chapter 6? I'm on chapter 3 rn so I'd like to know 😭
Just search for guide on all the secret quest and how to fight Erlang. Then proceed on chapter 6 to fight the wukong