#jie-sun

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Some of my favorite mid autumn festival posters.

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[jiecomic]

Chapter 1- The contract

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Red Son walked through the corridor with a mischievous grin on his face chuckling to himself, right before his mother's room he cleared his throat and walked in slamming the doors into the wall.

" Mother!" He jelled as soon as he kicked the heavy doors "I think I found it!"

Iron Fan turned to her son and looked at the roll of paper which was in his hand.

" Finally..." her red lips formed an evil smile

The women moved to her son and took the paper before Red Son was able to say anything.

"After all these years..." she started to unroll the map "After thousand years my love will be able to come back to living!"

She stared with a flaming gaze at the red marking on the map.

" How are the preparations?" Iron Fan turned to her son with a face full of enthusiasm

" Everything will be ready within a month" Red Son smiled showing all his teeth

"Great" Iron Fan nodded and with a map in her hand she came closer to Red Son "Soon your father will be free again and we, the family of Demon Bull King will raise and rule this world!" She started laughing at the end, soon her son joined her.

The son and his mother were so absorbed in their 'villain moment' that they didn't realise... that they weren't alone....

Just under the ceiling, in a small crack, there was a spy who followed their every move with its red eyes. As quietly as possible the little creature disappeared in the darkness leaving only a small cloud of pink dust...

Jie sat on her cough as soon as she teleported to her house. She buried her nose in her hands letting her elbows rest on the table, after spending a few minutes in this position, she lifted her head. She was emotionally tired but tears still didn't stop flowing from her eyes.

Her lips were formed into something that looked like a smile of a person screaming inside of their head.

"It's all over..." she whimpered quietly, her voice was pretty dry from exhaustion

" Goodbye my old, uncomfortable cough" she whined while trying to stand on her two feet, after that she moved to the coffee table "Goodbye you piece of wood... I'll never forget the pain you give me when I hurt my toe on you"

Then she moved to every other furnitures in the room, then to the kitchen and even a toilet, at the end was her animal which was... well let's say that it was hard to interpret it's race. But for Jie it was a dog, and that's the reason behind his name.

" Gou..." Jie hugged a little beast in her arms still crying like a baby, Gou probably didn't understand the atmosphere since he was only chewing his tail while Jie continued her goodbye " Listen your little demon, your gonna be better without your mom, ok? I-I hic...hic... I left you your favourite snacks and...sniff... and put my picture near your bed so that you wouldn't cry after meee!"

She left him at the floor and got her luggage from gods know where.

" Goodbye, thank you for staying by my side all those years but... You'll going to be safer without me!" She said as she opened the door of her house

Just before taking the first step she froze due to the sudden realisation...

'I have nowhere to go to...' she thought while closing the door

With that Jie decided that leaving her home and bab- *ahem* pet... wasn't a good idea so she started unpacking.

***

"I'm gonna fight them!" Jie stood up pointing her fist to the ceiling " No... Princess Iron Fan will kill me in a second with the help of that lunatic son of hers..." with that thought all energy left her body "Would be much easier if my powers weren't sealed away" she scratched the back of her neck while swearing at the Jade Emperor in her mind.

" That's the end huh?"- she looked at her photos on the wall, all with her and Gou. Some were taken on holiday, some on a beach, the cutest one was with her and Gou celebrating her 2000 birthday "Well... maybe I didn't deserve more than just those thousand years...WAIT!

Jie suddenly stood up all filled with energy from her toes to head "There is a way!"she stood like that for 3 seconds " Cause... He will help me right?" She started to question her decision.

'There is a way that he will agree... although...'

Suddenly she felt something pulling her dress. When she looked down Jie's eyes met the innocent gaze of Gou.

A smile had slowly appeared on her face.

"Don't worry Gou..." She crouched to pet her dog "Till now I have been only hiding, it's time to fight for my life!"

With that thought Jie snapped her fingers and teleported.

She felt confident with her decision and was ready to stand before a great sage.

***

Jie wasn't confident anymore.

She was standing on a beach of Flower Fruit Mountain (the farthest she could teleport to) questioning literally every of her life choices that leaded her to this damn mountain.

" Maybe moving out wasn't such a bad idea..?- It's not like I was never homeless anyway..."

Right when she was about to go back Jie noticed that she wasn't alone.

"Gou?!"

'Damn it! I had to bring him along by accident!'

The dog was so excited about visiting a new place that he ignored his owner and ran into bushes as fast as he could.

"Wait!"

"Gouuuu!"

"Whyyy are you doing this to me..!"

And like this, the great chase had started!

(By the way Gou won)

***

Without realisation Jie had entered the secret cave of Sun Wukong.

She had no idea how had she been able to break the seal, but probably thanks to despair.

" Gou..." she whispered as quietly as she could "Gou..." this time a little bit louder

Woof!

Jie's heart almost escaped through her throat when Gou had answered to her call just next to her.

Now when she didn't have to worry about her pet Jie looked around.

Judging by the state of this place there was NO WAY that the Monkey King would still live here.

At least that's what Jie hoped for.

'I've got so far, it would be a shame to not at least try...'

She cleared her throat and took a deep breath.

"MONKEY KING!!!"

"Are you here!?"

When her calls started echoing through the cave she started counting to three in her mind.

'One'

'Two'

'Three...'

"..."

"Looks like he isn't at home, well what a sha-

"HI THERE!"

At that moment Jie's heart really jumped to her throat.

She made a few steps back trying to calm herself but when she saw HIM her instincts were ordering her to run as fast as she could.

"M-Monkey King?!"- she jelled while looking behind at a specific monkey

" Yeah!- the one and only!" He answered proudly

"But..." he moved closer to Jie and looked at her as if he had a scanner in his eyes "Do I know you...? I don't remember fighting you..."

"You're right" Jie was finally able to say something "My name is-

" What are you here for?" The monkey cut Jie off as if he was already tired of her presence

"I'm here cause-

" You want to fight?"

"NO!"

" You want an autograph?"

"No, I-

" You came here because you feel like a tiny piece of dust in a big universe and you seek for a reason of your existence?"

"...No..."

" Aha! So you came here for the peaches of immortality!"

"WHAT?!- wait, why do you even have them?-BUT NO! I'M NOT HERE FOR ANY PEACHES!"

" Then you are here for-

'Gah! This will take an eternity!'

"Forgive me for interrupting you, but I'm not here for a fight, an autograph, a philosophy lecture or some magic fruits!" Since Monkey King was FINALLY listening to Jie, she decided to use this chance "I mean no charm, ok?"

Chomp!

"..."

"..."

" Is this thing yours?" Wukong asked calmly while raising his arm, his arm with such a beautiful, yellow sleeve made from an old, expensive fabric...which Gou was trying to eat...

"It's my dog"

"Take it away until it's still in one piece"

"Yes sir…"

Thankfully Jie was able to stop Gou from chewing Monkey King's clothes.

Wukong was checking his sleeve's condition while Jie was sweating and screaming in pain (mentally).

" I'm sorry..." the demoness muttered quietly. Since Wukong didn't seem to be angry and was a little distracted she decided to finally have a serious talk with him "I'm really sorry for interrupting your peaceful time, but this is half of why I'm here. You didn't know about me till now even though I was living in this city for hundreds years because I was hiding from you. You and every other being that could kill me while all I wanted was a peaceful life..."

She looked at the monkey to see if he pays any attention to her. Thanks gods he seemed pretty interested in her speech.

" As you can see I'm a demon, that's why for many years I was doing only what was expected from a monster, then I faced the consequences and... lost everything... but thanks to you, for the last thousand years I was able to finally live my life the way I wanted.- And I don't want to lose this. The family of Demon Bull King is planning something and you're aware of that. So please... in order to keep our peaceful lives, please... let me stand next to you"

Jie bowed her head and waited for Wukong’s reaction.

" So you want to be my ally? Don't feel offended but... you don't look too strong"

That actually hurt Jie's pride but it didn't take her long to recover and continue

" Unfortunately you’re right, half of my power was sealed away long time ago, but believe me" she looked up at him with a red light in her eyes "If you give me an order I will show your enemies the true fury of the fox demon"

"Ha... sounds more like a servant than an ally" at the end of the sentence Wukong grinned

" If that's who you want, then I'll fit in that role"

The Monkey King seemed to consider Jie's offer.

" Come to think of it..." his face started to show a little bit of excitation " I'm a king... but all I have is a group of a little cute monkeys..." He looked at Jie again. She could tell that he was using a golden sight on her. It really felt as if he seen her through at that moment.

"At least five tails your hiding huh?- he chuckled quietly "ALRIGHT! Since now youuuuuu...."

" Jie"

" JIE, are under my command! As a servant of a great Sage equal to heaven, The Monkey King- Sun Wukong!

Wukong stood in front of a kneeling Jie while lifting his arm as if to reach the demoness, as the air between them became tense and a strange string of golden light connected their wrists Jie knew that the ritual of contract started...

The contract between demons isn't a normal contract. It's like an exchange. A servant gives their live and loyalty to their master, while master shares a little of their power with them. The thing is that only master can break the contract.

At that moment Jie was able to feel the power of Monkey King running through her veins.

' Such a little power and I already feel like my body is about to explode...'

She also allowed herself to look at Monkey King's soul orb.

You see, Jie has a special ability that allows her to see the souls of livings trapped in an orb. With that Jie could always recognise the power, personality and sometimes the intention of the soul's owner.

There is not such a thing like two identical souls but Jie had never seen a soul like Wukong's. It was bright to the point when she though she's going blind, so hot that it could burn her if she had ever reached for it, it was big and it's shape was changing every second as if someone put it into a fire. All because this poor little orb couldn't contain the full strength of the great Monkey King.

' He really is dangerous...'

' But that's good'

Jie suddenly felt an ache on her wrists, she looked at them and saw the two golden rings around her hands.

' Like a chain'

"Is it done?" Monkey King broke into Jie's thoughts "I've never done this before..."

Unconsciously Jie started rubbing her neck, where a jade necklace was hanging. Or, how she liked to say- her death threat.

"Don't worry Master... Everything is just as it should be"

There was no way for Monkey King to know it back then but Jie hid something important from him... the fact that if she found their contract inconvenient for her she could easily break it. Which gave her an advantage.

'There's no way I'll let him use me, for the sake of my life I will never let anyone do that again...'

"So... when are you going to strike the Demon Bull King's family?" Jie asked as if she was ready to cause chaos and beat some demons with her new powers, now she was confident to win against Princess Iron Fan!

"ME?!"Monkey King started to laugh his head off "Nah, I won't even lift a finger!- I'm retired! "

Jie looked as if someone had turned her into a stone "T-Then whose gonna fight the Demon Bull King?!"

"Well, my successor of course!"

"..."

"Excuse me?"

This way the great Monkey King managed to destroy all of Jie's hopes in one sentence

End of chapter 1

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[bird-inacage]

Call Me By Fire S3 | Team Chen Chu Sheng Interview: Jeff Focus

He's ABSURDLY pretty. Everyone in the cast keeps saying it too. They're like 'it's UNREAL how handsome this man is'.

[manonim]

Don’t mind me, just wanted to wish you a merry Christmas (and happy new year)

(I never draw Jie so cute 🥰)

[googleitlol]

dove and wukong

HAHAHAHA THIS IS PERFECT

K but wait, I'm imagining what would happen if they met as kids because of the baby monkey.

Obviously wouldn't happen, but just thinking of a 'what if' world where it did. Dove was a rowdy kid before everyone died, so I'm just imagining how Wukong would react to that, how he would act if he ever got to be a kid.

If they met as kids, they would definitely fight a little, probably be really competitive too. Maybe pull some stunts to see who's braver, which leads to something like little Wukong daring Dove to jump off a waterfall or smt

Then she tries to do it.

[feng-huli]

Yan Jie as Sun Li and Baili Dongjun

[equaltotheuniverse]

StarCycles Chapter 1 pg. 20-21

Kindness is free

START // NEXT

Happy new year! I also had to recover from feeling like blah so am back on schedule

[jttwaudiodrama]

The Fifth Monkey presents:

Journey to the West - an Audio Drama Series

Chapter 18 Part 1 & 2

Imagine wanting to kiss your wife but she throws you onto the ground and turns out to not be your wife.

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Mysterious Lotus Casebook 蓮花樓

And a wild WúYán 無顏 appears!!

[the-monkey-ruler]

Zhu Ba Jie's Invitation (1926) 猪八戒招亲

Picture: N/A Director: Chen Qiufeng Screenwriter: Chen Yechan Starring: Lin Ruxin / Zhu Jianling / Wang Huiying / Liu Yixin / Sun Tianlin Genre: Drama / Fantasy / Costume Country/Region of Production: Mainland China Language: Mandarin Chinese Date: 1926 Also known as: 豬八戒招親 Type: Retelling

Summary:

Marshal Tianpeng was demoted to the mortal world and was reincarnated as Zhu Bajie, half human and half pig. Bajie loves Miss Gao's beauty and transforms into a handsome man to marry Miss Gao. After the marriage, Bajie's true colors were revealed, making the Gao family uneasy. Tang Sanzang and Sun Wukong arrived at the right time, subdued Bajie, and went to the west to learn Buddhist scriptures together.

Source: https://movie.douban.com/subject/11581735/

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[staryinghao]

sun yinghao getting sooo much screentime during the KGMAs we love to see it <3

[jiecomic]

Chapter 7.5- Bon appetite

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Jie had too little energy to teleport to her home. She was currently sitting in some alley thinking about some stuff, mostly about Spider Queen.

Jie didn't expect herself to be moved by seeing her, she thought that she had already closed this chapter of her life. But meeting Spider Queen reminded her of who she was before... a greedy, merciless demon who cared only about herself.

She hoped to forget and start everything once again, but if Spider Queen haven't changed all this years... maybe she's the same too?

What is going to happen when she get the mirror blade back?

For some reason she looked closely at her hand, still remembering the feeling she had when MK hugged her. How could she even think of that person at that moment?!

Still... because of that the memories which were once blurry now became vivid... Jie remembered the warmth and happiness and laughter of those she cherished, which she foolishly lost because of her past mistakes.

Jie sighed loudly and hide her head between her arms, her tail curving around her waist. Normally she would transform into her human disguise but she was too weak, so she hoped that at least no one will see her now in that state.

" I wonder if Monkey Boy is safe..." she muttered to herself, then remembered about the Monkey King, who she was supposed to prepare dish for " there's no way I'll get to him in my state... hope he won't be angry..."

"Why would I?"

Speak of the devil.

Jie looked up to see her master flying on his cloud with his arms crossed and a grim on his face.

" Master?" She blinked twice from surprise "What are you doing here?"

" Oh don't be so humble! I know what you've done you tricky fox..." He stated after jumping on the ground with his eyebrows furrowed

" I'm so-

" and I'm impressed!"

Huh?

" When I saw you going into the spider Queen's lair I thought 'she's gonna die!' BUT YOU DIDN'T!" He stroked her hair with his hand " And I need to admit! Never thought that you're such a trickster!- and..."

He stopped when he noticed her ears laying on her head and her eyes looking somewhere far away.

" Hey! Don't be gloomy when I'm prising you!" He said pocking her forehand

" Ah! Sorry Master!" Jie was now focusing on him, but her ears were still down, which made her look like a sad puppy

" You're okay?" Wukong asked

Jie opened her mouth to say that she's fine but she hesitated, was lying to the great sage really a good idea?

" Am I a bad person?"

"..."

Wukong was taken aback by this question, where did it even come from? He would rather avoid answering to that, but Jie was looking at him with her ruby eyes with such a hope, that he couldn't ignore it.

He sighed and scratched the back of his head, creating the sentence in his head.

"I don't know" he spoke with his eyes closed " I only met you like a few months before and I don't know you well enough to give you an answer"

Jie's face started to fall deeper into the sleeves of her dress, but Monkey King didn't finish.

"BUT... thinking about how you clean my house, how you take care of my monkeys, how you help me in training MK and how you help him and his friends in need... as far as I know all those are the good things" he smiled crouching before her

He didn't knew what Jie was thinking of what he said, but her ears had slowly turned back to normal and that was a good sign.

„ So... about my lunch..." Monkey started looking around in search for something

Jie's eyes widened and her tail together with ears stood up.

" OH CRUMBS!- I left the ingredients at the market!" She screamed clapping her face with one hand

" Want to go back for them?"

" Not really..." She sighed, thinking for a while " Say... are there many fruits on the flower fruit mountain?"

"Hmm..?"

Monkey King had completely NO IDEA what was Jie planning. He took her with him to the Flower Fruit mountain where she made a strange request:

" Can monkeys bring me some of their favourite food?"

He had no idea what she meant but decided to trust her with that, so he ordered all his monkeys to bring their favourite snacks to the cave.

The moment in which Jie entered the kitchen was the last when Monkey King saw her for an hour.

He only saw his monkeys entering the house and picking out of window, but whenever he tried to sneak in HIS OWN MONKEYS where starting to yell at him.

So he sat on the fallen pilar listening to the sound of chopping ingredients while sniffing their smell.

He was hungry! But Jie asked him not to eat any peaches (which was his whole menu) till the dish will be ready.

When he asked her to make him lunch he didn't know he will have to go through such torment! He simply wanted to keep Jie busy, cause he wasn't happy with her hanging with MK alone, not till she would earn his full trust!

Well but this day was really strange.

Monkey King was sure that Jie won't do anything that could risk her life, she made it clear from the start. But still she was fighting Spider Queen to help MK out... maybe she wasn't as selfish as he had thought... and as she thinks?

"Bon appétite!"

Monkey King didn't even notice when his servant came to him with the bowl.

" FINALLY!" He took the bowl without looking at it " I tough I was going to starve to death!" 'Even though I'm immortal'

" Sorry, it was hard to use your kitchen... you don't use it often right?"

" Of course not! I'm THE KING, I have servants for this" he pointed at her

Jie chuckled a little. It was then when Wukong had finally glanced into his bowl to see this incredible, long waited, exclusive dish, which was-

"... salad?"

" Fruit salad" Jie corrected her master while sitting on the ground with monkeys, some jumped on her head

" wow... A fruit salad... not like I don't eat enough fruits or something..." Wukong mumbled not knowing if he wants to show his disappointment or not

" Just try, those guys have been helping me a lot you know" she pointed at the monkeys who were sitting around her waiting for their king to give them a proper opinion of their efforts

With all of them (Jie included) looking at him with big sparks in their eyes Monkey King had no other choice...

He got the chopsticks and took a piece of cut fruit from the bowl, feeling the growing tension he started sweating a little.

" Do you guys have to look at me like that?!" He yelled at Jie and monkeys

" AH! Sorry..." Jie apologised looking down at her feet, same the monkeys

" If it tastes bad you will have to do my laundry twice a week"

" Wait!"

It was too late, the piece was already in the mouth of the Monkey King, who was chewing it for a while and then swallowed it with a loud gulp.

All this time he was sitting quietly on the pillar with his eyes closed, when Jie was ready to put the second laundry to her schedule her master continued eating in a very high speed as if he was in hurry.

After few more bites he looked at Jie smiling.

" Change of plans- from now one you're going to make me a meal twice a week!" With that he continued eating, his monkeys joined him (all of them had their own little bowls)

Jie was not so happy about one more chore, but somehow seeing all the monkeys enjoying her meal didn't feel bad at all.

" Gah! Guys where are your manners!" Suddenly Monkey King spoke looking at Jie who was sitting on the ground with nothing to eat " Hope you have something cause I'm not sharing!" He added toward the demoness

" Yes I did myself something too!" With that Jie pulled out a plate which was laying on her tail before

" Is that... fried egg?" He looked at her with one eyebrow raised

A little blush appeared on Jie's cheeks

" I'm better at preparing simple dishes, ok?" She muttered taking an aggressive bite

Monkey King laughed a little at her face, it was funny to see her make other expression than her normal- cold ones. And he didn't remember when was the last time he had eaten together with someone, Jie felt quite the same.

For a long time Monkey King was trying to make Jie expose her secret recipe, but the demoness was only cutting him with " The true chef never reveals his secrets!"

Of course the secret was peaches, but hush!

When Monkey King finished his bowl he laid on the pillar relaxing with his monkeys.

Jie was not sure if she could, but there was one simple thing she had to talk with him about...

" Em... Master?" She started awkwardly

"Hmm...?" Wukong opened his one eye to see his servant

" There is this one thing that I would like you to help me with"

'Now THAT'S interesting!' Thought Monkey King "What is it?"

" There is something... really important to me which I lost a thousand years before"

" Well that's bad"

" And recently I found it"

" That's good"

" But to get it back I might need your help"

Jie waited for a while to hear Monkey King's answer

" What do you need?" He asked

" Something what is as valuable as the weapon made by celestials..."

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[lostinadrama]

𝐌𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐞 (2024)

[sonicasura]

SonicAsura Doodles #74+75

(Some more art I have yet to post.)

Magic can work in very strange ways. Creation or destruction is just two sides to what this mysterious art is capable of. And sometimes the strongest can lead to some interesting developments. Even accidents...

Meet Liu Er Shen alongside his sibling(s) Sun Li Jie, Sun Li Quang and Sun Li Jun. Two monkey yaoguai born from the aftermath of a clash between two certain Spiritual Primates. Liu Er Shen sprung out of a Lady Lavender Lotus saturated in magic by Six Eared Macaque's Smoke Monster. Sun Li Jie/Quang/Jun were born from a geode that took in the power of Sun Wukong's War Form.

Their creation completely unknown to both all as the two infants would soon be found and raised in a loving family. Liu Er Shen is quite protective of his three headed sibling. Hiding in their shadow and guiding them to safety whenever possible. As the Smoke Monkey grows older, his fur darkens to blend into the shadows.

The War Form Monkey are three individuals bound in one grey stone body. Sun Li Jie is the knowledgeable scholar marked by sapphire, Sun Li Quang's the leader with a ruby heart and Sun Li Jun has a quiet soul bound in amethyst. Only when the three are older can split into their own individuals. Although they do have to come back together at some point.

The two monkeys will one day learn of their origins. Yet, would things really change between them? Liu Er Shen, Sun Li Jie, Sun Li Quang and Sun Li Jun. An eternal eclipse until the end.

That's it for now! I'll be drawing their adult versions later. Until next time folks, I'll see you back on the journey west!

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@vsagis @dogmawd / @tewwor @st4rsinclined @gomannakami

Can’t help it I have a weakness.

[moonlightsdream]

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