Black Myth: Wukong Sequel — The Monkey King's True Fate After the Western Journey | BgRemovit
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Black Myth: Wukong Sequel — The Monkey King's True Fate After the Western Journey
Discover Sun Wukong's true fate after Black Myth: Wukong. We contrast Chinese BaZi and Japanese Six Star Astrology to predict Game Science's sequel plans.
When the Destined One finally strikes down Erlang Shen in the secret, culminating battle of Black Myth: Wukong, the reward is profound: the truth. Game Science crafted a masterful narrative trap for players. In the default ending, the protagonist defeats the Great Sage's broken shell, only to have the Golden Headband placed upon his head, trapping him back inside the stone on Mount Huaguo to repeat the cycle of servitude. But in the game’s canonical true ending—unlocked only by uncovering the hidden past—our protagonist refuses to don the Golden Headband. He rejects the Heavenly Court’s leash, fully inheriting the unbridled will and memories of Sun Wukong.
But once the credits roll and the euphoria of defeating a 100-hour mythological gauntlet fades, a lingering question remains for fans eagerly searching for sequel news: what is the Monkey King’s actual fate after the Journey to the West?
If we analyze Wukong’s destiny through the lens of Eastern astrology—specifically treating him as a Mars Plus archetype—we uncover two vastly different answers. Does he achieve eternal peace, or is he doomed to walk a cycle of solitary battles? The verdict depends entirely on whether you consult traditional Chinese fortune-telling or Japan’s modern astrological equivalent.
Before we can predict his future, we have to define his astrological DNA. In Japanese Six Star Astrology, the Mars Plus (Kaseijin Plus) archetype is defined by fierce independence, profound eccentricity, and an almost pathological aversion to authority. They are the solitary pioneers of the zodiac, often misunderstood by their peers but possessing an undeniable, gravity-distorting charisma. If you want to understand , you only need to look at Wukong’s origin story.
Born from a magical stone atop the Mountain of Flowers and Fruit, Wukong answers to no one. He literally crosses his name out of the underworld's Book of Life and Death. He crashes the Jade Emperor’s celestial banquet and eats the Peaches of Immortality. A Mars Plus individual operates on their own wavelength. They can form deep bonds—like Wukong's eventual loyalty to the monk Sanzang—but they possess a fundamental inability to submit blindly to a master.
We can quantify this mythic personality: Wukong operates on roughly 85% Independence and 15% Celestial Control. He is a chaotic force of nature that can be temporarily redirected by the gods, but never truly tamed. Mars Plus types are destined to walk a lonely path, achieving greatness not through societal cooperation, but through sheer, stubborn willpower.
The Chinese Verdict: Escaping the BaZi Chart
To understand Wukong’s fate in his native cultural context, we have to look at BaZi (Eight Characters) and the Five Elements (Wu Xing). In traditional Chinese cosmology, every living being is bound by the Five Elements (Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal, Water). Your destiny is a calculable matrix of elemental interactions. Wukong himself is a walking elemental anomaly: a Monkey (associated with Shen/Metal in the earthly branches), born of a stone (Earth), who was tempered in Laozi's Eight Trigrams Furnace to gain eyes of Fire.
The Heavenly Court's ultimate goal was to regulate this elemental chaos. The Golden Headband is the ultimate symbol of this systemic oppression. It represents the Heavenly Court’s control over the physical body, binding the wearer to the karmic cycle. When Erlang Shen tests the Destined One in that hidden arena, he is testing whether the monkey has the strength to break the matrix entirely. By refusing the artifact in the true ending, the Destined One does more than just honor Wukong’s memory—he shatters the cycle.
In the original Journey to the West novel, Sun Wukong attains the title of Victorious Fighting Buddha (Dòu-zhànshèng-fó). In Buddhist and BaZi traditions, a true Buddha achieves Nirvana and exists entirely outside the Five Elements. They can no longer be calculated, predicted, or controlled by the heavens. Game Science’s true ending honors this theological absolute: Wukong’s post-journey fate is total liberation. He has escaped the chart, leaving the gods with no leverage over his soul.
The Japanese Verdict: The Inescapable 12-Year Cycle
But Japan’s Six Star Astrology offers a darker, more pragmatic verdict on the concept of happily ever after. In the full system Kazuko Hosoki built, there is no permanent escape from the wheel of time. Fate is not a ladder you climb to enlightenment; it is a strict, repeating 12-year orbit that governs emperors, peasants, and deities alike.
Everyone is bound by the 12-year fortune cycle. Even a Victorious Fighting Buddha must pass through the seasons of destiny, from Year 1: Seed / Rebirth all the way to the freezing winter of Year 10: Great Calamity. This brutal three-year winter is known as the Daisakkai. During the Daisakkai / Great Calamity Period, the universe systematically strips away external support, forcing the individual inward to face their deepest shadows.
For a Mars Plus type like Wukong, the Daisakkai guarantees that periods of intense isolation and existential threat will always return. You cannot punch your way out of winter with a golden staff. In the Six Star framework, Wukong’s post-enlightenment life isn't a serene retirement in the Western Paradise. It is a continuous cycle where his strength will be periodically tested by cosmic winters, forcing him to shed his old identity and reinvent himself every decade. The headband may be gone, but the cycle of time remains undefeated.
Game Science’s Next Move: Zhong Kui and the Unending Cycle
This cyclical view of fate perfectly explains Game Science’s real-world pivot. Following the massive success of the 2024 release, millions of fans spent a year hunting for a Black Myth: Wukong DLC release date or sequel announcement. Instead, they were thrown a curveball. In August 2025, the studio officially announced Black Myth: Zhong Kui as their next major title. Why shift from the omnipotent Monkey King to a bearded, ugly ghost-hunting deity?
Thematically, the pivot makes perfect sense. Wukong’s story ended with him successfully breaking out of the BaZi chart to escape the Five Elements. Continuing his story immediately as a traditional sequel would undermine that hard-won liberation. Zhong Kui, however, is a working-class god, deeply entrenched in the bureaucratic nightmare of the underworld. He is a hero defined by his duties, entirely subject to the whims of the celestial court and the unending tide of evil spirits.
The August 2025 Zhong Kui shift allows Game Science to explore a protagonist who is still heavily bound by the cycle of fate. It moves the franchise from high-flying mythic rebellion to a darker, grounded tale of spiritual exorcism. While Wukong’s Chinese BaZi reading says "Escape the Five Elements", the Japanese Six Star system whispers "The Cycle Continues". If Wukong ever does return to our screens in a future sequel or expansion, it won't be because he failed to achieve enlightenment. It will be because the Daisakkai awaits, and the turning wheel of fate has dragged the Victorious Fighting Buddha back onto the battlefield to face a winter he cannot ignore.
Chinese Fate vs. Six Star Fate
The mythic ledger ultimately presents two distinct realities for the Monkey King:
The System: Chinese BaZi / Buddhism vs. Japanese Six Star Astrology.
The Archetype: A chaotic being of the Five Elements vs. The solitary Mars Plus Star Type.
The Struggle: The Heavenly Court’s Golden Headband vs. The 12-Year Fortune Cycle.
The Ultimate Fate: Complete liberation outside the elements (Victorious Fighting Buddha) vs. Cyclical rebirth and an inevitable return to the Daisakkai winter.
You don't need to be born from a stone on the Mountain of Flowers and Fruit to feel the weight of your own destiny cycle. Whether you resonate with Wukong's rebellious Mars Plus energy or align with a more grounded star type, understanding your astrological rhythm is the first step to mastering it.
Curious how your personality aligns with the Monkey King's, or want to check your compatibility by star type? You can find your own Six Star destiny chart right now. Step out of the dark, map your 12-year cycle, and find out if you're heading toward your own Daisakkai—or your moment of liberation.
Sources
Game Science official announcements and Black Myth: Zhong Kui reveal (August 2025).
Journey to the West (Xiyouji) translations and traditional Buddhist commentary on the Victorious Fighting Buddha.
Kazuko Hosoki’s foundational texts on Rokusei Senjutsu (Six Star Astrology) and the Daisakkai cycle.
Traditional Chinese BaZi (Four Pillars of Destiny) elemental theory.
