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   Not the Journey You Remember (But Close Enough to Hurt) by dollatex

   Fandoms: Xi You Ji | Journey to the West - Wu Cheng'en, LEGO Monkie Kid, 西游记之大圣归来 | Monkey King: Hero is Back (2015)  

   • Mature
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death
   • F/M, Gen
   • Work in Progress

   17 Dec 2025

   Tags

   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Major Character Death
   • Sun Wukong | Monkey King/Reader
   • Sun Wukong | Monkey King & Tang Sanzang | Tripitaka
   • Liu Er Mihou | Six-eared Macaque & Reader
   • Sun Wukong | Monkey King
   • Liu Er Mihou | Six-eared Macaque
   • Tang Sanzang | Tripitaka
   • Sha Wujing | Sandy
   • Zhu Bajie | Eight-Precepts Pig
   • Guanyin | Goddess of Mercy
   • Nezha | Third Lotus Prince
   • Hou Yi (Chinese Folklore)
   • Chang'e
   • Female Reader-Insert
   • Sequel (maybe?)
   • Chinese Mythology & Folklore
   • Can technically apply to any version of Sun Wukong
   • I will be taking inspiration from all sorts of Monkey King media
   • so ya
   • Sun Wukong | Monkey King is Bad At Feelings
   • Sun Wukong | Monkey King Being an Asshole
   • Mentioned Tang Sanzang | Tripitaka
   • Liu Er Mihou | Six-eared Macaque Being an Asshole
   • Sun Wukong | Monkey King-centric
   • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
   • Character banter
   • Reader-Insert is Bad at Feelings
   • Mention of triggering topics?? (kinda)
   • Other Additional Tags to Be Added
   • To Be Edited
   • Self-Esteem Issues
   • English Is Not The Author's First Language
   • please SPARE me for any grammar mistakes
   • Mischief
   • Isekai
   • Reader is isekai'd
   • Mutual Pining
   • No beta we die like Six-eared Macaque
   • Slow Burn
   • Slow Build
   • Slow Romance
   • Slow To Update

   Summary

   Accidentally transported into the Tang Dynasty China, you meet a Monkey King who insists he's done with heroics, a string of demons who apparently missed their exit, and a goddess who is booked solid.
   You're stuck relying on Wukong to get answers, and he's stuck tolerating you long enough to do it.

   Chaos is guaranteed. Survival is optional. Fun is inevitable.

    

   Or.....

    

   An isekai but make it divine bureaucracy's problem.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   20,653

   Chapters:

   5/?

   Comments:

   35

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   Bookmarked by zah_fool

   30 Jan 2026