"When the light that reigns supreme since creation fades away, darkness from the abyss shall prevail."

Kojirõ is an ordinary (perhaps too ordinary) boy from the northern lands. He has been given an important mission by Buddha and now must travel the world alongside Wukong, a monkey god who, for personal reasons, despises Buddha and any of his followers. What seems relatively simple may turn out to be more complex than they can imagine...