Pokémon, but cultural invasion.

Quanshu patted him on the shoulder, saying that being a fun-loving person is just in his nature and there's no need to take it too seriously.

"Understood, Director Quan!"

Originally, there was only light in A-du's eyes, but this time, fire has been ignited, and she is determined to put on a good show before she will stop.

As expected of a champion with a strong sense of justice and passion, he gets full of energy after just a little bit of motivation.

Seeing the orderly film set, Izumi felt relieved. He sat in the director's chair and sent a new script to the United States region, thousands of miles away.

He once told White that he would give her a chance to direct a movie when the time was right.

In Izumi's view, the other party was talented and made rapid progress in the filming of the previous movie, which already met his requirements.

This time, the Tingxiang team will still provide assistance, but the initiative will be handed over to Huai De.

......

United States, Flying Cloud City.

Upon receiving the document from Quanshu, Huai was so excited he almost fell off the bed.

She held the script of "Journey to the West" in her hands, unable to sleep, and read it carefully for half the night.

From the birth of the stone monkey, to becoming a disciple of Fangcun Mountain, to borrowing treasures from the Dragon Palace, to causing havoc in the Heavenly Palace.

Even though it hasn't been made into a TV series yet, you can already glimpse what a magnificent and wondrous world this is just from the lines of the script and biography.

Pokémon play a very special role in this world; they are wild creatures and celestial beings.

In the underwater palace beneath the four seas, lobster soldiers and giant claw crabs are literally shrimp soldiers and crab generals, guarding the sea-stabilizing pillar.

Beneath their feet lies the underworld, where ghostly spirits are demons and monsters, and the Snow Fairy and the Night Demon are the Black and White Impermanence, here to collect souls.

Meanwhile, in the heavenly cloud palace, the Fiery Monkey was bathed in fire in the Eight Trigrams Furnace, forging a pair of fiery eyes.

Havoc in Heaven, being imprisoned under the Five Elements Mountain, and journeying to the West to obtain Buddhist scriptures...

The grandeur of the narrative and the magnificence of the imagination far exceeded White's expectations, and the self-contained worldview and unique local customs and culture were also captivating.

Most importantly, the plot is captivating from the very first word of the script, with one exciting twist after another.

The fiery monkey, whose passion is as pure as gold and undaunted by fire, is exhilarated by its rampage in the Heavenly Palace and its triumphant triumph, yet lamentes its imprisonment under the Five Elements Mountain.

The script alone has the power to evoke the emotions of the audience, and she dares not imagine what kind of fantastical scene the audience will see after the TV series airs.

I can't wait to see what the finished product looks like.

This is also a huge test for the production team.

To perfectly convey the mood of the script, one has to put a lot of effort into the actors' costumes alone, not to mention the set design of ancient cities and buildings.

The show's style is somewhat like a road movie, requiring filming in a large number of different natural environments.

"Director Quan is still too authoritative. He comes up with such a groundbreaking script right away. If it's filmed well, it will be a timeless classic..."

As he flipped through the booklet, he muttered to himself, "But isn't this too long? It's not enough to make a whole movie."

She expressed her doubts to Izumi.

"Thoughts flow like a spring: The solution is simple: make the story of the Monkey King's birth and havoc in the Heavenly Palace into an extra-long movie, and then have a TV series continue the story."

Quanshu had thought that it might be a bit strange for a work to have both a movie and a TV series.

However, many popular anime in the past adopted a similar approach, turning the finale into one or even multiple movies.

This is often driven by economic considerations.

Quanshu didn't think that much about it. He simply felt that the epic experience of Monkey King before he was imprisoned under the Five Elements Mountain was perfect for making into a movie.

Furthermore, this standalone story is complete, and the ending leaves a cliffhanger, inviting someone to wait for their destined soulmate five hundred years later.

After the movie became a hit for a while, the 41-episode TV series of Journey to the West was also filmed and released.

Even if you don't watch the movie, you just won't know the origin of Sun Wukong, but it won't affect your ability to watch the TV series.

But Izumi is confident that by then, very few people will not have seen the movie.

Thinking on a deeper level, he has to take into account the existing cultural differences between the two worlds.

In the Pokémon world, there is no Jade Emperor, only Arceus; there is no Earth God, only creatures that cannot fly.

Journey to the West also doesn't offer any explanation for the various deities.

If you suddenly grab someone to watch this show, they will only be confused by the impressive titles of the gods mentioned in the show, as if they are looking at flowers through a fog.

To solve this problem, we need to popularize Chinese mythology beforehand; even a small-scale dissemination is better than doing nothing.

The practice of releasing films first also takes this into consideration.

This script is so unique.

Whether it's the story background, the fighting style, or the dialogue, I couldn't understand it at all.

But her intuition told her that behind those "unfamiliar" things lay unimaginable wonders.

[Bai: What exactly is in your head? How did you come up with such a vast worldview and mythological system?]

At first, Huai De's focus was on the plot; kicking over the Bagua Furnace and developing the Fiery Eyes made her feel incredibly happy.

As he delved deeper into the script, Huai De realized one thing—Quan Shu had built an unparalleled background and system for the story's stage.

It's no exaggeration to say that it's equivalent to creating a completely fabricated world.

[Thoughts flowing freely: Who knows? Maybe they're all real. By the way, don't worry about the viewing threshold; I'll take care of that.]

Chapter 144 Pangu Creates Heaven and Earth

A week later, Quanshu hired Digital Alloy to create a beautiful official website for Tingxiang.

All the games he designed and the movies he directed can be found in corresponding sections here.

The forum has many sub-sections, such as player communities, background story supplements, and fan-made works.

The website is user-friendly and quickly gained a loyal user base after its launch.

Gaming and movie bloggers also use it to find information.

At some point, two new sections appeared below the movie section.

One is an unreleased blank area called "How to Train Your Dragon," which attentive fans will immediately recognize as Ting Xiang's new movie.

The other section has a profound background and a strange name.

The Journey to the West Universe

The fact that it appears here means it must be Izumi's work; it seems to be a completely new and unheard-of piece.

Whether it's games or movies, the point is to generate massive traffic.

In this era where traffic can be monetized, a war without gunpowder has begun.

Clicking on the forum's cosmic background, the first five large characters leave countless bloggers scratching their heads.

Pangu Creates Heaven and Earth

The question is, which Pokémon is Pangu?

...

Unova Region, Tobihimo City Library.

Wanlong shoved a classic novel back onto the bookshelf.

As an author, finding interesting things to watch is an important way to replenish inspiration.

"Hello~"

The landline vibrated, and the administrator picked it up.

"...We don't have any of the Pangu, Nuwa, Kuafu, or Houyi that you mentioned, nor do we have the saying that a day in heaven is a year on earth."

"Please inquire at a larger library."

He hung up the phone.

A colleague joked, "Another one asking about Pangu? How many is that today?"

"The twelfth."

The administrator was completely baffled and wondered, "What's going on lately? In the past, we only got about ten calls a year to inquire, but now our landline is being bombarded with calls every day."

"If I go to any ancient ruins to dig, will I be able to dig up a Pangu or Nuwa for them?"

Wanlong seemed to be deep in thought. She was naturally aware of the new section on Quanshu's official website, but she hadn't expected it to cause such a big impact.

In Wanlong's view, the text in the forum is more like mythology than stories.

And, coincidentally, someone was very interested in mythology.

"Hey, Sister Zhulan, do you know what Quanshu has been up to lately? He seems to have created a separate mythological system. You can check it out if you're interested."

...

Upon receiving Wanlong's message, Cynthia had just returned from the Snow Peak Temple.

I was planning to organize my notes first, but I couldn't suppress my curiosity about "fictional myths".

That evening, she opened the Tingxiang official website in the hotel and clicked on the so-called "Journey to the West Universe".

The first sentence made Cynthia's eyes widen.

"In the chaos before the separation of heaven and earth, everything was in disarray, and no one could see it."

"Since Pangu broke the primordial chaos, the distinction between the pure and the impure has been established."

Pangu Creates Heaven and Earth

The powerful and epic prose compelled her to continue reading.

In ancient times, the world was a chaotic void, like an egg, with no clear up, down, left, right, east, west, or south directions.

Pangu was born from within it.

Cynthia was not surprised by the first two sentences.

It is not difficult to tell from the words "the creation of heaven and earth" that this is a creation myth.

As a scholar in the Sinnoh region, she was extremely familiar with the legend of Arceus creating the world.

Arceus was born from an egg in the void, while Pangu was born in a chaotic world like a chicken egg.

There is a subtle overlap between the two, which is exactly the style of Izumi.

He is adept at finding hidden possibilities in a pile of solid historical materials, connecting scattered points of thought like a bracelet, and then creating unofficial histories.

As he said, "Fiction is not nonsense."

Quanshu's fictional histories are all additions to verifiable historical records, making them highly deceptive and impossible to disprove.

If this is the habit of fabricating history, then the myths he created are mostly the same.

Adapting existing myths...

Cynthia was stunned.

When Pangu opened his eyes, he could see nothing. So he picked up his divine axe and split heaven and earth in two. The light and pure elements slowly rose to form the sky, while the heavy and turbid elements slowly sank to form the earth.

But He worried that heaven and earth would close again, so He placed His head on the sky and His feet on the earth, and after 18,000 years, heaven and earth were stable, reaching a height of 90,000 li.

Was Pangu...humanoid?

The action of swinging an axe and standing tall is more reasonably imagined as a human posture.

Cynthia had a preconceived notion that Pangu was some kind of fictional Pokémon, and that it would never be humanoid, regardless of its form.

This is not her fault. After all, there are very few, if any, legendary Pokémon with humanoid forms in myths and legends around the world.

Scholars attribute this phenomenon to the ancient human worship of powerful Pokémon.

Before the development of technology, Pokémon, which could easily generate thunder and fire, were seen as symbols of power by humans.

Therefore, ancient myths are always inextricably linked to Pokémon.

Quanshu was cunning and daring; he exploited this loophole and created a god that resembled a human.

It also added specific actions to the creation of the world.