#yang jian

[lavaflowe]

“Great Sage Equal to Heaven gets his ass beat by beloved Howling Celestial Dog”

#I too would be pissed that after everything it’s a dog that brings Wukong down #lmao LAMEEEEEE #skill issue tbh #the Meishan gang solves another mystery #or smthn #Er’lang did most of the work JAKDJAKDK #sun wukong #erlang shen #Yang Jian #Xiaotian Quan #my art #meme #jttw #journey to the west

[deadshadowcreature]

First try on animation, did you notice Erlang’s longass eyebrows in season 4, yeah you do. Also ink Nezha would be fun

#my art #shitpost #lego monkie kid #nezha #lmk #lego #monkie kid #third lotus prince #gif #animation #Erlang #erlang shen #xiaotian quan #yang jian #ink mk #ink Nezha #I have fun with the boarding #we have ink MK NOW GIVE US INK NEZHA #also the first thing Nezha does with his ring is to boink Erlang’s head by holding it with his sash

[relmint-draws]

Good evening Erlang Shen enjoyers

#erlang shen #yang jian #lotus lantern #jttw #rel'sart #doodles #chinese mythology #jttw erlang shen #xiyouji #Baolian Deng #explodes him explodes him with my mind #myart

[jesterhasmoved]

LMK SEASON 4 THEORY

⚠️ SPOILERS AHEAD ⚠️

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OKAY SO.

Lego Monkie kid season 4 was amazing. I just finished it and it was mwah. Well written, heartbreaking and beautiful. But there one thing that's been eating me and maybe others since then

Who is this guy. And who is the person Azure is a "Pawn" for

Well. AND HEAR ME OUT HERE.

I think it's Erlang Shen

Lemme explain.

Erlang doesn't like the Jade emperor. That's a known fact. He shares Azure Lions ideology. Erlang has motive to want the jade emperor gone. And maybe he KNEW that Azure would free his brother's and be able to defeat the emperor while he couldn't. It makes sense.

There's more.

In this scene we don't see Erlangs face. Bit suspicious no? He could be giving a wink, a smile, a sign, anything. We don't know.

Also the empty chair. For who?

Im assuming that Erlang was in cahoots with the brothers for a while. There matching ideologies could mean he was also a part of the group. Maybe the chair is for him? Why would they set up an extra chair for no reason if it's just them?

Also the chair is right next to Azure. SUSPICIOUS

Also the outfits are VERY similar. With the long jacket and shoulder guards connected to it with an extra piece in the middle

All these could be stretches and maybe I'm thinking WAYYY too deep into this but I 100% believe Erlang is the big bad that Azure is a "Pawn" for, like the Jade Emperor said.

"You're a pawn in somebody else's game"

I THINK ITS ERLANG.

And I'll be thinking this until I'm proven wrong. But I could always be because it's just a theory.

This theory was made up by me and @cusimmrbrightside

#lego #lego monkie kid #lego monkie kid season 4 #lego monkie kid spoilers #lmk season 4 spoilers #lego monkie kid season 4 spoilers #lmk theory #lego monkie kid theory #theory #erlang shen #lmk erlang #azure lion #lmk azure lion #yang jian #monkie kid

[vespertea]

Will I ever stop? Maybe. Just not today, or this week, you know, maybe not even this month.. I can't help it. I can't even pick a favorite one, where's that one tumblr post that said just do an ot3 of them? Maybe that's what I need..

#shadowpeach #heavenlypeaches #shadowhound #lego monkie kid #lmk macaque #lmk sun wukong #lmk erlang #lmk #erlang shen #lego monkey kid fanart #yang jian #sun wukong #six eared macaque #monkie king #lmk monkey king #lmk monkie king #vesart

[wukongs-wife]

Hey! Our beloved king shows up at the end of New Gods:Yang Jian!

Looks like they updated his model, looking more smooth! Love him nonetheless! 💖💖💖

The scene here!

#monkey king reborn #new gods reborn #new gods nezha reborn #nezha reborn #new gods #New Gods:Yang Jian #Yang Jian #sun wukong #monkey king #erlang shen #monkie kid

[relmint]

I made memes for my Divergence AU

#jttw #journey to the west #Divergence!AU #Divergence!jttw #Erlang Shen #Sansheng Mu #Yang Jian #Yang Chan #Nezha #Sun Wukong #Jade Emperor #Niu Mowang #Tieshan Gongzhu #memes

[the-monkey-ruler]

Regarding Erlang killing Wukong's monkeys, under what circumstances does this occur? I think the people of the lmk fandom portray Erlang as someone cruel, cold and a tyrant, however, it is also understood that Wukong was an enemy of heaven and Erlang followed orders to burn the mountain.

Lucky for you I just answered this.

I find it very giving that people don't know that Erlang Shen is one of the greatest heroes of legend and it saddens me when there are thousands of years of history showing him as the great figure he is, rather ignoring or being ignorant that Erlang Shen went against Heaven's order to spare Wukong's monkeys in the Nine familial exterminations order and leaving some of his family alive and his mountain still standing. Wukong even says in the Nine-Headed Demon arc how thankful he is to Erlang Shen and sees him as his sworn brother because he was able to spare his home and what few monkeys he could in the burning rather than following the order to wipe out his whole home.

I understand that people are upset with the burning, and they are right to be, but they also have to understand that the severity of Wukong's crimes not only called for his whole family and even his neighbors to be executed but rather his mountain wasn't flattened and he was still having a family to go home to. I know this isn't considered a lot by modern standards but facing complete annihilation instead for Wukong's crimes showed that Erlang Shen knew that the order was too much and didn't follow through it.

Erlang Shen is a complex but overall good and moral character that is going to do what he finds is right. He is considered to be rather a loose canon in heaven, similar to Wukong in that he doesn't always follow an order and rather has his own sense of justice that he chooses to follow. It makes him just as dangerous to heaven as he is also considered a god that puts heavenly officials in their place if they are ever seen abusing their powers. He is the most similar to Wukong in that he cannot be controlled or bribed but rather must make choices himself, thus why he lives on the outskirts of heaven most of the time. If he must follow orders then he does his best to make it that they follow what he deems is fair and it is clear that he didn't think killing all the monkeys in Wukong's family was fair, whether it is because heaven killed his own father and older brother, or that he truly thinks that Wukong's crimes don't fit the punishment is hard to say. Wukong committed a crime that went against the very foundations of the universe, trying to overthrow the JE and take over the position himself despite having no proper training for this role either. This kind of attack would not only put Heaven into chaos, but also all three realms as The Jade Emporer is meant to keep balance between the realms, and if Wukong made one mistake without prop training could’ve had catastrophic destruction on both Earth and the underworld, possibly even leading to the end of humanity if taken too far.

….. so yes, it was a very big crime.

A lot of modern media does take Wukong's rivalry with Erlang to be more antagonist depending on the film or show but more often than not they are to be seen as foils, two sides of the same coin that have gone down different paths. I see a lot of media as well Showing this foil of how Erlang and Wukong see themselves other, and how they are, both limited by society and their own desires to either follow their choices to their own destruction or learning how to change and adapt to their surroundings. Wukong is the one to try to overthrow heaven to fit what he deeps is 'right' through might. And Erlang rather join heaven and choose to change what he deems is 'right' while still within the laws. They are both outcasts (Wukong a yaoguai, and Erlang a product of an illegal union), both fought the Jade Emporer (Wukong for the sake of his status, and Erlang for the sake of saving his family), and both either being punished for their crimes or joining heaven, but only on THEIR terms. Erlang only joined heaven after his mother was saved and Wukong only joined heaven when he reached enlightenment and is no longer under the control of anyone in Eastern Heaven. They ended up in the same place but also refused to give up their personal freedoms as well.

They have similar pasts that make them such good foils. Both of them rebelled against heaven at first but while when Wukong won his first rebellion, rather than being punished he was awarded the position of Great Sage, and got what he wanted. But even then he found that it wasn't enough and ruined the peach banquet, and led to an even bigger fight where he rebelled again. And this time Erlang was his opponent. When Erlang first fought heaven he also won and moved to heaven with his sister San Shengmu and they both agreed to stay in heaven. He was never questioned again and he didn't rebel after being forgiven for his first attack rather making a place for himself in heaven and never being walked over for the circumstances of his birth.

Erlang is actually still considered quite the rebel, even within the heavenly courts as you noticed JE how sent an entire crate of gold just to convince Erlang to fight Wukong. Erlang didn’t fight Wukong because he was ordered or even because of the gold, rather, because he thought what Wukong was going was too far. He might not have joined in the first fight where Nezha and Li Jing were to fight Wukong because he thought Wukong could’ve been justified in his anger, just as he fought Heaven once. But after the eating of the immortal Peaches, immortal wine, and immortal pills, and also abandoning his post and trying to overthrow heaven so he can take does Erlang make a conscious choice to join the fight. But even then the JE had to ask him with the prompting of Guanyin.

From there, two men of similar backgrounds are slighted by heaven, but one chooses to continue to fight and never be satisfied until he is in charge of all of heaven, while the other accepts his position and stays and rather lives by his own freedoms and sense of justice. And tell me, Lotus Lantern could be a deep dive into how Erlang became the same forces that he was fighting against in the first place and how he never properly processed his own trauma of heaven killing his family and rather him fighting himself when he fights Liu Chenxiang. He’s a very interesting character and that’s why people really enjoy putting him alongside Wukong as they both have generally good intentions, being considered strong family men, but somewhere along the way, they still lose who they are and in the end, hurt their family due to their actions and short-sightedness. Wukong puts his monkey in the crossfire due to his own crimes and Erlang arrests his sister despite him being a product of the very same crime she has committed, almost condemning his own existence.

These two are such great foil characters, they are so similar and they are so complex in both their good intentions but also how they remain so human and reliable despite being gods.

#anon ask #anonymous #anon #jttw #journey to the west #sun wukong #xiyouji #lmk #lego monkie kid #lego monkie king #monkie kid #yang jian #ask #erlang shen

[steamed-baozhas]

One of the trailers from 西游笔绘西 in which Er’lang Shen is sent to Flower Fruit Mountain to retrieve you, the MC. After sealing his powers, Sun Wukong immediately breaks them and a confrontation ensues.

There is no planned international release. The website for the video game can be found here. https://xy.changyou.com/m/index.shtml

#西游笔绘西 #西游记 #journey to the west #jttw #jttw sun wukong #er’lang shen #erlang shen #yang jian #jttw media

[antidotefortheawkward-art]

Lotus Lantern is a story about breaking the cycle

[ID: A three page comic done in white and shades of purple. Characters are uncolored, but have shading.

1. The first panel shows Liu Chenxiang with a determined expression from the shoulders up. Behind him is a shot of his torso and arms, gripping his axe. Text next to him reads, "Liu Chenxiang, son of son of Yang Chan and Liu Yanchan, came upon a mountain with axe in hand." The second panel shows Chenxiang, on the ground, facing his uncle as he approaches Mount Hua. There is somewhat skewed perspective, following the mountain as it reaches into the sky, accented by the clouds haloing it and Erlang Shen. Erlang Shen is on a cloud in front of the mountain, accompanied by XiaoTianQuan. Text on the mountain reads, "Intent to cleave open the cold stone." The perspective on the text matches that of the mountain. The third panel melts into the second panel- the grass beneath second panel Chenxiang's feet melting into the abstract background behind third panel Chenxiang. Here, Chenxiang is lifting up hi axe behind his head, preparing to strike. Text next to him reads, "As his uncle once did so many years ago."

2. A silhouette of two figures, a brother and sister with backs turned to one another. The lower parts of their body are obscured by clouds, which appear to be spilling out from a mountain which is separating the two. These clouds and this mountain serve as a backdrop to a young Erlang Shen crying and running into the arms of his smiling, teary-eyed mother as they reunite. His mother has her arms out to hug him. Text at the top of the page reads, "A tale told once before." Written on the silhouette of the brother reads, "A brother and a sister at odds." Written on the silhouette of the sister reads, "A mother imprisoned." Written on the mountain separating the two reads, "And a son, with love powerful enough to move mountains."

3. The first panel shows Erlang Shen from the shoulders up, looking down at Chenxiang with a disapproving gaze. Text on either side of him reads, "Erlang Shen had lived this tale once before" and "It had been his own story once upon a time." The second panel shows a skewed top-down perspective on Chenxiang as he stands atop a somersault cloud in the sky, glaring up at his uncle with an angry expression as he holds his axe. Text on either side of him reads, "So then why-" "-did the face looking back at him..." Third panel is dark and contains only text. It reads, "Remind him of someone else entirely?". Fourth panel shows a zoomed-in shot of Sun Wukong's face during the havoc in heaven, with an angry expression echoing Chenxiang's. There is a dark purple gradient from the bottom of the page to the top of the page.

End ID]

#my art #lotus lantern #liu chenxiang #chen xiang #erlang shen #yang jian #sun wukong #also in case youre wondering why sansheng mu isnt in the picture in the recounting of erlang shen's tale 👉👈 got plans for that #hi everyone....... im back............... #to recap: things in life happened. things in life are much better now but im gonna be very busy. #this and the five next things i post are gonna be things i finished drawing before i disappeared and it might be a while for me to* #*post after that but. good to be back.

[lavaflowe]

This is how the Erlang v Wukong fight went right? /j

#I think I’m funny #AND HERE COMES XIAOTIAN QUAN WITH THE STEEL CHAIR #jttw erlang shen #sun wukong #jttw #journey to the west #my art #Erlang Shen #Yang Jian

[deadshadowcreature]

New monkey cop au ideas after watching Juvenile Justice

#my art #comic #nezha #lego monkie kid #lmk #lego #monkie kid #third lotus prince #longnu #longnü #erlang #erlang shen #yang jian #Wukong #sun wukong #money king #monkie king #monkey cop #monkie cop #monkey cop au #jade emperor #this time I’ll make Nezha a hardworking prosecutor #and probably could even go up to be a judge #I have ideas for Erlang’s background but too lazy to make contents

[acoraxia]

You open your tumblr and find that Gela Acoraxia has posted yet another fic but this time with a twist.

sweeter than wine (make me an alcoholic)

[ Chapter 1: Enter Stage Right ]

#writers note #monkie kid #lego monkie kid #erlang shen #yang jian #monkie kid nuwa #su daji #blindjustice #sweeter than wine (make me an alcoholic) #stw (mmaa) au #:3 #i wonder what this is going to be about.... hmmm...

[relmint-draws]

Happy Sun Wukong Xingqiwu

#i come bearing shxtposts #jttw #journey to the west #xiyouji #zhu bajie #tripitaka #tang seng #tang xuanzang #zhu wuneng #yang jian #erlang shen #sun wukong #sha wujing #rel'sart

[dorothygale123]

I just watched Yang Jian, soooo.... we're talking about that today.

More specifically these a-holes:

Buckle up.

Known as the 4 Heavenly kings, the 4 Diamond Kings of Heaven, or Fēng Tiáo Yǔ Shùn (風調雨順; lit. 'Good climate'), these guys play a pretty big part in the Buddhist religion. They are often depicted on doorways, two on each side, and like many other groups of 4 in Chinese myth are linked with the cardinal directions.

Mo Li Hung/Duōwén Tiānwáng/Vessavana/Bishamon-ten: Protector of the North and ruler of rain, as shown by his fancy umbrella, the Umbrella of Chaos. Opening it turns the skies pitch dark, and turning it upside down causes massive storms. (Fun fact: also one of the Japanese Shichi-fujin/7 Gods of Fortune)

Mo Li Ching/Zēngzhǎng Tiānwáng/Virūlhaka/Zōchō-ten: Protector of the South and a god of plant life and growth. He has a super special sword, Blue Cloud, that can cause massive black winds and turn into a bunch of spears that turn people to dust.

Mo Li Hai/Chíguó Tiānwáng/Dhatarattha/Jikoku-ten: Protector of the East and god of music. As a result, his main weapon is his sick guitar that can mess up nature and cause all sorts of weird crap to happen.

Mo Li Shou/Guăngmù Tiānwáng/Virūpakkha/Kōmoku-ten: Protector of the East and an all-seeing deity that watches over everything. His tools are a magic bag and the goodest little guy Hua-hu Tiao, a white mink. His shoulder-buddy can also be a snake or dragon, depending on the version, but I like the fluffer.

Now, these guys have important jobs and are well respected in their own rights and stuff, but their most famous Chinese myth seems to be that time they got their asses kicked by Erlang Shen.

Okay, I guess that isn't entirely accurate as he and Nezha were mainly helping some guy named Huang Tianhua, but still. (Also don't expect any info on that Tianhua guy, I got nothing)

Anyways, the story starts when some guys pray for help in battle and for some reason the 4 brothers decide it's totally worth it to go down to the mortal realm themselves along with 1,000 celestial soldiers to kick some ass. Mo-li Shou sends his little floofer to go around and eat the opposing army's soldiers while the big boys kicked butt, but unfortunately one of the soldiers Hua-hu Tiao ate was Erlang Shen, here called by his other name Yang Jian. Erlang doesn't like that very much, so he rips his way out of Hua-hu, killing it, then transforms himself to look like it and sneaks back to his 'master,' waiting for the moment to strike.

Back at the plot, Nezha manages to break the 4 kings' divine weapons, making an opening for Tianhua to kill 3 of them, leaving only Mo-li Shou. Turning to his trusty fur-buddy to bail him out, Shou tries to sic Hua-hu at them, but surprise! That's actually Erlang Shen who bites his hand clean off. The ensuing agony gives Tianhua the distraction he needs to un-alive the last brother and win the day.

And then I guess they got out of the underworld on good behavior or something, because they continued to be important gods in the pantheon for many centuries to come.

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Sh*tpost Masterlist

#mythology sh*tposting #chinese mythology #investiture of the gods #journey to the west #chinese myth character inspo #new gods yang jian #yang erlang #yang jian #erlang #erlang shen #4 heavenly kings #new gods #new gods nezha reborn #nezha #lego monkie kid #lmk

[mstrchu]

based on this :')

#fsyy #investiture of the gods #yang jian #nezha #erlang shen #usin the new gods desings heehoo #this is a fav right up there with the huang tianhua and nezha argue about getting their ass kicked by deng chanyu bit #把哪吒喜不自胜！！！😭 #art tag