Illicit Life (shadowpeach)

Macaque dies and the world continues without him, or so it should have.

Instead, he wakes at the edge of everything, in a kingdom that has forgotten its purpose. Diyu stands fractured and hollow, its gates unmoving, its rulers gone, its silence filled only with the weight of those who were never meant to remain.

The dead linger.

They ache. They fade. They wait.

The underworld reaches for him; it binds and settles, attaching itself to his very core.

And Macaque, who was never meant to be anything more than a passing soul, becomes something else entirely.

Not a king, nor a god, but something quieter. Something that endures what should not endure.

Or

Wukong kills Macaque, Macaque does not like that and throws a rampage in the underworld. He somehow becomes the ruler of Diyu and now that's he's in charge shits about to get real.

Note: All characters belong to Lego Monkie Kid and Chinese mythology