How AI tells the story of Monkey King

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‘Journey to the West’ is a classic Chinese novel written in the 16th century, which tells the story of how Monkey King Sun Wukong helps Tang Sanzang the monk and his other two apprentices to recover original Buddhist scriptures from Tianzhu back to China.   This AI-created video explores the Monkey King’s birth and how he managed to obtain his skills and power.

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00:00In the eastern realm of the world, there was a magic stone that gathered the essence of

00:16heaven and earth.

00:18One day, amidst an uproar of lightning and thunder, the stone burst open, giving birth

00:24to a stone monkey.

00:27He frolicked with his fellow monkeys, enjoying a carefree life.

00:33One day, the monkey stumbled upon a waterfall emanating a mysterious glow.

00:38The stone monkey ventured behind the waterfall, where he discovered a huge rock inscribed

00:44with the words Flower Fruit Mountain.

00:47He had since settled down there with his fellow monkeys, proclaiming himself the Monkey King.

00:54The stone flies and the desire of pursuing immortality came to his mind.

00:59Eventually, he embarked on a perilous journey.

01:04After traversing the boundless seas, he finally reached his destination, home to the legendary

01:10master body.

01:15The sage accepted the Monkey King as his disciple.

01:19From now on, you shall be called Sun Wukong.

01:26As the seasons cycled through spring, summer, autumn, and winter, Wukong was taught the

01:32art of cloudsurfing, enabling him to travel vast distances in a single somersault, as

01:38well as the 72 Transfigurations.

01:42After two decades of unremitting training, the time finally came for him to bid farewell

01:47to his master.

01:48Master, may you be well.

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