Ebisu had called forth Daniel to speak with them frankly about where they would have to train as a result Zaiyal persisted he be involved in the same training that Daniel was in and Ungar having a soft spot for his God Child relented and was allowed to train with Daniel at the chosen destination. Ebisu called on an old friend that was the Monkey King A.K.A. Son-Wukong from the famous Chinese literary classic Journey to the West. A lot had changed since their Journey to the West as that was countless thousands of years ago. For one the Buddhist monk Tripitaka and the other heroes had parted ways. One thing that was the same was Pigsy and Sandy remained loyal disciples and friends of the Monkey King after the adventure but he had acquired a few new allies that followed his example on his home the mountain known as Mount Huaguo in traditional Chinese but in English it was known as Flower and Fruit Mountain. These were the master Yuga (Qagar) who resembled a Central-Asian Turk in his mortal form, a figure spoken of most prominently in the Old Testament, Islamic Quran and the text of the Yazidis and Kurds and he was a figure that was spoken of by many ancient Magians as well as several other groups in the Near East including Syriac Christians, Persian Zoroastrians and Yazidis. Yuga (Qagar) was known to dress in all green and wore a green attire in the style of the Arabs or the Bedouins in the Arabian Desert as well as wearing a bright green turban. He was spoken of by the Pagan Arabs and the
Islamic Prophet Muhammad before his death in 632 C.E. as well as by Christian, Zoroastrian and Yazidi spiritual leaders and prophets as well as Sufi Islamic Mystic such as the famous Persian mystic Rumi who founded the famous Whirling Dervishes after fleeing to the city of Konya in Turkey to escape the Mongols who were wreaking mass destruction across his native Iran. Yuga was also believed to have helped Moses on his Exodus from Egypt. Yuga (Qagar) is considered to be a master of the sea, a slave of god, a Wali which means 'master,' in Arabic, and one who knows secret divine truths. Yuga (Qagar) filled the role that Ungar played in Ebisu's Wind Palace on Monkey's Flower and Fruit Mountain serving as his closest advisor. The other main advisor was the famous Chinese philosopher and Taoist mystic Lao Tzu who lived and died in the 6th century B.C.E. in ancient China. Lao Tzu also known as Laozi was a preacher and one who practiced the ancient Chinese religion of Taoism. Taoism is the religion where the concept of Yin and Yang and balance in the universe comes from. It also stresses the existence of a being that is beyond consciousness and unconsciousness and beyond space and time known as the 'Tao.' Lao Tzu actually appeared in the Journey to the West and honestly if you ever have read the 2,000 page novel you'll know they did not exactly get off on the right foot. But nonetheless he was now Monkey's second-most chief advisor and to be honest Pigsy and Sandy kind of just screwed
around on the mountain as they had the luxury of being old friends of the Monkey King. However the Pig and Water demon now had the position of training Monkey's young son Son-Wukong Jr. often referred to simply as Jr. Though Yuga (Qagar) was a Magian and Laozi were a Taoist Monkey was a devout Buddhist since his time with the monk Tripitaka and so were Pigsy and Sandy and as a result they had to teach Jr. about the teachings of Buddhism and Martial Arts. Jr. was the son of a God being Son-Wukong the Monkey King and a Chinese peasant woman from the 3rd century A.D. that Monkey had fallen in love with. Therefore Jr. was a Demi-God being half God and half human and not as powerful as a full-fledged God. She (Li-Feng), was now a spirit but Monkey still visited his one true love known as Li-Feng, Jr. also visited her in the afterlife it was kind of like a divorce except both parents were still madly in love but had to obey the laws of staying in your realm as Monkey was a God he had to stay in the realm of the Gods. And his wife had to stay most of her time in the after-life but they would often visit each other just like now when Daniel, Zaiyal, Ungar as well as Acon 01, and Taiping who managed to convince Ebisu that they should go to the Flower and Fruit Mountain against the wishes of Ungar. They arrived on the back of a Celestial Dragon to the top of Flower and Fruit Mountain below hundreds of monkeys being the subjects of the Monkey King frollecked across the lower parts of the mountain
as they had done for countless centuries. They appeared in front of the Monkey Palace which had a large statue of the Prophet Gautama Buddha in front of it. And behind that a garden full of delicious peaches which was one of Monkey's favorite fruits. As the five being; Daniel, Ungar, Zaiyal, Acon 01 and Taiping reached the gate they first encountered Yuga (Qagar). Yuga (Qagar) had just been praying at the Mosque that Monkey had built outside his palace and at the same time Laozi was praying at his Taoist temple like before which Monkey had built outside his palace. He decided to make his temple Monkey's Buddhist Temple his own bedroom for that matter. Yuga (Qagar) stood there holding a copy of the holy Quran that had a bright green cover and beautiful golden Arabic script on it. What seemed like an eternity of silence was broken by the Warlock Ungar. "So, you must be the Wizard Yuga (Qagar), so where are Laozi and Son-Wukong hiding?" said Ungar. After a brief pause Yuga (Qagar) began to explain the situation in great detail. "Yes
Son-Wukong or if you prefer, the Monkey King is praying at his Buddhist shrine in his palace. Everyday at noon we all pray in our own places of worship. I pray in the Palace Mosque, Lao Tzi prays in the Palace Taoist Temple and Monkey prays in the Buddhist Shrine in his palace. We all respect each other's prayer time and do not speak to each other until we are finished. But let me say before the coming of noon Ebisu had sent a message to all three of us and therefore we know of the situation. May God (Shén 神), bless you in this battle against this Wolf-Like Tyrant," said Yuga (Qagar). "Yuga (Qagar) Son-Wukong knows that the five have
appeared he has summoned everyone to the palace throne room including his son and Pigsy and Sandy I was ordered to tell you as soon as I finished my service at the Temple, I just completed my service so you must all come with us," said Laozi.
After this the five heroes followed Yuga (Qagar) and Laozi into the palace and entered the enormous throne room full of statues of the Buddha as well as Islamic Arabic and Taoist arts and scripture in honor of his two advisors Yuga (Qagar) and Laozi. There were also drawings of events that occurred in Journey to the West like the time they foiled that one village of a specific group of Taoists who were persecuting Buddhists, or the time that Monkey was trapped underneath a mountain for 500 years, and the times that the monk Tripitaka recruited Monkey, Pigsy and Sandy on their travels, the time Monkey was kicked out of the group by Tripitaka temporarily and Pigsy had to get him to return when the monk and Sandy were in danger, the time where the Jade Emperor who was know fond of Monkey had tried to execute Monkey for causing chaos and mischief in his palace but failed as he was immortal and the times that Monkey had greatly irritated Laozi among many other events from the adventure. As a teenager in his previous life Journey to the West was his favorite novel and it was the reason he began watching the Dragon Ball series when he learned that main protagonist Son-Goku and the show itself was based off Journey to the West. His love of Journey to the West lead him to the Dragon Ball series and that series lead him to Anime which was his favorite
form of media after literature. He had felt as if he was living in the kind of adventure he had yearned for to escape the boring life he had before. Suddenly the feeling of uneasiness and dread of the crushing responsibility began to dissipate as Daniel now felt as if his life had purpose. After the silence broke Son-Wukong the Monkey King began to speak; "My dear friend the Japanese God Ebisu has told
me everything. Before I can teach you my own martial art form you five must train under Yuga (Qagar). Yuga (Qagar) is a master of battle, the sea and ancient secrets. Laozi is the master of Theology, Alchemy and Astrology in my court. It is optional to learn these things from Laozi but you must train with Yuga (Qagar). My son will be allowed train with you as he is a Demi-God there is no chance he could be killed by a mortal like this warlord Sarai. He isn't able to win against this brute being a Demi-God alone so he must also train we Gods cannot fight against Mortals as decreed by the supreme Jade Emperor the ruler of Heaven. If you can land one blow to Yuga (Qagar's) head you will be allowed to learn my secret martial art form but until then you cannot as you will not be ready and even then, you might not be, we will see the month and the day is young. Remember you have one month before you have to return to Helios and fight the Izadoran. I bid you farwell you will not see me until you can best Yuga (Qagar), I pray that you will triumph and break past your own limits," said Monkey. And with that Monkey
picked up his infinity poll and got on his Flying Cloud cloud and floated over to the room behind the throne which was in fact his bedroom and his personal Buddhist shrine. After this Laozi left telling everyone that his door was open after training
ends at 6:00 P.M. and lasts till 10:00 P.M. but you must complete today's session with Yuga (Qagar) first and you must not stop one second before 6:00 P.M. After this Laozi climbed the stairs of the Grand Palace and in addition Monkey and Pigsy decided to go outside and leave the room to play Checkers. It seemed like a nice day for a game and they were happy they didn't have to teach Jr. for a while as he could be a handful. And so, seven remained in the throne room, they were Daniel, Ungar, Zaiyal, Acon 01, Taiping, Jr. and of course Yuga (Qagar). After the others left and a brief silence Zaiyal began to break out into laughter.
"Hahahahahahahaha!!!! You have to be kidding me all I need to do is hit this old Wizard one time and I get to train under the great Son-Wukong. I guess I'll be the first one to get a head start. Get ready Mr. Moslem I'm about to actually land a blow try and see if you can keep up!," said Zaiyal. Just as he finished Zaiyal lunged
across the room and began to ferociously kick Yuga (Qagar) but every attack, every punch, every kick was dodged effortlessly by Yuga (Qagar). Eventually Zaiyal was fed up with Yuga (Qagar) 's nonsense and fired his Solar Blast. As the dust settled they saw that one was there and then to all of their astonishment they heard a voice behind them. "You were wide open my friend!" said Yuga (Qagar). Yuga (Qagar) had his Simitar removed from its scabbard and had slowly put the Scimitar back in the scabbard and spoke. "I have to apologize. I hardly ever use my sword but I needed to show you where your mistake was. You see you focused so much on
landing blows in offense you completely forgot about defense. I used my scabbard to cut a tiny incision on your left cheek its not fatal and it should completely heal after about 30 minutes and it will result in no pain or discomfort but right now you should have an incredibly small amount of blood running down your cheek," said
Yuga (Qagar). Just as the Wali had said a small stream of blood about his thin hairline bone fracture rundown Zaiyal's cheek and turned white as a ghost he had ignored the most important part of fighting and martial arts to always defend yourself from attacks first and launch offensive attacks second. "The lesson here is
important if I wanted to I could have easily killed you. Lucky for you the only Jihad I answer to is the Jihad of the soul the Greater-Jihad and the Jihad against evil forces in the Celestial realms. However, if I wanted to I could have easily cut off your head with my sword. When you fight an enemy they will not be hesitant and they will kill you if given the opportunity. Anyways enough chit-chat let's move the fight outside to the arena I do not want to fight in Lord Wukong's palace anymore," said Yuga (Qagar). After this they all followed Yuga (Qagar) and went behind the
Monkey Palace where a great empty arena was and after this Yuga (Qagar) began to speak once more. "You will attack me as a group effort not individually it is
possible to land a blow on me by yourself but that kind of attack will not count you will only pass if all of you work as a team to land a hit. Now, whenever you're ready," said Yuga (Qagar). After this they had to regroup and discuss a strategy.
"He can't be that powerful," said Daniel. "Yuga (Qagar) can honestly fight us all at once?" said Daniel. "Yes he is, I trained under him centuries ago at Ebisu's
request I never landed a single blow I got close once but that's it. We'll have to pull out all the stops to hit this guy," said Ungar. "I hate to admit it but Ungar's right. The Wizardis beyond anything I've ever encountered before. It pains me to say this but I'll have to swallow my pride and work with all of you as a team," said Zaiyal.
"There's that stubbornness I remember just like your grand-father kid," said Acon 01. "I'm not my grandfather! I'm destined for greater things than he could ever imagine you fool!," said Zaiyal. "But where do we even begin, this guy seemingly didn't move and he dodged all of the angsty kid's attacks," said Taiping. "You guys
don't worry I think it will still take a while but I think you're luckier than you initially thought. I've watched Yuga (Qagar) fight countless times. I know all of his attacks. He probably can hear me right now but it doesn't matter because he knows I know all his weak points," said Jr. "Wait, if that's the case he knows all of your
calls and bugs too. So we're back where we started, Jr.," said Daniel. "Don't be so
sure. You would be right if it weren't for the fact that my father makes sure no one sees me practice my fighting. I fight alone so Yuga (Qagar) doesn't know any of my words. We have an advantage. It'll still be an uphill battle but at least we have a better chance than you all thought,"said Jr. "Wow this is seemingly less hopeless
now, alright let's formulate a strategy. Jr. I think you should come up with all the intricate details of our plan. But Ungar will come up with our launching point," said Daniel. "Right! Alright, here's the plan…", said Ungar. They began to murmur
to each other to the point it was so quiet that Yuga (Qagar) could not hear them. "I wonder what they are planning, the fact that they have Jr. on their side is great
news. They might actually have a fighting chance at saving their planet," thought Yuga (Qagar). After this they all broke up and got into different battle positions in different points in the stadium. What seemed like an eternity passed and then Ungar said one word to cue the beginning of the plan, "NOW!" After this they all began to work in groups of two or three. Taiping, Acon 01, 01 01 and Ungar worked to use their magic and power to draw Yuga (Qagar) into the center of the ring. Well this occurred Daniel and Zaiyal shot energy blasts from above to ensure that the vortex of energy would keep Yuga (Qagar) trapped in a certain part of the arena and finally Jr. came in with his Infinity pol and his Flying Cloud Cloud and attempted the actual fighting but even still Yuga (Qagar) without even seeming slightly fazed dodged every attack as if it were child's play. What Yuga (Qagar) didn't know was this was a carefully planned attack that had to be done perfectly but if it was successfully executed the chance of victory was just short of 100%. Eventually the day ended, and Zaiyal and Jr. decided to do some meditation and go to bed while the other four being Daniel, Ungar, Acon 01, and Taiping went to see what at the very least Laozi offered. Laozi began by finishing up an Alchemy potion he had been working on and then first discussing philosophy "the way of the stone is greater than the way of the sword," said Lao Tzu. Everyone was blown away by this long and passionate speech and paused for a minute all except
Acon. Taiping broke the silence; "Wait this is the same stuff you've talked to me about like a million times about their being truths in all religions and no religion having a monopoly on the Truth. Did you learn this from him Acon 01?!" said
Taiping. "No I believe that because I'm a Universalist the fact that he's a
Universalist Taoist is just a mere coincidence. Universalism isn't a new concept; it's been around on Earth since the Ancient Chinese god knows how long everywhere else. One thing I didn't consider was the importance of faith outside religions even though I've used it all of my life. I think it's confirmed then. We're going to have faith and trust the plan. Eventually we will wear Yuga down," said
Acon. After this all of them went to their respective rooms and as they went to bed for the night something clicked inside Daniel. Though his mother was a devout Catholic he left the Church and became an Atheist as he saw all religions as superstitious nonsense. But now he had a new way of looking at the world and that was that each religion looked at the world in different ways and that each religion was not completely true but was not completely false either. And that he hadn't even realized that certain religions like Buddhism and the Buddhists did not even emphasize the existence of god and in Jainism the Jains flat out reject God. But what they all had in common was putting their trust in something bigger than themselves. He had laughed at religious people before but now he understood what they had was the thing he wanted all along, to be a part of something much bigger
than him alone. This began to fuel thoughts of his responsibility; he was responsible for his new home and his new friends and allies. The responsibility was not all on his hands but he now fully realized that he must use every fiber in his being to help and protect his allies as much as possible. Tomorrow they will make greater progress. A new resolve was burning inside Daniel.
The next day they all got up and started at 10:00 A.M. to 6:00 P.M. They all battled Yuga (Qagar) day after day until the days became weeks and the eventful day would arrive. Each day they would come a little closer to achieving their goal and now it was two weeks before the warrior Sarai would arrive on Helios. The warrior was sitting in his hibernation chamber and waiting for his arrival on Helios. He remembered back on the Wolf Hussite planet where he and his pack ruled he had left the pack in charge of his strongest Husseite warrior, a Wolf named Akuba. Akuba was like a son to Sarai and he trusted the boy with his life let alone with managing Sarai's empire on Husseite while he was doing a job on Helios. His mind began to focus on the battle and the reward that he would get if he strangled the new Gate Keeper in his cradle.
It was the 28th day and once again they were preparing to battle Yuga (Qagar) . Zaiyal was disgusted by this point. "We have two days until that demon
arrives on Helios. And we haven't hit the Wizardonce. How can we achieve the secret martial art of the Monkey King if we can't even knock the Moslem off his pedestal," said Zaiyal. "Don't worry I planned for all of this. This is the day I
execute the final part of the plan. If I told any of you about it I knew the tactic would be ruined as Yuga (Qagar) would be able to read off you guys what my tactic is by your positioning. Listen, do what you did every time before but when I say, "LUCKY CRICKET!" All of you push all of your attacks to their limit to a point where in minutes you'll pass out from exhaustion, and then I'll make the move. Now Yuga (Qagar) is so used to the order of our attacks this should catch him completely off guard," said Jr. "This is ridiculous, we're gonna trust the
Monkey King's little brat on a leap of faith," said Zaiyal. "That's exactly what
we're gonna do. You weren't there that night but Laozi prepared me for this. We have to have faith in our comrades. Alright Jr. let's follow your plan one last time," said Daniel. "Alright I'll do the honors. Ready… NOW!" said Ungar. And just like
clockwork they also unleashed the same attacks and Monkey attempted to hit Yuga (Qagar) and then the fateful moment arrived Jr. yelled, "LUCKY CRICKET!" All of Daniel, Zaiyal, Ungar, Acon, and Taiping unleashed their full attacks and the energy was blinding to the point where nothing was visible knowing that it would be two days until the warlord appeared on the planet Yuga (Qagar) broke into a rage. "You all are wasting my time and more importantly the lives of the people of your planet. In a matter of minutes you'll all be waiting….. Where's Jr.?!!! He's gone. What's happening….," said Yuga (Qagar) . "HI-YAH!" said Jr. And behind
Khadr was Monkey with a fist planet firmly in his face. It was over. Everyone was confused except for Ungar. "I saw what the kid did that was tactically brilliant. He
used his infinity poll to leap across this entire world in a single bound when Khadr was blinded by the energy waves and then he came back around this entire world to hit Yuga (Qagar) in his blindspot knowing that Yuga (Qagar) would be too furious at this point to be focusing on his back being turned," said Ungar. "Well I'm
honestly shocked, if you all put that much faith in each other perhaps you're ready to learn Monkey's secret art, come me and Laozi will take you to two of Monkey's private training areas," said Yuga (Qagar). They all entered the arena and the
Monkey King was sitting there and he sat there and held up his palm. "This is the secret technique, the Buddhist palm," said the Monkey King. They were all confused but the Monkey King celebrated. "Focus all of your energy into your palm and you can unleash this attack," said Monkey. Just then he raised his palm and there was a palm shaped hole in the side of the mountain to the east of the Palace. Everyone including Ungar was in shock except for Laozi and Yuga (Qagar) who had seen this before. Jr. could not believe that this was his father's secret fighting style. He explained that he came to the realization slowly after he encountered the Buddha and in the event from Journey to the West bet he could jump to the heavens and touch the edge of the Cosmos leaving Graffiti and urine at the gates only to be surprised that what he left on the gates was now on the
Buddha's palm. Was the universe really in his palm or could the Buddha channel the energies of the Cosmons. After much inner-thought the ladder became evident. So they continued to train for the last two days before Sarai arrived on the planet Helios.