|  | A Curious Collection | 
  
    | Every rare wonder the world can offer, collected and kept. | 
  
    |  | A Duel of Destiny | 
  
    | Two minds’ long fray leaves but one to stay. | 
  
    |  | A Family Finished | 
  
    | Together at last, the scorpions united. | 
  
    |  | A Great Gust | 
  
    | There will be more sages if their maker still engages. | 
  
    |  | A Willing Warrior | 
  
    | “I’ll live to serve him who brought my liege here.” | 
  
    |  | Absorb and Cultivate | 
  
    | Consume those who had consumed. | 
  
    |  | Always Accompanied | 
  
    | How odd to encounter this old man at every corner! | 
  
    |  | Behold the Betrayal | 
  
    | More eyes do not see more than mortal trifles. | 
  
    |  | Blazing Black Wind | 
  
    | Of all things to learn, you chose to play with fire? | 
  
    |  | Boundless Bitterness | 
  
    | Evening light on snow, rigidity ends in woe. | 
  
    |  | Brew of Bravery | 
  
    | Fresh brew in an old cask. May it stir a great task! | 
  
    |  | Brewer’s Bounty | 
  
    | A blend for every brew to bring out its best. | 
  
    |  | Brews and Barrels | 
  
    | Now you can sate yourself with all the drinks. | 
  
    |  | Buried in the Sand | 
  
    | The tiger, the child, both loat in the wild. | 
  
    |  | Cage of Claws | 
  
    | Smoke rises high, his doom shall arrive. | 
  
    |  | Corrupted Captains | 
  
    | How mighty would those four spirits be if I could harness their power | 
  
    |  | Creative Concoction | 
  
    | Tonics are well and good, but not be wolfed like food! | 
  
    |  | Cursed Clan | 
  
    | A whole nest of rats scatters and falls. | 
  
    |  | Death in Despair | 
  
    | Resonant waves profound, he is now buried in the ground. | 
  
    |  | Devoted Disciples | 
  
    | Such a waste for those four grand titles. | 
  
    |  | Enduring Echoes | 
  
    | Three bells sound, lost souls bound. | 
  
    |  | Final Fulfillment | 
  
    | Each ordeal paves your path to what you are meant to be. | 
  
    |  | Flaming Fury | 
  
    | The golden child brought fire and smoke: when they cleared, the family broke. | 
  
    |  | Frost and Flame | 
  
    | The merging ice and fire, swift and severe. | 
  
    |  | Full of Forms | 
  
    | Each guise grants a new horizon. | 
  
    |  | Gleams of Gold | 
  
    | The drunk said there’s gold here. Do you believe him? | 
  
    |  | Gnashing Grudge | 
  
    | Harsh, rash, ever unquelled. Rank, dank, muck-impelled. | 
  
    |  | Gourds Gathered | 
  
    | Rare is not the gourd but the friend to drink with. | 
  
    |  | Guardian of Gear | 
  
    | You are fully fitted. Now, swing that staff and fight! | 
  
    |  | Hammer and Hew | 
  
    | Armed head to toe, dread not the foe. | 
  
    |  | Handy and Hardy | 
  
    | A good match calls for a good weapon. | 
  
    |  | Happy Harvest | 
  
    | Fields kept him leave him to skim. | 
  
    |  | Home is Behind | 
  
    | The old monkey has told his tale. Onward you must go. | 
  
    |  | Karma of Kang-Jin | 
  
    | Now one less dwells in the dome stars. | 
  
    |  | Lust and Dust | 
  
    | Each and every one holds their own truth. | 
  
    |  | Mantled with Might | 
  
    | Shoes on feet, hat on head, embroidered shirt, Daoist robe-free as can be, doing as you please! | 
  
    |  | Marvelous Melon | 
  
    | A quirky man, a vanished melon patch, a marvelous spell, and an unexpected meeting. | 
  
    |  | Master of Magic | 
  
    | All spells we know are derived from the same source. | 
  
    |  | Matches with the Macaque | 
  
    | You don’t need to wait for the perfect moment to soar to greater heights. | 
  
    |  | Medicine Meal | 
  
    | “Here, have it, have it all.” | 
  
    |  | Meet the Match | 
  
    | “Let go of him, and you let go of all.” | 
  
    |  | Mei of Memory | 
  
    | Bonds from bygone days still pull at the heart. | 
  
    |  | Misfit with Merit | 
  
    | Never will she see with him the world beyond. | 
  
    |  | Mud on His Face | 
  
    | An odd yaoguai killed, an odd mirror earned. | 
  
    |  | Nifty Nonsense | 
  
    | The fat monkey failed, for he spoke too much. | 
  
    |  | Oṃ Maṇi Padme Hum | 
  
    | Search each Buddha’s head, in his perilous land, stones reside. | 
  
    |  | Page Preserver | 
  
    | “All the tattered pages can now be compiled in full”. | 
  
    |  | Passion Passes | 
  
    | Not even one of them looked back. | 
  
    |  | Portraits Perfected | 
  
    | Humans, beasts, yaoguais, and the Bodisattvas, All recorded and noted. | 
  
    |  | Pound and Perfect | 
  
    | “Through fire, armor is refined; through trials, strength is defined.” | 
  
    |  | Precious Pills | 
  
    | In furnace there is fire, and in fire there are pills. | 
  
    |  | Scenic Seeker | 
  
    | The most marvelous places for meditation have all met your gaze. | 
  
    |  | Secret in Purple Cloud | 
  
    | “What use are eight arms against twenty strikes with my staff?” | 
  
    |  | Secret in the Scroll | 
  
    | Near the hut the crops thrive: in the Painted Palm, their hearts lie. | 
  
    |  | Seeds to Sow | 
  
    | Take more as fruit as your plants take root. | 
  
    |  | Shell and Scales | 
  
    | To die is as woeful as to live alone. | 
  
    |  | Shifting Sands | 
  
    | The beetle came with dumbreats’ call, and left with waves’ gentle fall. | 
  
    |  | Six Senses Secured | 
  
    | After all that strife and struggle, what’s truly been gained? | 
  
    |  | Slithering Snake | 
  
    | The white-clad one pled his case. Spare him some days of grace. | 
  
    |  | Souls in the Stalks | 
  
    | You’ve picked them all, the easy ones and the hard ones. | 
  
    |  | Sound in Stone | 
  
    | No words of kind. Pay them no mind. | 
  
    |  | Staffs and Spears | 
  
    | A walking vault of arms you have become! | 
  
    |  | Temple of Taint | 
  
    | Now at the end is the elder’s long wait for the journeyed. | 
  
    |  | The Clamor of Frogs | 
  
    | Six frogs, six skills-how intriguing! | 
  
    |  | The Cloud Claimed | 
  
    | Wings alone pale beside his greater gift! | 
  
    |  | The Cockerel Crowed | 
  
    | Long and short, far and near, and span has its year. | 
  
    |  | The Five Skandhas | 
  
    | The powerful pill still carries her caring wish. | 
  
    |  | The Furnace Boy | 
  
    | Ha! A devoted Daoist should not be so polished! | 
  
    |  | The Loong Pattern | 
  
    | In the air they swing, yet it’s already ending. | 
  
    |  | The Soaring Slash | 
  
    | A mere test of skill turned into a fight for the kill. | 
  
    |  | The Stone’s Secret | 
  
    | The odd boulder has something curious inside. | 
  
    |  | The Tiger Family | 
  
    | The brothers and their father. You’ve met them all. | 
  
    |  | The Wayward Ways | 
  
    | “Is that ugliness a promise of immortality? Better leave it.” | 
  
    |  | Thousand-Mile Quest | 
  
    | Oh woe, oh woe, long trails they did go. | 
  
    |  | Three Teams of Two | 
  
    | The six valiant captains who only fight in number. | 
  
    |  | Treaded Tracks | 
  
    | “Call of the chase! You’ve crushed every yaoguai here…” | 
  
    |  | Treasure Trove | 
  
    | “All the four vessels now belong to me!” | 
  
    |  | Urge Unfulfilled | 
  
    | “With my life I’ll repay this title he gave me!” | 
  
    |  | Voice Vanquished | 
  
    | Red eyes mark wrong charts. The scripture needs amends. | 
  
    |  | Warring with Wolves | 
  
    | False is his name. Slay him all the same! | 
  
    |  | With Full Spirit | 
  
    | Their mighty Spirits are no gathered within you. |