Tang Sanzang

Tang Sanzang is a Primal Summon of the S rank, summoned by Kikyo.

Biography
A young appearing, naive and friendly Primal, allied to mankind and the Players.

Relationships

 * Sun Wukong - Sanzang and Wukong used to travel together on command of the Heavens. The monkey is bound to Sanzang's command via a headband that he is wearing, which can cause him unbearable headaches if disobeying Sanzang's orders.

Background
Tang Sanzang, based on the historical Buddhist monk Xuanzang, is a central character in the novel Journey to the West by Wu Cheng'en. He is also widely known as Tang Seng, a courtesy name that, like the former name, reflects his status as an oath brother of Emperor Taizong of the Tang dynasty. He is a reincarnation of Golden Cicada, a disciple of the Buddha.

He is sent on a mission to India to fetch a set of Buddhist scriptures back to China for the purpose of spreading Buddhism in his native land. Sanzang is accompanied by three powerful supernatural beings – Sun Wukong, Zhu Bajie and Sha Wujing – to aid and protect him on his journey. The three become Tang Sanzang's disciples and receive enlightenment and redemption for their past sins once the pilgrimage is complete.

Along the journey, Tang Sanzang is constantly terrorized by monsters and demons because of a legend which says that one can attain immortality by consuming his flesh because he is a reincarnation of a holy being.

Tang Sanzang is a young monk who is extremely naive, showing idealistic compassion without wisdom. Tang Sanzang is usually quick to fall for the facades of demons who have disguised themselves as innocent humans, whereas Sun Wukong can see through them with his magic powers (specifically fire eyes that can see through the said disguises). This frequently leads to tension when Sun Wukong attacks and kills apparently innocent humans when the demon has in fact simply abandoned the corpse and run away. Tang Sanzang, convinced that Wukong had actually killed three innocent people, sent him away, despite protests. Tang Sanzang usually punishes him by chanting the words of a headache spell given to Tang Sanzang to control Wukong, which causes the latter's headband to contract and give him acute headaches.