Once an honored general in heaven, Sha Wujing accidentally (or so he claims) destroyed a vase that belonged to the Jade Emperor. Enraged, the emperor exiled him to The Great Waste where Sha Wujing was reborn as a hideous man-eating sand demon. There, he suffered for centuries and took his vengeance out on anyone unlucky enough to wander close enough for him to feast upon. The only moment of joy in his miserable existence occurred when nine monks who worshiped the Jade Emperor stumbled upon Sha Wujing's lair; he devoured them one-by-one and threw their skulls into the fetid river, but instead of sinking like the rest of his victims, these floated. Fascinated, Sha Wujing examined them and found that they were blessed and enchanted by the emperor himself. Perhaps this power could be harnessed... Sha Wujing strung the skulls together and wore them as a necklace, and he laughed heartily at the irony as the combined strength of their enchantment allowed him to break free of his prison. He also laughed as he imagined the look on the Jade Emperor's face when he finally found and confronted him again, telling him his boot-licking monks had provided the key to Sha Wujing's freedom. As he began his hunt, Sha Wujing wished for a way to make the emperor's agony last as long as his own had...