Baigujing
Baigujing (白骨精), or commonly known as the Lady Bone Demon or White Bone Spirit, was one of Sun Wukong’s old enemies that was previously defeated. She appear in Black Myth: Wukong - Chapter 6 Ending Cutscene. She was a female shapeshifting demoness whose true form is a skeleton.
Background (Journey to the West)
Baigujing was a demon who desired to eat the flesh of Tang Sanzang. It disguised itself as a village girl and offered Tang Sanzang and his disciples poisonous fruits. Due to Baigujing's strong powers, only [Sun Wukong](/sun-wukong) could detect that she was a demon. He hit her with his staff, seemingly killing her. Tang Sanzang is angered at Sun Wukong and performs the Band-tightening spell, but [Sha Wujing](/sha-wujing) placates the situation. Sun Wukong tried to explain that the 'village girl' was a demon, but they didn't believe him. Tang Sanzang believed she was an innocent and buried her. Having survived the attack, Baigujing dug underground to recover.
After some time, Baigujing returned disguised as an elderly woman, lying to the group that the village girl from earlier was her daughter. Sun Wukong sees through Baigujing's disguise once again and kills her. Angered, Tang Sanzang performs the Band-tightening spell again, but Sha Wujing placates the situation. The group continues to not believe Sun. When Baigujing returns a third time as an elderly man asking about his daughter and wife, the group immediately felt guilty as they believed they were the two women Sun Wukong had slain. Baigujing taunts Sun Wukong with its powers, which only Sun could hear, provoking him into attacking it.
Provoked, Sun finally beats Baigujing with his staff and kills the demon, revealing that it was just a skeleton spirit. Sun Wukong shows this to Tang Sanzang, who initially believes him, but [Zhu Bajie](/zhu-bajie) convinces Tang Sanzang that Sun Wukong transformed the corpse into a skeleton to evade the Band-tightening spell. Tang Sanzang furiously scolds Sun Wukong for his reckless slaying. He cuts his ties with Sun Wukong and banishes him. Feeling upset by hearing his master's words, Sun Wukong leaves and returns to Water Curtain Cave. In his absence, Tang Sanzang gets caught by another demon – the Yellow Robe Demon that Zhu Bajie and Sha Wujing cannot defeat. Zhu Bajie has no choice but to ask for Sun Wukong's help to save Tang Sanzang. The group finally starts to believe in Sun Wukong — who also forgives them after they apologized to him for misunderstanding Baigujing's deception. The group continue to their journey West afterwards.
Black Myth: Wukong Lore
Nothing much is known about Baigujing except that she was Wukong's love interest. However, he had to forsake his affections for her possibly due to her malevolent intentions of eating Tang Sanzang's flesh in order to achieve immortality, prompting Wukong in killing Baigujing three times in order to protect his master while convincing himself that his heart wouldn't ache anymore. But, as the [Old Monkey](/the-old-monkey) stated in Chapter 6, Wukong still hasn't moved on from Baigujing, and is the reason why he was so eager to get away from the Buddhahood he attained.
Background (Journey to the West)
Baigujing was a demon who desired to eat the flesh of Tang Sanzang. It disguised itself as a village girl and offered Tang Sanzang and his disciples poisonous fruits. Due to Baigujing's strong powers, only [Sun Wukong](/sun-wukong) could detect that she was a demon. He hit her with his staff, seemingly killing her. Tang Sanzang is angered at Sun Wukong and performs the Band-tightening spell, but [Sha Wujing](/sha-wujing) placates the situation. Sun Wukong tried to explain that the 'village girl' was a demon, but they didn't believe him. Tang Sanzang believed she was an innocent and buried her. Having survived the attack, Baigujing dug underground to recover.
After some time, Baigujing returned disguised as an elderly woman, lying to the group that the village girl from earlier was her daughter. Sun Wukong sees through Baigujing's disguise once again and kills her. Angered, Tang Sanzang performs the Band-tightening spell again, but Sha Wujing placates the situation. The group continues to not believe Sun. When Baigujing returns a third time as an elderly man asking about his daughter and wife, the group immediately felt guilty as they believed they were the two women Sun Wukong had slain. Baigujing taunts Sun Wukong with its powers, which only Sun could hear, provoking him into attacking it.
Provoked, Sun finally beats Baigujing with his staff and kills the demon, revealing that it was just a skeleton spirit. Sun Wukong shows this to Tang Sanzang, who initially believes him, but [Zhu Bajie](/zhu-bajie) convinces Tang Sanzang that Sun Wukong transformed the corpse into a skeleton to evade the Band-tightening spell. Tang Sanzang furiously scolds Sun Wukong for his reckless slaying. He cuts his ties with Sun Wukong and banishes him. Feeling upset by hearing his master's words, Sun Wukong leaves and returns to Water Curtain Cave. In his absence, Tang Sanzang gets caught by another demon – the Yellow Robe Demon that Zhu Bajie and Sha Wujing cannot defeat. Zhu Bajie has no choice but to ask for Sun Wukong's help to save Tang Sanzang. The group finally starts to believe in Sun Wukong — who also forgives them after they apologized to him for misunderstanding Baigujing's deception. The group continue to their journey West afterwards.
Black Myth: Wukong Lore
Nothing much is known about Baigujing except that she was Wukong's love interest. However, he had to forsake his affections for her possibly due to her malevolent intentions of eating Tang Sanzang's flesh in order to achieve immortality, prompting Wukong in killing Baigujing three times in order to protect his master while convincing himself that his heart wouldn't ache anymore. But, as the [Old Monkey](/the-old-monkey) stated in Chapter 6, Wukong still hasn't moved on from Baigujing, and is the reason why he was so eager to get away from the Buddhahood he attained.