Home›Sources›Shannon Liao, "Black Myth: Wukong Explained: How Chinese Mythology Unlocks the Game's Plot" (Inverse, 2024)SourcesShannon Liao, "Black Myth: Wukong Explained: How Chinese Mythology Unlocks the Game's Plot" (Inverse, 2024)Shannon Liao, 2024Citation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextDivinity Atlas. "Shannon Liao, "Black Myth: Wukong Explained: How Chinese Mythology Unlocks the Game's Plot" (Inverse, 2024)." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://divinity.interactivelion.com/sources/liao-black-myth-wukong-explained-inverse-2024.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextDivinity Atlas. (n.d.). Shannon Liao, "Black Myth: Wukong Explained: How Chinese Mythology Unlocks the Game's Plot" (Inverse, 2024). Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://divinity.interactivelion.com/sources/liao-black-myth-wukong-explained-inverse-2024Copy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{divinityatlas-shannon-liao-black-myth-wukong-explained, author = {Divinity Atlas}, title = {Shannon Liao, "Black Myth: Wukong Explained: How Chinese Mythology Unlocks the Game's Plot" (Inverse, 2024)}, year = {2026}, url = {https://divinity.interactivelion.com/sources/liao-black-myth-wukong-explained-inverse-2024}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXA games journalism explainer by Shannon Liao, checked directly at its own URL. Its strength is a clear account of how the game's plot and cast draw on Journey to the West and the wider shared cosmology of Chinese popular religion, aimed at readers unfamiliar with the source material. Its limit is that it is journalism rather than peer reviewed scholarship, so it is cited here alongside the Wikipedia source rather than in place of an academic study, none being found to the standard this atlas requires for this recently released game.FactsClaims Backed By This Source (12 claims)Comments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)FactsAssessmentReliability TierWell-attested2Shannon Liao's games journalism explainer for Inverse, checked directly at its own URL, the middle tier reflecting a clear, professionally edited account of how the game's plot draws on Journey to the West and the wider shared cosmology of Chinese popular religion. It is journalism rather than peer reviewed scholarship, cited here alongside the Wikipedia source rather than in place of an academic study, none being found to the standard this atlas requires for this recently released game.NotesWell-attestedChecked at its own URL, published September 1, 2024. Explains that the game is set after Journey to the West's ending, that Sun Wukong has defied the gods and been struck down by Erlang Shen, described in the piece as a Chinese folk god with a third eye, and that the story draws on Buddhist and Daoist figures and real temple locations across China.CitationPublisherWell-attestedInverseURLWell-attestedhttps://www.inverse.com/gaming/black-myth-wukong-lore-explainerSource TypeWell-attestednews featureClaims Backed By This Source (12 claims)This source backs 12 claims across the atlas. As facts: 8 well-attested. As cited relationships: 2 holds. Plus 2 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.Disposition By TopicSources, 6 claims: 6 well-attested.Games, 4 claims: 1 well-attested, 2 holds, 1 general references.Articles, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.Well-attested8ArticlesA Cast Borrowed From a Shared Chinese CosmologyGamesBlack Myth: WukongSourcesShannon Liao, "Black Myth: Wukong Explained: How Chinese Mythology Unlocks the Game's Plot" (Inverse, 2024)Holds2GamesBlack Myth: WukongGeneral References2ArticlesA Cast Borrowed From a Shared Chinese CosmologyGamesBlack Myth: WukongComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year