something of note that i found cool that i haven't seen anyone else bring up was the fact that xiang liu, in mythology, was associated with floods and destruction.
and in jttw, when we're introduced to wukong's staff, it's noted that it was used to protect people against floods (by the great yu i believe?) and now the chaos powers that we've seen xiang liu use are seemingly attached to his staff.
this is kind of me just throwing this out there because i found the connection interesting. tbh, i doubt the show would actually do something with this and it's most likely a fun coincidence but still it's an interesting observation.
something about the idea of wukong's staff being used to enact the very thing it was supposed to protect against... it intrigues me. also yknow. wukong has a huge disadvantage in water considering he's stone. would be cool to see.