Time passed, and several dozen days had gone by since the calamity in Zhu Zi Kingdom.
Towering mountains stretched into the distance, one range rising behind another.
"Master, demonic energy is surging ahead. It looks like we're about to face another new tribulation."
"I wonder what sort of monster we'll run into this time..."
Sun Wukong rode his Somersault Cloud, the Ruyi Jingu Bang resting on his shoulder. His eyes gleamed with golden-red light as he sensed a demon ahead.
A faint aura of darkness shrouded the sky. For hundreds of miles around, few birds or beasts could be seen flying or roaming.
This was a place steeped in menace!
"Amitabha Buddha. With four disciples of such great powers protecting me, I'm sure I can overcome this tribulation."
"Wukong, use your innate power to find out what sort of monster we're dealing with."
Tang Sanzang regarded Sun Wukong calmly as he spoke.
Ever since they had encountered a warning from a bodhisattva at Little Western Heaven, he had no choice but to face the tribulations himself. He could no longer have his disciples disguise themselves as him and venture into the tiger's jaws.
Still, before facing a tribulation, Tang Sanzang decided to proceed cautiously, just to be safe.
"Eye of Delusion, open!"
Sun Wukong channeled his magic power, gathering boundless laws between his eyes. In an instant, everything within hundreds of miles came into view.
"Master, there are actually seven female demons here. They live in Pansi Cave up ahead."
"And I've also found out that the seven of them have a senior brother—a Thousand-Eyed Centipede who attained the Dao. His dojo is Yellow Flower Temple, a thousand miles away."
Before Tang Sanzang could say anything, Zhu Bajie began to fidget.
His eyes gleamed with lecherous light, his expression especially