Arc 15The Pilgrimage’s Twisting Trials
Sun Wukong’s schemes entangled the Western Teachings in disaster, while Guanyin Bodhisattva’s transformation and Daoist Duobao’s departure reshaped the powers around the pilgrimage. Tang Sanzang resisted the Yellow Robe Monster’s plot but broke a precept, and Sun Wukong ended the stretch holding the monster for judgment.
- Sun Wukong used a lust-inducing drug to disrupt Barefoot Immortal’s plan, leading to Zhu Bajie’s reunion with Gao Cuilan and the Western Bodhisattvas’ humiliation.
- Tang Sanzang’s group ate the Ginseng Fruits, and Guanyin Bodhisattva’s attempt to revive the ruined tree left Wuzhuang Temple’s garden devastated.
- Supreme Being Shanggu transformed Guanyin Bodhisattva, while Daoist Duobao withdrew from the Western Teachings and returned to the Great Dao.
- Saint Jieyin and Saint Zhunti sealed Guanyin Bodhisattva’s consciousness and took her back to Spirit Mountain as Dong Wanggong and Old Mother Lishan reached White Tiger Ridge.
- Dong Wanggong rescued White Bone Lady and brought her and Old Mother Lishan to Penglai, while Sun Wukong’s party resumed its journey after destroying White Bone Cave.
- The Yellow Robe Monster captured Tang Sanzang, but Wutian Buddha released him and urged him to resist Golden Cicada and the Western Teachings.
- Baihua Xiu absorbed Tang Sanzang’s Primordial Yang Origin without conceiving, and Sun Wukong defeated the Yellow Robe Monster and sealed his cultivation for the Bodhisattvas to judge.
- Dong Wanggong set out for the Primordial Continent, while Sun Wukong urged Manjushri Bodhisattva and Bodhisattva Lingji to let him kill the kneeling Yellow Robe Monster.