Another year passed from spring to autumn. Ye Chen and Tang Sanzang's party came to a towering mountain that reached into the clouds. Tang Sanzang looked around and spotted an old man standing on a nearby hillside.
Tang Sanzang had keen eyes. He saw the old man leaning on a cane with one hand and waving the other, while saying something.
Tang Sanzang said to Sun Wukong and the others, "Look, there's an old man standing on the hillside over there. He seems to be saying something. Let's go closer and hear what he's saying."
After hearing him out, Sun Wukong said, "Master, don't worry. Let me first use my Fiery Golden Eyes to see what's going on. Once I've confirmed that everything is fine, we can go closer and hear what he's saying."
Sun Wukong opened his Fiery Golden Eyes and examined the old man in the distance. Seeing nothing amiss, he told Tang Sanzang they could approach.
When they got a little closer, they heard the old man say, "Traveling monks heading west, this mountain is full of man-eating demons. They've already eaten many people. You shouldn't go any farther."
Tang Sanzang was shocked. He hurriedly told Sun Wukong to fly over and ask the old man what was going on.
It turned out the old man was a transformed immortal. He told Sun Wukong that this was Lion Camel Ridge, stretching for eight hundred miles. There was a cave in the mountains called Shituo Cave, where three mighty Demon Kings lived.
The immortal wasn't powerful enough to defeat the three great demons, so all he could do was stand there and warn travelers not to enter the mountain.
The immortal also told Sun Wukong that if they wanted to cross the mountain, they would have to come