Wukong went up to Heaven to seek aid and requested an audience with the Jade Emperor.
Celestial Worthy Jade Emperor smiled. "Wukong, why have you come again? Have you encountered another demon on your Journey to the West?"
With a sorrowful expression, Wukong said:
"Your Majesty guessed correctly. While protecting Tang Sanzang on the Journey to the West to fetch the scriptures, Old Sun reached the six-hundred-li Drill-Head Hao Mountain in the Western Ox Continent and encountered a Blood Sea King, a truly vicious demon. Not only is he highly skilled in combat, but he also has a Black Lotus protecting him, impervious to all magic, making him exceedingly difficult to fight. He abducted my master and junior brothers. I beg Your Majesty to show mercy and send troops to rescue them."
Celestial Worthy Jade Emperor said, "Do any of you immortal ministers know what treasure this Black Lotus Wukong speaks of might be?"
The immortal ministers and Divine Generals exchanged glances. None of them knew.
Taibai Jinxing said, "Your Majesty, this old minister has heard that the Buddhist Sect has a Golden Lotus, formed from merit; the Daoist School has an azure lotus, embodying the mysteries of creation; and the Netherworld has a blood lotus, born from the sea of blood. But as for this Black Lotus, I do not know what treasure it might be."
Hearing this, Celestial Worthy Jade Emperor looked toward the Jiazi Tai Sui God and asked:
"Jiazi Great Year, you just said that the Three Realms were peaceful and free of demonic miasma. Why, then, is a demon now blocking the Pilgrim's path?"
The Jiazi Tai Sui God hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, the Three Realms are peaceful, with no great unrest. This demon is merely an isolated case. If Your Majesty sends Heavenly King