Wukong arrived outside the South Heaven Gate and raised a clamor.
Heavenly King Guangmu came out at the noise and asked, "Great Sage, what is it? What happened?"
Wukong said, "Heavenly King, open the Heavenly Gate at once! Erlang Shen has been captured by a demon and sealed inside a pair of Golden Cymbals. If we delay, he'll be reduced to pus and blood!"
Heavenly King Guangmu was shocked to hear this. He hurriedly opened the Heavenly Gate and escorted Wukong all the way to outside Lingxiao Hall.
Without waiting to be summoned, Wukong barged into the hall.
Celestial Worthy Jade Emperor asked, "Wukong, what is so urgent?"
Wukong said, "Your Majesty, a great demon unmatched in this age, a monstrous fiend whose wickedness floods the heavens, has appeared in the world below and committed crimes that fill the sky. Will you deal with him or not?"
Celestial Worthy Jade Emperor smiled. "If it is truly as you say, Wukong, I shall certainly send troops to exterminate him. What exactly has happened?"
Wukong said, "The demon who disrupted the Peach Banquet established the Lesser Thunderclap Temple and calls himself the Yellow-Browed Old Demon. After fleeing to the world below, he showed no remorse, but captured my master and fellow disciples, along with the Six Ding and Six Jia, the merit officers, Kirtimukha, Sangharama, and the other deities, and imprisoned them in his cave. I invited Bodhisattva Great Sage State Preceptor King of 𧏖 City on Mount Xuyi in Southern Jambudvipa to send down Buddhist Soldiers, but the demon captured them instead. Then I invited the Patriarch Who Subdues Demons of Wudang Mountain to send down Divine Generals, but the demon captured them too. Just now, I invited Erlang Shen of Guanjiangkou, only for the demon to seal him inside a