The Dragon King of the West Sea

"That monster is truly awful."

After thinking it over, Sha Wujing raised his magic staff and smashed it towards the monster's cave entrance.

"Boom!"

A loud bang startled the monster in the cave. The monster from the Black Water River, terrified, quickly asked:

Who dares to cause trouble at my doorstep?

Upon hearing this, the surrounding lesser demons rushed out to investigate. After a short while, one of the lesser demons returned trembling and said to the demon:

"Your Majesty, a livid-faced monk with a thick beard is standing at the door, smashing our gate with a weapon in his hand."

Upon hearing this, the monster became very angry, so he quickly ordered the little demon to bring out his weapons and armor and stormed out of the cave.

The monster, with its gaping maw and claws, lunged at Sha Wujing.

Seeing this, Sha Wujing quickly raised his magic staff to block the monster's attack, which greatly surprised the monster.

Who are you? Why are you knocking on my door?

Sha Wujing sneered upon hearing this and said to the demon:

"You are an ignorant monster! How could you pretend to be a boatman and then capture my master? Quickly send him out, and I might spare your life."

The monster chuckled upon hearing this:

"That monk is long dead or alive. Your master was indeed captured by me, but now I'm about to steam him alive and invite people over to eat him."

"Come here and let's have a fight. If you beat me, I'll return your master to you. If you lose, I'll take you with me, and you won't be able to leave for the next few days."

Upon hearing this, Sha Wujing became extremely angry and immediately raised his magic staff to strike the monster on the head.

Seeing this, the demon showed no fear of Sha Wujing, and the two began to fight underwater. The Black Water River was then stirred up by their battle, with waves surging and turbulent beneath the surface.

After the two fought for dozens of rounds, neither was gaining the upper hand. Sha Wujing thought to himself:

"This monster is on par with me in strength. I can't defeat it easily. I'll lure it out and let my senior brother fight it."

After thinking it over, Sha Wujing immediately pretended that he couldn't win the fight, took the magic staff, and left.

Seeing this, the demon completely ignored what Sha Wujing was saying, and then thought to himself:

"Go ahead, I'm not fighting with you anymore. I need to make invitations to a dinner party now."

Sha Wujing then angrily jumped out of the water and, upon seeing Sun Wukong, said angrily, "Brother Monkey, that monster is extremely rude!"

Sun Wukong smiled upon hearing this and said to Sha Wujing:

"You were gone for so long, of course I know there are monsters in there, but did you find your master inside?"

After pondering this for a long time, Sha Wujing, relying on his memories, said to Sun Wukong:

"There was a pavilion inside, and several large characters were written on the outside, but the underwater conditions were too dangerous at the time, so I didn't see them."

"But I heard what they were saying in the water. That demon's henchmen steamed Master and Bajie alive and went to invite his uncle to celebrate his birthday here."

"Upon hearing this, I became extremely angry and immediately raised my staff to strike her door. Finally, the monster emerged wielding a steel whip and we fought for a very long time."

Upon hearing this, Sun Wukong pondered seriously. After a short while, Sha Wujing, seeing that Sun Wukong had remained silent for a long time, continued:

"Then I pretended I couldn't beat him and tried to lure the monster out."

"But that monster was quite clever; he didn't chase me. He just went back and continued to say he was inviting people to come here as guests, so I came up alone."

Upon hearing this, Sun Wukong asked Sha Wujing with a puzzled look, "Then who is the demon he invited? What does he look like?"

Upon hearing this, Sha Wujing quickly said to Sun Wukong:

"I don't know what that thing actually looks like, but it does resemble a giant turtle."

Sun Wukong pondered this for a long time after hearing it, and only after a short while did he slowly say:

"I wonder which monster is his maternal uncle."

After a short while, an old man emerged from the bottom of the river. Upon seeing Sun Wukong, the old man immediately knelt down and said to Sun Wukong:

"Reporting to the Great Sage Equal to Heaven, I am the River God of this place. I have come today to tell you about the situation here."

Upon seeing the old man, Sun Wukong immediately raised his Ruyi Jingu Bang) to strike him, but at that moment the old man quickly explained:

"I'm not a monster, please don't hit me. I just came to give you a heads-up."

Upon hearing this, Sun Wukong looked at the old man with a puzzled expression and said:

"Are you that monster again? Trying to trick me."

Upon hearing this, the old man was on the verge of tears. He immediately kowtowed and, with tears streaming down his face, said to Sun Wukong:

"I am truly not a monster. I am the True God of this river. That monster came to fight me when the river was at high tide."

"I was already old back then and couldn't defeat him at all, which is why this monster captured my cave abode. After that, the monster also injured many of my aquatic creatures. I couldn't do anything to him."

"I originally wanted to go to the inner sea, but the Dragon King of the West Sea is his maternal uncle, and he forbade me to complain, making me live with him."

"I reported this matter to Heaven, but my official rank is too low, and I can't even see the Jade Emperor. Now that you've come, I'm here specifically to tell you, hoping that you, Great Sage, can help me capture this monster."

Upon hearing this, Sun Wukong quickly said to the old man:

"If that's the case, then Dragon Kings of the Four Seas are guilty. This monster has already been captured, along with my master and my junior brother, and he even threatened to eat them all to celebrate his uncle's birthday."

"I was just about to capture him, but luckily you came to warn me. You and Sha Wujing stay here and keep watch for a while while I go to the sea to capture the Dragon King and make him capture this monster himself."

After speaking, Sun Wukong summoned his Somersault Cloud and rushed towards the sea.

After a while, a Black Fish Spirit carrying a shiny box rushed up from the bottom of the water like an arrow. When Sun Wukong saw this, he took out his Ruyi Jingu Bang and struck the Black Fish Spirit on the head.

The Black Fish Spirit demon took a direct hit from Sun Wukong's staff, and his brains were splattered out and his bones were shattered.

After Sun Wukong got the box, he rolled up his sleeves and continued rushing forward. A little while later, the Yaksha in the sea suddenly spotted Sun Wukong.

The yaksha then hurriedly returned to the Crystal Palace and reported to the Dragon King:

"Reporting to the Dragon King, something terrible has happened! Sun Wukong has arrived!"

Upon hearing this, the Dragon King hurriedly led a group of his subordinates out to greet Sun Wukong. Upon seeing this, Sun Wukong felt a slight anger rising within him.