Into the Cauldron of Oil

Seeing this, the Great Immortal Goat Power finally couldn't hold back any longer and said to Sun Wukong:

"You've really gone too far! You've killed two of my senior brothers. I'm going to bet you I'll take a bath in boiling oil!"

After the Great Immortal Goat Power finished speaking, he instructed a group of people to bring out a large pot and start a raging fire.

Seeing this, Sun Wukong quickly stripped off all his clothes and jumped into the boiling oil, where he frolicked and played around. Seeing this, Zhu Bajie mockingly said to Tang Xuanzang:

"Master, look at Brother Monkey, he still has such abilities even now. We really underestimated him before."

Upon hearing this, Sun Wukong thought to himself:

"That Zhu Bajie is still gossiping about me. He's really gone too far. I'll teach him a lesson."

After thinking of this, Sun Wukong made a nail at the bottom of the oil pot. After a while, when everyone saw that Sun Wukong still hadn't come out, they couldn't help but take a net to fish him out of the oil.

An official hurriedly reported to the king, "Your Majesty, that Sun Wukong has probably been melted by hot oil."

The king was overjoyed upon hearing this and immediately ordered his servants, "Quickly seize these three monks and execute them!"

As soon as the king finished speaking, the group immediately surrounded him. Tang Xuanzang, Zhu Bajie, and Sha Wujing secretly thought to themselves that things were not going well.

Tang Xuanzang immediately unleashed the Great Might Heavenly Dragon Technique, striking the crowd. Instantly, a giant palm print descended from the sky, and the ground was instantly filled with billowing smoke.

At the same time, Tang Xuanzang said to the king:

"My apprentice always performs meritorious deeds whenever he goes out, but today he offended the emperor, and my master died in a boiling oil cauldron. Now that he's dead, how dare I cling to life? But please give me some royal jewels so I can burn them for my apprentice."

Upon hearing this, the king was instantly impressed by Tang Xuanzang and gave him the Tang Xuanzang paper.

Upon hearing this, Sun Wukong immediately revealed his true form, standing in the boiling oil cauldron and saying to Tang Xuanzang:

"Master, please don't give up your mission to retrieve the scriptures from the Western Heaven because of me."

Upon seeing Sun Wukong, everyone immediately reported to the king and said:

"Your Majesty, Sun Wukong was not actually dead; he was simply hiding in the boiling oil and refusing to come out."

Upon hearing this, Sun Wukong immediately left, put on his own clothes, and the king, seeing Sun Wukong, mistook him for the returned spirit of Sun Wukong and fled in terror. Sun Wukong, seeing this, grabbed the king and said:

"Don't be in such a hurry. Quickly take a look at your imperial advisor and let him have his fun in the boiling oil too."

Upon hearing this Great Immortal Goat Power took off his clothes and jumped into the oil pot, where he began to play around. Seeing the Great Immortal Goat Power's carefree appearance, Sun Wukong reached out and touched the oil in the pot; the boiling oil was ice-cold.

Sun Wukong immediately realized what was happening, and quickly flew into the sky to summon the Dragon King of the North Sea, saying:

"If you help this person again, I'll beat you to death with this stick."

Upon hearing this, the Dragon King of the North Sea panicked instantly and hurriedly said:

"Great Sage, spare my life! Actually, I didn't do this. It was only after this wicked beast cultivated for a long time and was struck by five thunderbolts that he cultivated into the Cold Dragon."

Upon hearing this, Sun Wukong immediately said:

"Then you'd better stop using all their Divine Ability now, or I'll beat you up."

The Dragon King of the North Sea quickly transformed into a whirlwind and snatched the cold dragon from the oil cauldron.

Then the Great Immortal Goat Power struggled to climb out of the oil pot, his skin and flesh torn open.

Upon seeing this, the king's eyes filled with tears, and he was deeply saddened.

After some time, the king remained mired in grief, and seeing this, Sun Wukong quickly said:

"You are no good king at all! Didn't you even look at who they are? One is a tiger, one is a deer, and the other is a sheep. How could you tell they are human?"

Upon hearing this, tears streamed down the king's face. Sun Wukong, finally unable to bear it any longer, raised his Ruyi Jingu Bang) and walked towards the king. Seeing this, the king quickly said:

"Let's just leave it at that. Thank you. Tonight, I'll invite you to the temple, and tomorrow we'll prepare a feast for them."

Upon hearing the king's words on the Zhangwei River, everyone was overjoyed and thanked Sun Wukong. Tang Xuanzang then exchanged the travel permit for the king's pass and bid him farewell before departing together.

Tang Xuanzang then continued his journey, enduring wind and dew along the way, and before he knew it, autumn had arrived.

It was already quite late when Tang Xuanzang reined in his White Dragon Horse and said to Sun Wukong, "Wukong, it's getting so late. Where should we go?"

Upon hearing this, Sun Wukong said to Tang Xuanzang, "Master, as a monk, you must not speak like a layperson."

Upon hearing this, Tang Xuanzang looked at Sun Wukong Sun Wukong with a puzzled expression. Seeing Tang Xuanzang's bewildered look, Tang Xuanzang smiled and said to him:

"At home, the bed is very warm and comfortable to sleep in. But we monks have no home at all. We can only keep going until we can't go on anymore, and then we stop to rest."

Upon hearing this, Zhu Bajie quickly put down his load and said to Sun Wukong:

"Brother Hou, you've only mentioned this small part. There's another small part you haven't mentioned at all—how treacherous this road is."

"Carrying such a heavy load is really difficult for me. Now we need to find a good place to get a good night's sleep, and continue our journey tomorrow. That way, I won't get too tired."

After thinking for a short while, Sun Wukong said to Zhu Bajie:

"Let's walk a little further under the moonlight, and then we'll stay somewhere with people."

Hearing this, everyone could only nod in agreement. After a short while, they heard the sound of rushing water carried on the air.

Seeing this, Zhu Bajie laughed and said to Sun Wukong:

"Brother Monkey can't leave now, there's so much water ahead, how are we going to get across?"

Sun Wukong remained silent for a long time after hearing this, so Zhu Bajie slowly spoke up:

"Leave this to me. I'll go test the waters and see how deep they are."

Seeing the smug look on Zhu Bajie's face, Sun Wukong nodded. Then Zhu Bajie picked up a pebble and threw it into the water. After a short while, the water remained still. Zhu Bajie said:

"The water is deep, but I don't know how wide it is."

Upon hearing this, Sun Wukong immediately summoned his Somersault Cloud, stepped onto Somersault Cloud, and flew into the sky. Looking closely, he saw that the water stretched endlessly. Seeing this, Sun Wukong quickly jumped down and said to Tang Xuanzang:

"Master, this is terrible! There's no shore at all. How are we supposed to get across?"