Chapter Summaries

Sun Wukong freed Sha Wujing and learned more about the princess’s captivity before disguising himself as her to trick the Old Yellow-Robed Demon. Zhu Bajie and Sha Wujing killed the demon’s children to provoke him, and the chapter ended with Sun Wukong deceiving the demon back at the cave.

• Sun Wukong captured the princess’s two children and demanded that she release Sha Wujing, who rejoiced when he learned his senior brother had arrived.
• Sun Wukong challenged the princess for failing to return to her parents, then promised to defeat the demon and take her home.
• Sun Wukong transformed himself into the princess and waited in the cave while Zhu Bajie and Sha Wujing took the children to the Kingdom of Precious Images and dashed them to death.
• The Old Yellow-Robed Demon found the children and confronted Zhu Bajie and Sha Wujing, then returned to his cave to investigate.
• Sun Wukong, disguised as the princess, blamed Zhu Bajie and Sha Wujing for taking the children and told the demon that Sun Wukong had deceived her.
• The Old Yellow-Robed Demon offered Sun Wukong a treasure to ease her supposed pain and warned her not to flick him with her finger, or his true form would be revealed.

Sun Wukong took the Old Yellow-Robed Demon's inner core, defeated him, and learned from the Jade Emperor that the demon was Kui Wood Wolf. He rescued the princess and Tang Xuanzang, then prepared to continue their journey.

• Sun Wukong swallowed the Old Yellow-Robed Demon's inner core, revealed himself, and fought off the demon's minions.
• Sun Wukong struck the Old Yellow-Robed Demon, who vanished, then went to the Southern Heavenly Gate to ask which yao guai had descended to the mortal realm.
• An immortal reported that Kui Wood Wolf had been gone for thirteen days, and the Jade Emperor summoned him and sentenced him to tend fires at Tushita Palace.
• Sun Wukong found the princess and escorted her back to the Kingdom of Precious Images, where the king agreed to release Tang Xuanzang.
• Sun Wukong dispelled the demonic spell on Tang Xuanzang, who thanked him for rescuing him.

After reconciling with Tang Xuanzang, Sun Wukong led the scripture-seeking party onward and learned from the Day Duty Officer that two powerful demons guarded the mountain ahead. Sun Wukong pretended to fear them so he could send Zhu Bajie to scout, and Zhu Bajie set off on patrol.

• Tang Xuanzang and Sun Wukong put their earlier quarrel behind them, and the king of the Kingdom of Precious Images offered the group food and rest before they continued west.
• A woodcutter warned Tang Xuanzang and his companions that two demons on the mountain ate monks, but Sun Wukong dismissed the danger and challenged the warning.
• Sun Wukong discovered that the woodcutter was the Day Duty Officer, who cautioned him that the demons had immense Divine Abilities and urged him to guard Tang Xuanzang carefully.
• Sun Wukong pretended to cry and told Tang Xuanzang that Zhu Bajie had to do two things for the group to cross the mountain safely.
• Zhu Bajie chose to shoulder his Nine-Toothed Rake and patrol the mountain, leaving Tang Xuanzang with Sun Wukong and Sha Wujing.

Sun Wukong tricked Zhu Bajie into patrolling Flat-Top Mountain, where Zhu Bajie discovered no demons and admitted he had lied. As Tang Xuanzang’s group continued onward, King Golden Horn sent King Silver Horn to locate and capture the approaching travelers.

• Sun Wukong defended his prank on Zhu Bajie, and Tang Xuanzang persuaded him to let their past grievances go.
• Sun Wukong transformed into a woodpecker and pecked Zhu Bajie until he got up and resumed searching for the way.
• Sun Wukong brought Zhu Bajie back to Tang Xuanzang, where Zhu Bajie confessed that he had found no demons ahead.
• Sun Wukong ordered Zhu Bajie to patrol the mountain again, and Zhu Bajie returned to the road in fear.
• At Lotus Cave on Flat-Top Mountain, King Golden Horn told King Silver Horn to find Tang Xuanzang and capture him.

Silver Horn recognized Zhu Bajie from Golden Horn’s portrait and captured him after a fight. The demons planned to cure him as food, while Tang Xuanzang grew worried that Bajie had not returned from patrolling the mountain.

• Golden Horn told Silver Horn that eating Tang Xuanzang’s flesh could grant immortality and gave him a portrait of Xuanzang and his disciples.
• Silver Horn encountered Zhu Bajie while patrolling, and his demons identified Bajie by comparing him to the portrait.
• Silver Horn fought Zhu Bajie, then overwhelmed and captured him with help from the lesser demons.
• Golden Horn saw Zhu Bajie and said Silver Horn had caught the wrong disciple, but Silver Horn decided to salt and dry Bajie for food.
• The demons threw Zhu Bajie into a pool, while Tang Xuanzang asked Sun Wukong why Bajie had not returned.

Sun Wukong and his companions continued through the mountains while Golden Horn and Silver Horn plotted to capture Tang Xuanzang. Silver Horn transformed into a wounded Daoist to trick the pilgrims, but Sun Wukong recognized him as a monster and confronted him as he carried him.

• Sun Wukong persuaded Tang Xuanzang that Zhu Bajie had probably gone ahead and led the group onward to catch up with him.
• Silver Horn spotted auspicious clouds and concluded Tang Xuanzang was nearby, then worried that Sun Wukong had arrived when he saw crows circling overhead.
• Golden Horn and Silver Horn discussed how to capture Tang Xuanzang and his disciples, and Silver Horn transformed into a wounded elderly Daoist to lure them closer.
• Tang Xuanzang offered the injured Daoist a ride, but Silver Horn refused Sha Wujing and asked Sun Wukong to carry him instead.
• Sun Wukong picked up Silver Horn and exposed his disguise, declaring that he knew he was a monster trying to deceive Tang Xuanzang.

Silver Horn captured Tang Xuanzang and Sha Wujing after pinning Sun Wukong beneath three mountains, then returned to Lotus Cave. Golden Horn gave Silver Horn two magical treasures to use against Sun Wukong, while the Mountain God and Land God discovered the trapped monkey.

• Silver Horn used three mountains to crush Sun Wukong, then captured Tang Xuanzang and Sha Wujing after fighting Sha Wujing.
• Golden Horn told Silver Horn he still needed to capture Sun Wukong and gave him the Purple-Gold Red Gourd and the Mutton-Fat Jade Purity Bottle.
• Silver Horn sent two demons to capture Sun Wukong, who was pinned beneath the mountains and called out to the Mountain God and Land God.
• The Mountain God identified Sun Wukong to the Land God and questioned why he had joined the demons in harming Tang Xuanzang's disciple.

Sun Wukong escaped the mountain god and earth god, then disguised himself as an old immortal to trick two monsters from Lotus Cave. He learned how their treasures worked and took them, but stayed to toy with the monsters by showing off his own gourd.

• The earth god freed Sun Wukong, who scolded him and the mountain god for fearing the monster more than him.
• Sun Wukong transformed into an old immortal and tricked two monsters into believing he came from Mount Penglai.
• The monsters revealed they were heading from Lotus Cave to capture Sun Wukong and showed him the red gourd and Jade Purity Bottle.
• Sun Wukong learned that either treasure could capture anyone who answered when its name was called, then persuaded the monsters to hand both over.
• Rather than leave with the treasures, Sun Wukong used a monkey hair to produce a gourd and claimed it could hold the heavens inside.

Sun Wukong enlisted Nezha to darken the sky so he could trick two demons into trading away their treasures for a fake gourd. He followed the demons back to Golden Horn and Silver Horn, who learned that their treasures were gone.

• Sun Wukong asked the Jade Emperor for help, and Nezha borrowed Zhenwu's flag to hide the sun, moon, and stars.
• Sun Wukong pretended to pack up the heavens, convincing the two demons to trade him their two Law Treasures for his big gourd.
• After the demons discovered the gourd was fake, Sun Wukong transformed it into a hair and left them without the treasures.
• Sun Wukong followed the demons back to the cave, where they confessed to Golden Horn and Silver Horn that they had been tricked.
• Silver Horn told Golden Horn to wait while he went to deal with the situation.

Sun Wukong infiltrated Lotus Cave disguised as the demons’ mother and killed the nine-tailed fox to seize the Golden Rope. His disguise was exposed, and he began fighting Golden Horn while Silver Horn urged his brother to surrender Tang Xuanzang and the others.

• Golden Horn stopped Silver Horn from leaving and revealed that he still had the Seven-Star Sword and Plantain Fan, while their mother possessed the Golden Rope.
• Sun Wukong disguised himself as a lesser demon, killed the two demons sent to fetch the old woman, and used a hair double to enter her cave.
• Sun Wukong killed the nine-tailed fox, took the Golden Rope, and returned to Lotus Cave disguised as the demons’ mother.
• Zhu Bajie recognized Sun Wukong’s disguise, and a demon alerted Golden Horn that Sun Wukong had killed Granny and taken her form.
• Golden Horn attacked Sun Wukong with the Seven-Star Precious Sword, then continued fighting him after Silver Horn suggested returning Tang Xuanzang and the others.

Sun Wukong escaped Golden Horn’s capture by disguising himself and tricking the brothers into handing over the Golden Rope. He then confronted Golden Horn, who aimed the red gourd at him and challenged him to answer his name.

• Golden Horn freed himself from the Golden Rope, bound Sun Wukong, and brought him back to the cave, where he tied him to a pillar.
• Sun Wukong sawed through the rope with a transformed hair, disguised himself as a little monster, and escaped while Zhu Bajie revealed the deception.
• Sun Wukong persuaded Golden Horn to give him a sturdy belt, then secretly swapped the Law Treasure and presented him with a conjured Golden Rope.
• Sun Wukong called out to Golden Horn and claimed he had returned to free his master, prompting Golden Horn to confront him.
• Golden Horn took out the red gourd, aimed it at Sun Wukong, and asked whether he dared answer when called.

Sun Wukong escaped Golden Horn’s treasure gourd by tricking the demons and replacing it with a fake. He then used a matching gourd to capture Golden Horn and left him trapped inside.

• Golden Horn captured Sun Wukong in his treasure gourd and told Silver Horn to wait until Sun Wukong melted before opening it.
• Sun Wukong tricked Golden Horn into opening the gourd, escaped as a bug, and left a hair-made half-body inside as a decoy.
• Sun Wukong disguised himself as a demon and persuaded the wine-drunk Golden Horn to hand him the red gourd.
• Sun Wukong replaced Golden Horn’s gourd with a fake, then confronted him outside the cave with the real one.
• Sun Wukong claimed his gourd was the male counterpart to Golden Horn’s and called Golden Horn’s name, sucking him inside.

Sun Wukong battled Silver Horn, rescued Tang Xuanzang and his companions, and captured Silver Horn with the Jade Purity Bottle. As the group prepared to continue their journey, Taishang Laojun appeared and revealed that the demons’ treasures belonged to him.

• After learning that Sun Wukong had trapped Golden Horn in the red gourd, Silver Horn armed himself and led hundreds of demons against Sun Wukong.
• Sun Wukong used his hair to create clones that overwhelmed the demons, while Silver Horn attacked with the Plantain Fan and drove Sun Wukong away with fire.
• Sun Wukong took the Jade Purity Bottle, escaped Silver Horn, and later returned to Lotus Cave, where he freed Tang Xuanzang and fought off Silver Horn’s forces.
• A demon tried to sneak up on Tang Xuanzang, but Sha Wujing killed it and revealed it was a fox spirit.
• Sun Wukong tricked Silver Horn into answering his call and sucked him into the Jade Purity Bottle, then recovered the Seven-Star Precious Sword.
• Taishang Laojun appeared on the road and told Sun Wukong that the gourd, bottle, and sword were his treasures.

Tang Xuanzang and his disciples encountered a demon who disguised himself as a bound child to lure the monk into danger. The demon remained hidden as Sun Wukong repeatedly warned the group, and Tang Xuanzang ended the chapter accusing Wukong of refusing to help a person in need.

• After leaving the Black Rooster Kingdom, Tang Xuanzang worried about demons in the mountains and thought about using his Buddhist secret methods instead of relying on Sun Wukong.
• A demon appeared as a red cloud, then transformed into a bound seven-year-old boy and called for help from a tree.
• Sun Wukong urged Tang Xuanzang to ignore the cries, but Tang Xuanzang eventually rode onward to investigate, while Wukong secretly used the Mountain-Moving and Earth-Shrinking Technique to catch up.
• The demon watched from the sky as Sun Wukong warned Zhu Bajie and Sha Wujing that danger was nearby, then hid again when Tang Xuanzang became angry.
• When Tang Xuanzang heard the cries again and saw the child tied to a tree, he accused Sun Wukong of being unkind and misjudging a human voice.

Sun Wukong saw through Red Boy’s story, but Red Boy escaped his attack and seized Tang Xuanzang in a whirlwind. After learning that the kidnapper was Red Boy, the Bull Devil King’s son, Sun Wukong realized they were connected through his sworn brotherhood with the Bull Devil King.

• Red Boy pretended to be a helpless child, but Sun Wukong recognized his lies and agreed to carry him.
• Red Boy made himself heavier, then escaped into the air as Sun Wukong smashed his apparent body against a rock.
• Red Boy summoned a whirlwind, seized Tang Xuanzang, and carried him away while Zhu Bajie and Sha Wujing were caught in the storm.
• Sun Wukong searched the area and questioned the local mountain gods, who told him the monster lived in Fire Cloud Cave.
• The mountain gods identified the monster as Red Boy, son of the Bull Devil King, and Sun Wukong recalled that he had once sworn brotherhood with the Bull Devil King.

Sun Wukong and Zhu Bajie tried to rescue Tang Xuanzang from Red Boy, but Red Boy drove them away with fire from his five carts. Sun Wukong went to the Dragon King of the East Sea to borrow water, who puzzlingly asked whether he wanted lightning and thunder too.

• Sun Wukong, Zhu Bajie, and Sha Wujing went to Fire Cloud Cave to rescue Tang Xuanzang.
• Sun Wukong claimed he was Red Boy’s uncle because he had once been sworn brothers with the Bull Devil King, but Red Boy rejected the claim and fought him.
• Zhu Bajie ambushed Red Boy, who retreated to one of the five carts and unleashed flames and smoke, forcing Sun Wukong and Zhu Bajie to flee.
• Sun Wukong realized that water could counter Red Boy’s fire and flew to the East Sea to ask the Dragon King for help.
• The Dragon King of the East Sea asked Sun Wukong whether he wanted lightning and thunder, but Sun Wukong said he only needed water to put out the fire.

Sun Wukong summoned the Dragon Kings of the Four Seas to help him challenge Red Boy and put out his Samadhi True Fire. The rain strengthened the flames, and after Red Boy blinded Sun Wukong with smoke, Sun Wukong collapsed in the water while Zhu Bajie suspected he was pretending to be dead.

• The Dragon King of the East Sea summoned the Dragon Kings of the South, North, and West Seas to help Sun Wukong.
• Sun Wukong told the Dragon Kings to wait nearby while he challenged Red Boy, then returned to the demon's cave and fought him for several hundred rounds.
• Red Boy unleashed his Samadhi True Fire, and the Dragon Kings' rain made the flames burn even fiercer.
• Red Boy blasted Sun Wukong with thick smoke, and Sun Wukong jumped into the water before collapsing.
• Sha Wujing found Sun Wukong in the stream and carried him out, while Zhu Bajie said Sun Wukong was pretending to be dead.

Zhu Bajie revived Sun Wukong after Red Boy’s Samadhi True Fire defeated him, then went to seek Bodhisattva Guanyin’s help. Red Boy disguised himself as Guanyin and captured Zhu Bajie, while Sun Wukong and Sha Wujing remained outside Fire Cloud Cave.

• Zhu Bajie revived Sun Wukong, who realized that water could not extinguish Red Boy’s Samadhi True Fire.
• The Dragon Kings of the Four Seas advised Sun Wukong to seek the Bodhisattva, and Sha Wujing reminded him that Guanyin had promised to help them.
• Zhu Bajie flew south to find Guanyin while Red Boy guessed his destination and took a shortcut to intercept him.
• Red Boy disguised himself as Guanyin and persuaded Zhu Bajie to follow him to Fire Cloud Cave, where the fiends seized and tied him up.
• Red Boy revealed his disguise and threatened to leave Zhu Bajie hanging for days before feeding him to the fiends.

Sun Wukong infiltrated Fire Cloud Cave to find Zhu Bajie and then disguised himself as the Bull Devil King to fool Red Boy. Red Boy grew suspicious of the fake Bull Devil King but held back from exposing him and ordered the demons to keep watch.

• Sun Wukong transformed into a bundle and let a little demon carry him into Fire Cloud Cave, where he found Zhu Bajie imprisoned and groaning.
• Sun Wukong disguised himself as the Bull Devil King and followed Red Boy's demons back to the cave.
• Red Boy welcomed the supposed Bull Devil King and explained how he had captured Tang Xuanzang, driven off Sun Wukong, and trapped Zhu Bajie.
• Sun Wukong advised Red Boy that they should not eat Tang Xuanzang, claiming he had begun eating vegetarian food at his wife's urging.
• Red Boy questioned the demons about where they had found his father, concluded that the Bull Devil King was a fake, and ordered the demons to watch him while he investigated further.

Sun Wukong escaped Red Boy’s cave after exposing the demon’s test, then sought Bodhisattva Guanyin’s help to rescue Tang Xuanzang. Bodhisattva Guanyin agreed to go with him and prepared to cross the river, leaving Sun Wukong aboard half a lotus flower.

• Red Boy tested Sun Wukong by asking for his birth characters, discovered he was an impostor, and sent demons to attack him.
• Sun Wukong revealed his true form, fought his way out of Red Boy’s cave, and told Sha Wujing what had happened.
• Sun Wukong flew to the South Sea and told Bodhisattva Guanyin that Red Boy had captured Tang Xuanzang and Zhu Bajie.
• Bodhisattva Guanyin threw her Jade Purity Bottle into the sea, then retrieved it with a turtle and explained that its sweet dew could extinguish Red Boy’s Samadhi True Fire.
• Bodhisattva Guanyin agreed to help rescue Tang Xuanzang and placed half a lotus flower on the water for Sun Wukong to cross the river.