This article recounts the desperate flight of Wu Zixu after the execution of his father and brother by King Ping of Chu. Fleeing to avoid a death sentence, he faced a seemingly impossible barrier: the heavily guarded Zhaoguan Pass. The narrative details his psychological torment, famously described as his hair turning white overnight from…
The king asked the disguised Tang Monk, puzzled: “Why did you have such a fair face this morning, yet now appear entirely different?”
Trembling from head to toe, Tripitaka desperately clung to Wukong and pleaded: “Help me escape this predicament!”
Toward the end of the third watch, the eldest demon (Lion King) was heard saying: