Tang Sanzang and Sha Monk waited restlessly for Wukong’s return, pacing like caged animals by the roadside.
In a recent battle, the Buffalo Demon had used his magic band to strip all the gods of their weapons once again.
Wukong, Bajie, and Monk Sha descended from the cloud and entered the Temple of the Three Pures.
As he walked, Bajie was thinking to himself: “What a wretched life! I was sleeping peacefully when that cursed monkey tricked me into hauling a corpse! Disgusting! I’ll make him pay—I’ll beg the master to recite the Headache Spell!”
The Jade Emperor ordered the demon monkey bound to the Pillar of Demon-Subjugation at the Monster Execution Platform.
Before long, the Queen Mother of the West and the Grand Primordial(Laozi) both journeyed to the Treasure Hall of Divine Mists to lodge formal complaints against the Stone Rebel.
One day the Lady Queen Mother decided to open wide her treasure chamber and to give a banquet for the Grand Festival of Immortal Peaches, which was to be held in the Palace of the Jasper Pool. She ordered the various Immortal Maidens—Red Gown, Blue Gown, White Gown, Black Gown, Purple Gown, Yellow Gown,…