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Sun Wukong
The Monkey King who defies heaven, with seventy-two transformations and the ability to somersault through clouds for 108,000 li.
Demon
Bull Demon King
Master of Flaming Mountain, sworn brother turned bitter enemy of Sun Wukong, a major antagonist in the journey.
Location
Flower Fruit Mountain
Located in the Eastern Victory Divine Land, Sun Wukong's birthplace and sanctuary, a mystical stone realm.
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Demons
Demons and creatures throughout history
Alligator Dragon · Apricot Fairy · Azure Lion · Bear Mountain Lord · Black Bear Demon · Bull Demon King · Cold-Dispelling King · Deer-Power Great Immortal · Demon King of Confusion · Demons · Dust-Dispelling King · Fox King Seven · General Yin Tiger · Giant Python Demon · Gold-Nosed White-Haired Mouse Demon · Golden Fish Spirit King · Golden-Winged Great Peng · Green-Maned Lion Spirit (Wuji Kingdom) · Heat-Dispelling King · Hundred-Eye Demon Lord · Jade Rabbit Demon · Jade-Faced Fox · King Golden Horn · King Silver Horn · Liu Hong · Lord Eighteen · Nine-Headed Bug · Nine-Spirit Primal Sage · Princess Iron Fan · Ram-Power Great Immortal · Red Boy · Ruyi True Immortal · Sai Tai Sui · Scorpion Spirit · Seven Spider Demons · Single-Horn Rhinoceros King · Single-Horned Demon King · Six Bandits · Six-Eared Macaque · Southern Mountain King · Squire Ox · Tiger Vanguard · Tiger-Power Great Immortal · White Bone Demon · White Deer Spirit · White Dragon Horse · White Elephant Demon · White-Clad Scholar · White-Faced Fox · Yellow Brow Demon King · Yellow Lion Spirit · Yellow Wind Demon · Yellow-Robed Monster
Weapons
Various weapons and treasures
An Gong Medicine / Wujin Pill · Antidote Pills · Appearance-Preserving Pearl · Bag of Human Seeds · Blank Scriptures · Book of Life and Death · Brocade Cassock · Brocade Trap Vest · Buddha Sarira · Buddha's Golden Bowl · Celestial Wine / Peach Banquet Wine · Demon-Revealing Mirror · Diamond Jade Bracelet · Eight Trigrams Furnace · Embroidery Needle (Pilanpo) · Fiery Eyes and Golden Gaze · Fire-Warding Cover · Five-Colored Cloud Robe · Ginseng Fruit · Gold Illusion Rope · Golden Cymbals · Golden Striking Mallet · Imperial Travel Pass · Jade Emperor's Edict · Laojun's Golden Elixir · Life-Saving Hairs · Magical Body Hairs (Seventy-Two Transformations) · Marshal Tianpeng's Command Plaque · Miscarriage Spring Water · Mother-Child River Water · Mutton-Fat Jade Vase · Night-Luminous Pearl · Nine-Leaf Lingzhi · Nine-Ring Staff · Nine-Turn Life-Restoring Pill · Peaches of Immortality · Plantain Fan · Poison Tea · Purple-Gold Alms Bowl · Purple-Gold Bells · Purple-Gold Red Gourd · Ruyi Steel Fork · Six-Character Mantra Seal · Somersault Cloud · The Written Buddhist Scriptures · Three Golden Fillets · Tight Fillet · True Samadhi Fire · Weapons · White Jade Scepter · Willow-Branch Pure Vase · Wind-Fixing Pill · Yin-Yang Dual Qi Vase
Powers
Various supernatural powers and techniques
Achieving Buddhahood · Alchemy and Pill Refining · Body Possession · Body-Outside-Body Technique · Churning Rivers and Seas · Clairvoyance and Clairaudience · Cloud Somersault · Cloud-Riding · Corpse Liberation · Decapitation Survival · Demon Soul Seduction (Demoness Version) · Disemboweling Survival · Drawing a Protective Circle · Dream-Entering Technique · Elephant-Trunk Capture · Fire-Breathing · Fire-Eye Golden Vision · Fire-Warding Charm · Five-Elements Mountain Seal · Five-Thunder Technique · Golden Cicada Shedding Its Shell · Great Peng Wing Flight · Guessing Hidden Objects · Heaven-Matching Earth Form · Heaven-Swallowing Technique · Heavenly Eye Vision · Immobilization Spell · Indestructible Vajra Body · Invisibility Technique · Loosening Fillet Spell · Mountain-Moving Earth-Shrinking · Oil-Cauldron Survival · Resurrection · Samadhi Divine Wind · Seductive Transformation · Seventy-Two Transformations · Shrinking Technique · Six-Character Mantra Seal · Six-Eared Divine Hearing · Sleep Bug Spell · Soul Capture Technique · Spider Silk Binding · Summoning Local Earth Gods · Summoning Wind and Rain · Suspended-Thread Diagnosis and Remedy · Suspended-Thread Pulse Diagnosis · Thirty-Six Heavenly Transformations · Thousand-Eye Golden Light · Three Heads, Six Arms · Tight Fillet Spell · True Samadhi Fire · Venom Spitting · Water Escape Technique · White Bone Transformation · Wind Abduction
Locations
Locations where the story takes place
Aolai Kingdom · Azure Dragon Mountain · Biqiu Kingdom · Black Water River · Black Wind Mountain · Bottomless Cave · Bramble Ridge / Wood Immortal Monastery · Cave of the Slanting Moon and Three Stars · Chechi Kingdom · Chen Family Village · Cloud-Transcending Ferry · Dharma-Destruction Kingdom · Eagle-Sorrow Gorge · East Sea Dragon Palace · Eastern Continent · Emerald Cloud Mountain · Fengxian Prefecture · Fire Cloud Cave · Five Elements Mountain · Five Villages Monastery · Flame Mountain · Flat-Top Mountain · Flower-Fruit Mountain · Flowing-Sand River · Gao Family Manor · Golden Light Temple · Golden Pocket Mountain · Great Tang / Chang'an · Great Thunder Monastery · Guanjiang Pass · Guanyin Temple · Hall of Senluo · Heaven-Reaching River · Heavenly Palace · Hidden Mist Mountain · Imperial Horse Stables · Jade Pool · Jieyang Mountain / Fetus-Dispelling Spring · Jinping Prefecture · Jisai Kingdom · Kingdom of Women · Lingxiao Hall · Lion Camel Kingdom · Lion-Camel Mountain · Little Thunder Monastery · Longevity Mountain · Lotus Cave · Mother-Child River · Mount Potalaka · Northern Continent · Peach Garden · Pipa Cave · Places · Purple Bamboo Grove · Qilin Mountain / Xiezhi Cave · Roaring Mountain · Southern Continent · Southern Heavenly Gate · Spirit Mountain · Spirit Terrace Mountain · Three Pure Ones Temple · Tianzhu Kingdom · Tongtai Prefecture · Treasure Elephant Kingdom · Treasure Grove Temple · Tusita Palace · Underworld / Netherworld · Void-Trap Mountain · Water-Curtain Cave · Webbed-Silk Cave · Western Continent · White Tiger Ridge · Wuji Kingdom · Yellow Flower Temple · Yellow Wind Ridge · Yuhua County · Zhuzi Kingdom
Story
All 100 chapters of Journey to the West
Chapter 1: From Sacred Root the Source Breaks Forth; Through Self-Cultivation the Great Way Is Born · Chapter 2: Wukong Grasps Bodhi's Wondrous Truth; Cutting Off the Demon, He Returns to the Root and Joins the Primal Spirit · Chapter 3: All Seas and a Thousand Mountains Bow Before Him; In the Ninefold Deep the Ten Kinds Are Struck from the Rolls · Chapter 4: Appointed Keeper of the Heavenly Horses, He Finds It Far Too Little; Entered in Heaven as the Great Sage Equal to Heaven, His Heart Is Still Unquiet · Chapter 5: The Great Sage Ravages the Peach Banquet and Steals the Elixir; All Heaven's Gods Move to Seize the Monster · Chapter 6: Guanyin Learns the Cause at the Banquet; The Lesser Sage Unleashes His Might Against the Great Sage · Chapter 7: The Great Sage Breaks from the Eight-Trigram Furnace; Beneath Five Elements Mountain the Mind-Monkey Is Stilled · Chapter 8: Our Buddha Prepares the Scriptures for Paradise; Guanyin Receives the Charge and Goes to Chang'an · Chapter 9: Chen Guangrui Meets Disaster on His Way to Office; The River-Drift Monk Avenges the Wrong and Reclaims His Roots · Chapter 10: The Old Dragon King's Clumsy Scheme Violates Heaven's Law; Chancellor Wei Leaves a Letter in Trust to an Official of the Underworld · Chapter 11: Taizong Tours the Underworld and Returns to Life; Liu Quan Brings Melons and Is Rejoined with His Wife · Chapter 12: The Tang King, in Sincere Devotion, Holds the Great Assembly; Guanyin Reveals Her True Form and Awakens the Golden Cicada · Chapter 13: The Gold Star of the West Frees Tripitaka from the Tiger's Den; Liu Boqin Harbors the Monk at Twin-Fork Ridge · Chapter 14: The Mind-Monkey Returns to the Right Path; The Six Thieves Vanish Without a Trace · Chapter 15: Gods Secretly Aid on Snake-Coiled Mountain; the Wild Horse Is Reined In at Eagle-Sorrow Ravine · Chapter 16: The Monks of Guanyin Monastery Scheme for the Treasure; the Monster of Black Wind Mountain Steals the Robe · Chapter 17: Sun Wukong Wreaks Havoc on Black Wind Mountain; Guanyin Subdues the Black Bear Spirit · Chapter 18: Tripitaka Escapes Trouble at Guanyin Monastery; the Great Sage Exorcises the Monster at Gao Family Manor · Chapter 19: At Cloud-Rack Cave Wukong Subdues Bajie; On Stupa Mountain Tripitaka Receives the Heart Sutra · Chapter 20: Yellow Wind Ridge Brings Tripitaka to Peril; Bajie Races Ahead on the Mountainside · Chapter 21: The Dharma Guardians Set Up a Homestead for the Great Sage; Lingji of Mount Sumeru Subdues the Wind Demon · Chapter 22: Bajie Battles the Flowing Sands River; Hui'an, by Command, Receives Sha Wujing · Chapter 23: Tripitaka Does Not Forget His Root; the Four Saints Test His Chan Heart · Chapter 24: The Great Immortal of Mount Longevity Keeps an Old Friend; the Pilgrim Steals the Ginseng Fruit at Wuzhuang Monastery · Chapter 25: Zhenyuan Pursues the Scripture Monk; Sun Wukong Wreaks Havoc at Five Village Monastery · Chapter 26: Sun Wukong Seeks a Remedy from the Three Isles; Guanyin Revives the Tree with Sweet Dew · Chapter 27: The White Bone Demon Tries Tripitaka Three Times; the Holy Monk in Fury Dismisses the Monkey King · Chapter 28: Flower-Fruit Mountain's Demons Gather in Loyal Brotherhood; Tripitaka Meets a Monster in Black Pine Forest · Chapter 29: Tripitaka Keeps to His Root; River-Drift Reaches the Precious Elephant Kingdom · Chapter 30: Evil Magic Invades the Right Law; the Mind-Horse Remembers the Mind-Monkey · Chapter 31: Zhu Bajie Rouses the Monkey King; Sun Wukong Outsmarts the Yellow-Robed Demon · Chapter 32: A Merit Officer Brings Word at Flat-Topped Mountain; Zhu Bajie Meets Disaster in Lotus Cave · Chapter 33: The False Way Bewilders True Nature; the Primal Spirit Comes to the Heart's Aid · Chapter 34: The Demon King's Clever Scheme Traps the Mind-Monkey; the Great Sage Uses Ruses to Cheat the Treasures · Chapter 35: The Heterodox Path Shows Its Power Against True Nature; the Mind-Monkey Wins the Treasure and Subdues the Evil Demons · Chapter 36: The Mind-Monkey at Rest Subdues All Conditions; Breaking Through the Side Paths, He Sees the Moon Bright · Chapter 37: The Ghost King Pays Tripitaka a Night Visit; Sun Wukong's Magic Lures the Prince · Chapter 38: The Prince Questions His Mother and Discerns False from True; Metal and Wood Meet in Mystery and Expose the False King · Chapter 39: A Cinnabar Pill Won from Heaven; The Former King Lives Again on Earth · Chapter 40: A Child's Prank Unsettles the Monk's Heart; Monkey, Horse, and Blade Come to Nothing · Chapter 41: The Mind-Monkey Falls to Fire; the Wood-Mother Is Taken by the Demon · Chapter 42: The Great Sage Pays His Reverent Call to the South Sea; Guanyin Kindly Binds Red Boy · Chapter 43: The Black Water River Demon Seizes the Monk; the Western Sea Dragon Prince Captures the Turtle Dragon and Brings Him Back · Chapter 44: The Dharma Body's Primal Fortune Meets the Strength of the Carts; the Right Mind Crosses the Spine Gate · Chapter 45: The Great Sage Leaves His Name at the Three Pure Ones Monastery; Sun Wukong Shows His Powers in Chechi Kingdom · Chapter 46: The Heterodox Rages Against the True Law; the Mind-Monkey Displays His Saintly Might and Erases All Evil · Chapter 47: The Holy Monk Hinders the Sky-Spanning River by Night; Metal and Wood Show Mercy and Save the Child · Chapter 48: The Demon Whips Up Cold Wind and Heavy Snow; The Monk Longs to Worship Buddha and Treads Layered Ice · Chapter 49: Tripitaka Meets Disaster in the Water-Tortoise Mansion; Guanyin Appears with the Fish Basket · Chapter 50: Desire Throws Nature Into Chaos; A Darkened Mind Meets the Demon · Chapter 51: The Mind-Monkey Wastes a Thousand Schemes; Water and Fire Cannot Refine the Demon · Chapter 52: Sun Wukong Raises a Great Fuss in Golden Cave; the Tathagata Quietly Points Out the Monster's Master · Chapter 53: Tripitaka Swallows a Meal and Conceives a Ghost Child; the Yellow Matron Carries Water to Dispel the Evil Fetus · Chapter 54: True Nature Comes West and Meets the Women's Kingdom; the Mind-Monkey Hatches a Plan to Escape the Bridal Net · Chapter 55: Lust's Evil Teases Tripitaka; Right Nature Cultivates the Unbroken Body · Chapter 56: The Spirit Goes Wild and Slays the Bandits; The Way Goes Astray and Lets the Mind-Monkey Go Free · Chapter 57: The True Pilgrim Laments at Mount Putuo; the False Monkey King Copies the Travel Document at Water-Curtain Cave · Chapter 58: Two Minds Stir the Great Cosmos; One Body Finds True Quiescence Hard to Cultivate · Chapter 59: Tripitaka Is Blocked at Flame Mountain; the Pilgrim Goes to Borrow the Plantain Fan · Chapter 60: The Bull Demon King Breaks Off the Fight for a Banquet; the Pilgrim Borrows the Plantain Fan Again · Chapter 61: Zhu Bajie Helps Beat the Demon King; Sun Wukong Makes Three Attempts for the Plantain Fan · Chapter 62: Sweeping the Pagoda to Wash Away Grime; Binding the Demons and Returning to the Master · Chapter 63: Two Monks Stir Up the Dragon Palace; the Saints Rout Evil and Recover the Treasure · Chapter 64: Bajie Struggles Through the Briar Ridge; Tripitaka Talks Poetry at the Wood Immortal Abbey · Chapter 65: The Yellow Brow Monster Fakes a Little Thunderclap Monastery; The Four Disciples Suffer a Great Calamity · Chapter 66: The Gods Fall to a Treacherous Hand; Maitreya Binds the Monster · Chapter 67: Tuoluo Village Is Saved; the Chan Heart Settles and the Dao Heart Clears · Chapter 68: Tripitaka of Zhuzi Kingdom Speaks of Former Lives; Sun Wukong Tries His Hand at Healing · Chapter 69: The Heart-Mind Prepares Medicine by Night; The King Speaks of Demons at Banquet · Chapter 70: The Demon King's Treasure Spews Smoke, Sand, and Fire; Sun Wukong Schemes to Steal the Purple-Gold Bells · Chapter 71: The Pilgrim Takes an Alias to Subdue the Strange Beast; Guanyin Appears in Person to Tame the Demon King · Chapter 72: The Spider-Thread Cave Bewilders the Seven Passions; Zhu Bajie Forgets Himself at the Filth-Washing Spring · Chapter 73: Old Hatred Breeds Poison and Disaster; the Heart-Mind Meets a Monster and at Last Breaks the Light · Chapter 74: Gold Star of the West Brings Word of Fierce Monsters; the Great Sage Shows His Skill in Transformation · Chapter 75: The Mind-Monkey Bore Through the Body of Yin and Yang; the Demon Kings Returned to the True Way · Chapter 76: Mind and Spirit Settle in the House; Bajie Joins in Subduing the Monster's True Form · Chapter 77: The Demons Deceive True Nature; In One Body They Bow to True Suchness · Chapter 78: The Monk Pities the Children and Sends the Shadow Spirits; In the Golden Hall They Discern the Demon and Debate the Way and Virtue · Chapter 79: Seeking the Cave and Capturing the Demon; Meeting the Star of Longevity; The True Ruler Saves the Infants · Chapter 80: The Maiden Seeks a Mate to Nurture Yang; The Mind-Monkey Guards the Master and Sees Through the Demons · Chapter 81: At Sea-Quelling Monastery the Mind-Monkey Knows the Monster; in Black Pine Forest the Three Search for Their Master · Chapter 82: The Maiden Seeks Yang; the Primal Spirit Guards the Way · Chapter 83: The Mind-Monkey Discerns the Elixir Seed; the Scarlet Maiden Returns to Her Original Nature · Chapter 84: The Dharani Cannot Be Destroyed; the Dharma King Returns to His Natural True Form · Chapter 85: The Mind-Monkey Grew Jealous of the Wood Mother; the Demon Lord Schemed to Swallow the Monk · Chapter 86: The Wood Mother Brings Reinforcement Against the Monster; the Golden One Uses Magic to Destroy the Evil Fiend · Chapter 87: Fengxian County Defies Heaven and Stops the Rain; Sun Wukong Urges Goodness and Brings Rain · Chapter 88: The Zen Teaching Reaches Yuhua; The Mind-Monkey and Wood-Mother Instruct the Disciples · Chapter 89: The Yellow Lion Spirit Sets a False Rake Feast; Gold, Wood, and Earth Scheme at Leopard-Head Mountain · Chapter 90: Master and Lion Come into One Accord; Theft and Chan Quiet the Nine-Spirit · Chapter 91: Lanterns Glimmer in Jinping Prefecture on the First Full Moon; Tripitaka Gives Testimony in Xuanying Cave · Chapter 92: The Three Monks Battle on Qinglong Mountain; the Four Wood Stars Seize the Rhinoceros Demons · Chapter 93: At Anathapindika's Grove They Trace Old Causes; in the Tianzhu Kingdom Tripitaka Is Struck by the Embroidered Ball · Chapter 94: The Four Monks Feast and Make Merry in the Imperial Garden; a Monster Harbors Empty Desire and Joy · Chapter 95: The False Form Seizes the Jade Rabbit; True Yin Returns to the Primal Spirit · Chapter 96: Kou Yuanwai Receives the Holy Monk with Joy; Tripitaka Refuses Riches · Chapter 97: Gold Recompenses the Outer Guardian; the Sacred Soul Saves the True Body · Chapter 98: When the Monkey Is Tamed and the Horse Trained, the Shell Falls Away; When the Work Is Done, True Suchness Appears · Chapter 99: When the Nine-Nines Are Fulfilled, Demons Are Destroyed; When the Three-Threes Are Complete, the Way Returns to Its Root · Chapter 100: Straight Back to the Eastern Land; the Five Saints Attain True Fruition
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