A demon steals Xuanzang's sacred cassock in the chaos of a burning temple and Sun Wukong isn't about to let it become party decor at a monster's birthday feast. Their battle rages from a hidden cave to the mountaintop with neither side able to land the finishing blow, forcing the Monkey King to call in reinforcements even he didn't want to ask for.

This episode of Ancient Asian Legends dives into one of Journey to the West's most beloved side stories, where Sun Wukong's brute strength runs headfirst into its limits. Will trickery, and the Bodhisattva Guanyin, succeed where fists and staff couldn't?

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