Golden Monkey Outwits the Silver and Gold Horns

Author: Wu Cheng'en
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Publish Date: 2003-01-01
Features: Super Cartoon Edition of Journey to the West. Tang Sanzang and his disciples travel westward and arrive at the Pingding Mountain region. A minor deity in the mountain informs Monkey of two demons in the Lotus Cave who are eager to eat Tang Sanzang's flesh. Monkey sends Pigsy to gather information. Unbeknownst to him, Pigsy encounters the Silver Horn King and is captured into the cave. The Silver Horn King transforms into an injured Taoist priest and has Monkey carry him forward. He then uses the technique of "Moving Mountains and Flipping Seas" to trap Monkey beneath the earth. Subsequently, he captures Tang Sanzang, Sandy, and White Dragon Horse and brings them back to the cave, sending his subordinates to retrieve the Purple Gold Gourd and the Jade-clarified Pot to capture Monkey.
Monkey, trapped beneath the mountain, is rescued by the mountain deity and transforms into a Taoist priest to deceive the subordinates, gaining the Purple Gold Gourd and the Jade-clarified Pot from them. The subordinates return with the fake gourd, and the Golden and Silver Horn Kings realize they have been tricked. They then send two minor demons to fetch their mother to eat Tang Sanzang's flesh, while also retrieving the Golden Gilt Rope from her. Upon learning this, Monkey intercepts the old demoness on the way and acquires the Golden Gilt Rope. He then transforms into the old demoness's appearance and arrives at the Lotus Cave, only to be recognized by the two demons.
After a fierce battle, Monkey uses the Purple Gold Gourd to trap the Silver Horn King and the Jade-clarified Pot to capture the Golden Horn King. He returns them to the Supreme Elder Lord, rescues Tang Sanzang and his disciples, and continues their westward journey.