Sun Wu Kung: Yang Oerlang & Buddha
The Chinese Fairy Book compiled by R. Wilhelm & Frederick H. Martens
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Plot Points
- After several days of fighting, Yang's spirits manage to capture many of Sun Wu Kung's apes
- At this, Kung grew uneasy and began to attempt to flee the fight by changing forms repeatedly
- Many times Yang loses track of him and has to ask Li Dsing to use the mirror of heaven to find him
- In one of their final encounters, they are in Yang's temple and Sun is eventually defeated with aid from the Heavens in the fight
- Sun is carried up to Heaven and is tortured for many months in an attempt to rid him of his immortality
- After being in a furnace for 49 days, Sun sees a chance at escape and seizes upon it
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