Myths featuring Laozi

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Bi Xiao Deploying the Nine-Bend Yellow River Array Against the Zhou Army

🐉 Chinese MythologyMengjin, Yellow River, ChinaBi Xiao • Yun Xiao • Qiong Xiao

Following the death of their brother Zhao Gongming, the goddess Bi Xiao and her sisters Yun Xiao and Qiong Xiao sought vengeance against the Zhou army by constructing the formidable Nine-Bend Yellow River Array. This magical formation, established at the strategic crossing of Mengjin, utilized the power of the Mixed Sky Primordial Dipper to capture and depower the elite Twelve Golden...

Sun Wukong Stealing and Eating the Queen Mother's Peaches of Immortality

🐉 Chinese MythologyTianchi Lake, Xinjiang, ChinaSun Wukong • Queen Mother of the West (Xi Wangmu) • Jade Emperor

The mischievous Monkey King, Sun Wukong, is appointed as the guardian of the Heavenly Peach Garden to keep him out of trouble. However, his insatiable appetite and desire for eternal life lead him to devour the sacred peaches of immortality intended for the Queen Mother's grand banquet. This act of celestial defiance triggers a massive conflict between the rebellious monkey and the entire...

Buddha Pinning Sun Wukong Underneath the Five Elements Mountain

🐉 Chinese MythologyWuzhi Mountain, Hainan, ChinaSun Wukong • Gautama Buddha • Jade Emperor

After Sun Wukong waged a chaotic war against the Heavens, the Jade Emperor sought the help of the Buddha to stop the invincible Monkey King. The Buddha challenged Wukong to a wager, leading the monkey to believe he had traveled to the edge of the universe when he had never left the Buddha's palm. As punishment for his arrogance and crimes, the Buddha transformed his hand into the Five...

Sun Wukong Wreaking Havoc in the Heavenly Court and Fighting the Heavenly Army

🐉 Chinese MythologyMount TaiSun Wukong • Jade Emperor • Taibai Jinxing

After being slighted by the celestial bureaucracy, the powerful Monkey King, Sun Wukong, rebels against the Jade Emperor and the entire Heavenly Court. He single-handedly defeats the 100,000 soldiers of the Heavenly Army, survives the divine furnace of Laozi, and challenges the very foundation of the cosmos. This legendary conflict represents the ultimate struggle between individual chaotic...

Sun Wukong Surviving 49 Days in Laozi's Eight Trigrams Furnace and Gaining Fiery Golden Eyes

🐉 Chinese MythologyMount Lao, Shandong, ChinaSun Wukong • Laozi (Lord Lao) • Jade Emperor

After consuming the Peaches of Immortality and Laozi's Golden Pills, Sun Wukong is sentenced to be refined in the Eight Trigrams Furnace to extract the elixirs and destroy his indestructible body. However, the clever Monkey King survives the forty-nine-day ordeal by hiding in the wind-protected corner of the vessel. He emerges with increased strength and the Fiery Golden Eyes, a mystical...

Erlang Shen Fighting Sun Wukong in an Epic Shapeshifting Duel

🐉 Chinese MythologyMount Huaguo, Jiangsu, ChinaSun Wukong • Erlang Shen • Jade Emperor

The rebellious Sun Wukong faces his most formidable opponent, Erlang Shen, in a legendary battle that shifts from martial arts to a high-stakes shapeshifting duel. The conflict showcases their mastery of seventy-two transformations as they chase each other through the landscapes of Mount Huaguo. This clash eventually requires the intervention of the highest celestial powers to bring the...

Sun Wukong Drunkenly Consuming Laozi's Golden Elixirs

🐉 Chinese MythologyMount Lao, Shandong, ChinaSun Wukong • Laozi (Taishang Laojun) • Jade Emperor

After being excluded from the Queen Mother's Peach Banquet, the Monkey King Sun Wukong drunkenly stumbles into the Tushita Palace of Laozi. There, he discovers and consumes five gourds of the supreme Golden Elixirs of Immortality, intended for the gods. This act of celestial theft grants him an indestructible body and leads to a catastrophic war between the Mountain of Flowers and Fruit and...