Myths featuring Laozi (Taishang Laojun)

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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...