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25 Episodes 1986 - 1988
Episode 1
A monkey is born from a stone nourished by the world's essence. He travels around the world to pursue the methods of becoming immortal.
Episode 2
Sun Wukong becomes powerful after Taoist practice. He is summoned by the Heaven to become a governor.
Episode 3
Wukong returns to the Heaven as the "Great Sage", but he causes a havoc in the Heaven which leads to an enormous battle.
Episode 4
Wukong is subdued by the Buddha and is sealed under a mountain. 500 years later, the monk Tang Sanzang starts his journey under the instruction of Guanyin Bodhisattva.
Episode 5
Wukong is finally released by Sanzang from the mountain and becomes his disciple. However, he is in conflicts with Sanzang immediately.
Episode 6
Sanzang and Wukong arrives at Guanyin Monastery. Wukong demonstrates Sanzang's cloak to the monks there, which causes them great trouble.
Episode 7
Whilst on their journey, Wukong and Tang Sanzang meet Squire Gao from Gao Village whose daughter has been kidnapped by a pig demon.
Episode 8
Sanzang and his disciples suffer from three tribulations. A new disciple called Sha Wujing joins the team.
Episode 9
Sanzang and his disciples arrives at Wuzhuang Temple. There is a tree with fruits that enable people to live thousands of years. However, Monkey destroys it due to his conflicts with the Taoist priests and irritates a powerful Immortal.
Episode 10
A cunning demon transforms into humans to trick Sanzang for three times and leads Sanzang to break up with Wukong.
Episode 11
Sanzang and his disciples meets a powerful demon after Wukong left. He is transformed into a tiger by the demon. Feeling helplessly, Bajie goes to find the dismissed Monkey King and prompts him to join the team again.
Episode 12
Two demons want to eat Sanzang and abducts everyone except Wukong to their cave. Wukong has to use all types of methods to beat the demons' magical items.
Episode 13
A king tells in Sanzang's dream that he is murdered by a demon and asks Sanzang to save him. Wukong then goes to the heaven to ask for help.
Episode 14
A demon disguises as a child to abduct Sanzang away. It turns out that he is the child of Wukong's old friend.
Episode 15
The pilgrims arrive at a kingdom where monks are tortured. It is actually the result of three demons pretend as Taoist masters. Wukong then starts a competition with the demons.
Episode 16
The pilgrims get into a kingdom only consists of women. There, Sanzang faces great temptation from a gentle and beautiful queen and another equally charming demon.
Episode 17
The pilgrims come across a burned mountain. Wukong asks for help from the Princess Iron Fan, but is rejected by her due to Wukong's subdue of her son.
Episode 18
The pilgrims arrive at a kingdom that arrests all the monks. It turns out the national treasure was missed by monks in the royal temple. Wukong and Bajie start to search for the missing treasure.
Episode 19
Sanzang is abducted by a bunch of demons and tempted by a charming lady. After being saved, he and his disciples arrive at the Thunder Temple, but Wukong immediately recognizes it as a fake.
Episode 20
The king of the country the pilgrim's enter is terribly sick.
Episode 21
Sanzang goes to get food and is trapped by seven demons. Wukong manages to save him from their cave.
Episode 22
A beautiful demon uses tricks to abduct Sanzang away and persuades the monk to be her husband. Wukong almost saves Sanzang, but he finds out the demon is related to some Immortals in the Heaven.
Episode 23
A king has a bad dream of suffering from a monk. As a result, he orders to arrest all the monks in his country. Wukong use his magic power to cut the king's hair and enlightens him. However, a demon comes and steals their weapon.
Episode 24
A demon robbed the princess of the kingdom and transformed herself into the princess. She traps Sanzang to be her prince, but her plan is destroyed by Wukong.
Episode 25
The pilgrims finally reach the Vulture Peak and are given the scriptures. Yet, they find out that the scriptures are actually blank.