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The pilgrims encounter a problem that can be solved with the wave of a fan, but things get complicated when Sun Wukong finds out who owns that fan.

A monkey melee has heaven and hell all in a tizzy, and not even Guanyin can sort this one out!

San Zang does the "I don't want you around anymore!" routine again, but this time, Sun Wukong refuses to take it lying down.

An encounter with a group of robbers reignites some long-simmering relationship issues between San Zang and Sun Wukong.

The more San Zang resists, the more irresistible he seems to the women who have him in their power.

The queen of the Kingdom of Women puts on the full-court press for a man who has sworn to never touch women.

Comedic fun, or 16th-century Chinese rumination on the yin and yang of abortion access?

Sun Wukong discovers that his foe the Rhino King isn't really a rhino at all.

Wukong pulls out all the stops in his fight against the Rhino King.

Dissatisfied with the speed of their food delivery service, San Zang, Zhu Bajie, and Sha Zeng go out of their way to find trouble, and succeed.

San Zang’s disciples finally do what they should’ve done from the get-go in their quest to tame the demon of the Heaven-Penetrating River.

San Zang throws caution to the wind and hits the road under questionable circumstances.

The pilgrims discover their hosts' woeful backstory and offer to help.

Sun Wukong goes head-to-head against the last remaining demon Daoist priest of the Slow-Cart Kingdom.

Things escalate quickly in the battle of magic between Daoists and Buddhists.

The pilgrims get into a duel of magic against the local Daoist priests.

Sun Wukong and his brothers have a little fun with the local Daoists.

Sun Wukong visits the Dragon King of the West Sea and tells him to go collect his nephew.

Guanyin shows how she's all about mercy and compassion ... after she impales you with 36 knives.

Shenanigans abound as Sun Wukong and Red Boy engage in a battle of wits.

Sun Wukong tells the villain who abducted his master that long-lost relatives were visiting, but demon boy is nonplussed.

A child gives the pilgrims the runaround.

Zhu Bajie gets even with Sun Wukong, and then gets some help with the luggage.

Zhu Bajie goes diving for treasure, and comes away with more than he bargained for.

San Zang delivers a small package and a big bombshell to the prince of the Wuji Kingdom.

After San Zang gets snubbed while seeking lodging, Sun Wukong insists on having a word with the manager.

Sun Wukong faces off against the demon kings of Lotus Flower Cave and their extended family.

Sun Wukong keeps the demon lords off balance with forgeries of everything -- fake gourds, fake rope, fake minions, fake mother ....

Sun Wukong offers his would-be captors a deal that's too good to be true.

A demon in disguise finds the straw (or mountain) that breaks the monkey's back.

The pilgrims get a warning about the dangers that lie ahead, and one of the disciples begrudgingly goes on ahead to check it out.

Sun Wukong comes to the rescue … by victim-shaming and murdering children.

In a series of tabloid talk-show moments, San Zang's host meets a son-in-law he never knew he had and is informed that someone at his court is not who he seems to be, while Zhu Bajie makes a shocking discovery about a member of his traveling party.

The pilgrims press their luck against Yellow Robe not once, but twice.

Dismissed by San Zang for his killing spree, Sun Wukong decides to let out some steam with ... a killing spree.

San Zang and Sun Wukong have a disagreement over whether the latter is demon hunter extraordinaire or just a cold-blooded murder-happy fiend.

Sun Wukong overlooks the most obvious solution in his quest for a magical cure to bring the ginseng fruit tree back to life.

Sun Wukong and Master Zhenyuan trade wits, barbs, and magic.

The perfect heist blows up in everybody's faces.

Zhu Bajie discovers that more potential wives means more problems.

The pilgrims ask for a night's stay and get offered something much more.

We find out that San Zang isn't the first scripture pilgrim. So what happened to his predecessors?

Sun Wukong's rescue plan hits a snag when he discovers that his foe really blows.

The pilgrims encounter a foe with a predilection for skinning himself.

Everybody is delighted at San Zang gaining a new traveling companion, especially his host.

The pilgrims spend the night with a family experiencing major buyer's remorse about their son-in-law.

The Black Bear Demon finds out that it doesn't feel so good to have a monkey swimming in your stomach.

The wicked schemes of the monks at the Guanyin Monastery backfire calamitously.

The scripture pilgrims seek lodging at a monastery whose residents might need a refresher on the tenets preached by their patron deity.

Sun Wukong returns to his master and finds a nasty little surprise waiting for him.