In the end, the Great Sage broke the rules.

After arriving at the Eastern Wonderful Rock Palace, Sun Wukong respectfully greeted the Heavenly Venerable.

Although the Heavenly Venerable resided deep within the palace, he had heard of Sun Wukong's affairs.

Taiyi Tianzun: "Monkey, aren't you supposed to be protecting Xuanzang on his journey to the West? What brings you here?"

Sun Wukong cut to the chase and asked, "Heavenly Venerable One, is your mount in the palace?"

"Is the nine-headed lion at your residence?"

Taiyi Tianzun: "Here he is. Great Sage, ask him where he comes from?"

Sun Wukong: "If you are really here, please bring you out so I can see you."

Upon hearing this, the Heavenly Venerable immediately summoned the Lion Servant to see him.

Before long, two heavenly soldiers dragged the sleeping lion slave over.

"The lion slave is sleeping in the lion's den, and the nine-headed lion is nowhere to be seen," one of the heavenly soldiers reported to Taiyi.

Celestial Venerable: "Wake him up!"

Sun Wukong: "Tell him to get up!"

Upon hearing this, the two heavenly soldiers continued to pat the lion slave.

“Wake up!

"Wake up..."

A short while later, the lion slave opened his eyes and woke up.

The Celestial Venerable, seeing that he had woken up, frowned and asked about the lion's whereabouts.

The lion told the Celestial Venerable that three days ago, he met Venus behind the Great Dew Palace. Venus gave him a bottle of wine, and after drinking it, he fell asleep immediately. As a result, he lost his leash and disappeared.

Upon hearing this, the Celestial Venerable knew that the wine was the Reincarnation Elixir of the Supreme Lord Laozi. One sip and one would be drunk for three days without waking up. It seemed that this wicked creature had been in the mortal realm for three years.

Sun Wukong finally understood that it was all the work of the Heavenly Court.

Sun Wukong told the Heavenly Venerable that the lion was now causing trouble in Bamboo Mountain in Yuhua Prefecture and had captured the King of Yuhua and his son.

Subsequently, the Celestial Venerable, accompanied by his lion servant, went down to the mortal realm with Sun Wukong to subdue demons.

On the way, they encountered the Duty Officer.

Duty Officer: "That demon is very strange. It has been here for three years, but it has never harmed or killed anyone. In the past two days, it has not tortured King Yuhua and his son either."

Upon hearing this, the Celestial Venerable felt gratified.

The Celestial Venerable said, “My Yuan Sheng’er is also a true spirit who has cultivated for a long time and attained enlightenment. When he shouts, he can reach the Three Saints above and penetrate the Nine Springs below, and he never harms any living beings.”

He then instructed Sun Wukong to challenge the Nine-Headed Lion, saying all he needed to do was lure it out.

Sun Wukong arrived outside the demon cave in the blink of an eye, calmly and loudly insulting the Lion King.

"Hey! You ugly monster inside! Dare to come out and fight!"

"Ugly freak! You dog!"

"Come out!"

The Lion King came out to fight upon hearing the commotion.

Lion King: "Sun Wukong! I will definitely skin you alive!"

At a single command, the little demons charged into battle!

Sun Wukong didn't want to kill the minor demons, so after taking a few blows, he jumped up.

"Look who's there?" Sun Wukong said calmly, pointing to Taiyi and the Lion Slave in the sky.

Upon seeing the Celestial Venerable and the Lion Slave, Taiyi immediately shouted, "Run!"

The lion servant roared, "You beast! Show your true form and come here to be punished!"

The lion servant's single word, "You beast," made the lion king obediently submit, kneeling down and transforming into a lion before leaping back to his master's side.

The lion servant raised his whip to lash him, but Sun Wukong interceded in time, sparing the lion from physical pain.

After bidding farewell to Sun Wukong, the Celestial Venerable departed.

Sun Wukong entered the cave and rescued the king and his son.

Back in the city, they found Pigsy drinking and eating meat, surrounded by women, having a great time.

Seeing his two drunken disciples, Jiang Liuer's face immediately darkened.

"Wukong, wake them up!"

That's absolutely outrageous! How could they be so rude in someone else's home!

Sun Wukong clenched his fist and gave Zhu Bajie a good beating.

After regaining his senses, Pigsy, with a bruised and swollen face, immediately and obediently apologized to Jiang Liuer.

Pigsy: "Master, I was wrong, please forgive me this time..."

As she spoke, she accidentally tugged at the wound on her face and gasped in shock.

Seeing his pitiful appearance, Jiang Liuer gave him a few words of reprimand and told him to reflect on his actions, promising not to let him off easily if he did it again.

……

The next day, the king and his son personally escorted the master and his disciples out of the city.

Throughout the journey, Sun Wukong couldn't understand why Taibai had released that lion.

Sun Wukong: "Taibai Jinxing, you old man, you're just a nuisance!"

When Venus in the sky heard Sun Wukong's words, he burst into laughter.

"Hahaha...you stinky monkey, serves you right for being a know-it-all, you lion! You're all lions!"