Since I got an honorable mention or so to speak, allow me to give you this Wall-O-Text...
After Wukong's rebellion on King Yama and deleting his and his family's names from the book of the dead ((along to his actions with the Dragon Kings)), the Jade Emperor ordered to capture this monkey. But Lao Tzu suggested to bring him over and deal with him without resorting to violence. Once he got there, Wukong asked to have an appropriate place worthy of him being an immortal. The Emperor asked if there are any empty spots for him to fill, and they gave Wukong the duty of being the protector of the horses. Of course, Wukong had no idea about his rank and thought it as high as the rest of the gods. But once he knew about it, he raged and reassigned and went back to Earth.
When he returned, he told his fellow monkey family about the humiliation he suffered there, and they supported him with this. At that moment, it was suggested to call their mighty king "The Great Sage Equal To Heaven". When the Emperor finds out about Wukong, he ordered to send his troops down there and get that damn monkey. The fight between the monkeys and the Heavenly army lasted for a long time ((Years to be exact)), but Lao Tzu once again, suggested to bring Wukong once again and fulfill his wish of being The Great Sage like what he proclaims to be. But it would be an empty title and nothing more.
Satisfied with fulfilling his desire, Wukong spent his time having fun with himself or by teasing other gods and getting all friendly with them. But there complaints about him not doing anything. So, they looked for a job for him to do. And it was decided to make him the keeper of the peach gardens of the Queen Mother of the West (Xi Wangmu). Now, Wukong was the keeper of the immortality peaches, but he was not allowed to eat any of them. But... when he finds out that he was not invited to the royal banquet that all of the gods are attending, he ate all the fresh fruits leaving the small green ones, and then he ate all the food and had all the wine and even all of Lao Tzu's immortality pills. He was drunk all the time, but he realized that he got himself in a big, big trouble...!!
Back to Earth, Wukong made preparations for a possible attack from heaven. And when the time came, he was attacked by non less than 100,000 warriors. He fought and defeated them all, and Emperor knew that he is not going to win. But, there was one warrior who was able to put a fight on par with the great sage. And that warrior was Erlang Shen. He was so strong to the point of forcing Wukong to fleet and try to outdo him with his transformations. But with the teamwork of Shen and the rest of the Taoists and Buddhists.
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I do agree with VegettoEX about reading the Anthony C. Yu. versions. If you are not used to reading these big books, you'll get bored pretty easily. But I'll let it out that I almost stopped reading the first volume during Xuanzang's expositions because it was damn boring and confusing as hell!! And for the record, Xuanzang is my least favorite of the group. why? Because:
- 1- He is a forced main character. The story from the start was about Sun Wukong. Why all of a sudden they bring this unrelated character and with so much needles exposition after exposition about his origin?!
2- He doesn't learn from his mistakes. He got tricked numerous times by demons disguised as pretty ladies, and he ignores Wukong's warnings.
3- He doesn't trust Wukong no matter what he does for him. Wukong saved his master's ass over and over again, but he doesn't take his warnings seriously. He always think he is up to no good. And stupid Zhu Bajie doesn't help that much with him framing Wukong and calling him wrong.
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Broly is also portrayed as unstoppable, much like Wukong, with the crown as a device used to control him. He is also a Saiyan, like Goku, so he shares a monkey heritage. 