Sun Wukong is one of the protagonists in the novel "Journey to the West", and is one of the most popular characters among readers, and his popularity has long dominated the top three of the mythological character list; some people like Sun Wukong because they think he is jealous and hateful, some people like Sun Wukong because they think he is witty and brave, and some people think that Sun Wukong is loyal. Although there are many people who like Monkey King, more people seem to be interested in Monkey King's strength.
In the book, the strength of Sun Wukong is always a mystery, the early Sun Wukong rose quite quickly, he studied art at the Bodhi Ancestor for ten years, of which seven years were miscellaneous, and the real art was three years, after which Sun Wukong was "expelled from the division" by the Bodhi Ancestor. After leaving the school, Sun Wukong, who was called a powerful one, first went to the East Sea, borrowed the Bao Ruyi Golden Hoop Stick from the Dragon King of the East Sea, and also borrowed a bundle from the other Dragon Kings.
Later, because his soul was taken away by the prefectural government, he made a big fuss in the prefectural government, and also forcibly sold the book of life and death (monkeys). Later, Sun Wukong accepted the Heavenly Court's offer, but felt humiliated and betrayed the Heavenly Court, and when the Heavenly Court surrounded and suppressed Huaguo Mountain, he easily defeated the Giant Spirit God and Nezha (suspected of being defeated). Then he was recruited again, but he was also surrounded and suppressed because of the big peach festival, this time Sun Wukong defeated the Nine Evil Stars, the Five Heavenly Kings, and the Three Princes of Nezha in a row, so that the Fen Shen Technique defeated 100,000 Heavenly Soldiers, and from then on his name shocked the world.
Later, the Jade Emperor sent the strongest combat force in the Heavenly Court, the Erlang God, to capture Sun Wukong, and the strength displayed by Sun Wukong was only slightly inferior to that of the Erlang God, and finally it was only by relying on the help of Taishang Laojun with the help of the Diamond Bracelet to capture Sun Wukong. However, Sun Wukong had cultivated the "incorruptible body of King Kong", and all kinds of punishments were ineffective against him, and as a result, he was thrown into the Bagua Furnace of Taishang Laojun, which contained the Six Ding Divine Fire, one of the Four Heavenly Fires, but still could not hurt Sun Wukong in the slightest.
Later, Sun Wukong broke out of the furnace and made a big fuss in the Heavenly Palace, holding the Ruyi Golden Hoop Stick, which was invincible, and the 100,000 Heavenly Soldier Heavenly Generals, the Four Heavenly Kings, and the Twenty-Eight Stars could not defeat it; Sun Wukong fought with the strongest combat force in the Heavenly Court in front of the Tongming Hall, the Leibu War; later, the Buddha came and surrendered Sun Wukong with the great divine power. In this way, Sun Wukong is indeed an extraordinary combat force.
The Chaos Demon King who had been killed by him before did not say anything, was it that the Dragon King who guarded the sea and the Yan Luo King of the Di Mansion were not as strong as Sun Wukong? Could it be that those Heavenly Soldiers and Heavenly Generals in the Heavenly Court, the Four Great Heavenly Kings, and even many immortals were not opponents of Sun Wukong? If nothing else, these Erlang Gods and Nezha were long-established power factions; even if Sun Wukong learned the top immortal method, his qualifications were also anti-heaven level, but in the end, the cultivation time was too short.
Unless he was practicing the Immortal Law of Improving Cultivation by "Epiphany", just like Wen Hua of the Netizens joking about "The Sword In the Snow", "one step of King Kong, the second step is to cross the finger into the celestial phenomenon, and the third step is already the Land Immortal Realm"; it has easily reached the realm of many immortals cultivating for countless years, is there such a possibility? Yes, this possibility is the Golden Dan refined by Taishang Laojun that Sun Wukong stole.
However, at the beginning of Sun Wukong's journey to protect Tang Monk to the Western Heavens, Sun Wukong's combat effectiveness seems to be rapidly declining, and it does not matter if he can't beat those monsters with a backstage, after all, the hundreds of years of suppression have not been spent in vain, at least in terms of human sophistication, he still understands a lot; but even the black bear essence, scorpion essence, centipede essence, bull demon king, red child, nine-headed insect, rhinoceros essence and other wild monsters, Sun Wukong is also unable to fight, all kinds of help, this is a bit impossible to say.
Can't it be said that these demon kings are more powerful than Nezha, Yang Jian, the Four Heavenly Kings, and the Leibu Gods, right? If the demons were really so powerful, how could the Heavenly Court still rule the Three Realms? Of course, there will certainly be people who will refute it, and they will say that Sun Wukong was suppressed under the Five Finger Mountain, hungry to eat iron pills, thirsty and drinking copper juice, just to limit Sun Wukong's cultivation. Is this really the case?
Of course not, first of all, do immortals need to eat and drink? There are only two situations in which immortals eat and drink, the first is the edible Heavenly Material and Earth Treasure, which can indeed increase cultivation, but where are there so many Heavenly Materials and Earth Treasures? The second is to satisfy the appetite, which has no effect, it is purely hungry. As for eating iron pills and drinking copper juice, it is better to understand, Sun Wukong is gold, such as the Buddha's arrangement is to stabilize Sun Wukong's cultivation behavior, after all, Sun Wukong's early cultivation growth is too fast, need to precipitate.
So why is the gap between Sun Wukong's strength so large? There are two situations, the first is that Sun Wukong is lazy, after all, going to the Western Heavens to get the scriptures is not his intention, not to mention that he himself is a demon tribe, and he can't work hard, unless he really annoys Sun Wukong, such as the white bone spirit. The second is that Sun Wukong's strength is originally very general, the early feat is purely the Heavenly Court "acting", all the gods and immortals are "releasing water", otherwise how could he not kill a god? As for which of these two situations is more likely, it is debatable.