We know that Sun Wukong has two sworn brothers, one is the Great Sage Bull Demon King of Pingtian, and the other is Zhen Yuanzi, the ancestor of the Earth Immortals, both of whom have strong mana cultivation.
Let's talk about the Bull Demon King first.
In film and television dramas, the strength of the Bull Demon King has always been underestimated, and it is often set to be inferior to Sun Wukong, and plots of being beaten by Sun Wukong abound, but in fact, the strength of the Bull Demon King in the original book is significantly stronger than that of Sun Wukong, and Sun Wukong is also convinced of him.
In the sixty-first chapter of the original work, because the Bull Demon King was unwilling to borrow a banana fan, Sun Wukong teamed up with Zhu Bajie in an attempt to forcibly snatch it from him. Therefore, the two sides fought fiercely, each showed their magical powers, and killed until the sky was dark, the sun and the moon were dark, and they fought for half a day and a night, and they actually did not distinguish between victory and defeat.
In the case of joining forces with Zhu Bajie, Sun Wukong can only win or lose with the Bull Demon King, if he fights alone, the result can be imagined. Because of this, in the early morning of the next day, the little third jade-faced princess of the Bull Demon King led the little demon of Jilei Mountain to help fight, and the Bull Demon King also had a helper, and soon repelled the two brothers.
After the war, Sun Wukong sighed convincingly: "This guy is brave! Since yesterday, before and after Shen Shi, he fought with Lao Sun until tonight, and he was not sure whether he would win or lose, but he had to be relayed by the two of you. After such a hard struggle for half a day and a night, he did not see any hardship. ”
Let's talk about Zhen Yuanzi.
In film and television dramas, Zhen Yuanzi's strength is sometimes underestimated, for example, in Zhang Jizhong's version of "Journey to the West", Zhen Yuanzi broke out in an armed conflict with Sun Wukong because Sun Wukong knocked down the ginseng fruit tree. The two sides fought evenly at the beginning, and Sun Wukong even had a slight upper hand, if it weren't for Tang Seng reciting the mantra, Zhen Yuanzi might not be able to escape defeat.
This plot can be said to be diametrically opposed to the original book.
In the twenty-sixth chapter of the original work, after Sun Wukong knocked down the ginseng fruit tree, he instigated Tang Seng to escape, but before he could escape from the Wanshou Mountain boundary where Wuzhuang Temple is located, he was caught up by Zhen Yuanzi. Zhen Yuanzi asked Sun Wukong to apologize, but Sun Wukong refused to listen, and the two sides broke out in an armed conflict.
Sun Wukong raised the golden hoop stick and hit, Zhen Yuanzi easily dodged, and then calmly fought back with a whisk. After fighting for a while, Sun Wukong couldn't get close to Zhen Yuanzi's body at all. Zhen Yuanzi saw this. simply used a trick to the ability of the sleeve, "show the sleeves of the robe in the clouds, and brush the ground", and instantly captured the entire scripture-learning team, including Sun Wukong.
Speaking of which, everyone must be very curious, who is more powerful in the same Monkey King's brother, the Bull Demon King or Zhen Yuanzi?
Some people must think that it is Zhen Yuanzi, because Zhen Yuanzi is the ancestor of the earth immortals, and the Bull Demon King is just a monster, how can the monster be compared with the ancestor of the earth immortals?
But in fact, the immortals in the Journey to the West world have the ancestors of the heavenly immortals and the earth immortals, and the status of the heavenly immortals is higher than that of the earth immortals, and the ancestor of the earth immortals is just the leader of the earth immortals, and the status in the Three Realms is not so high. And although the Bull Demon King is a monster, he is also a top demon king who claims to be the Great Sage of Pingtian, and he should definitely not be underestimated.
As for the strength of him and Zhen Yuanzi, we can see the clues from Sun Wukong's words.
In the twenty-sixth chapter of the original work, Sun Wukong came to Penglai Xiandao and asked Fu Lushou for help to save the ginseng fruit tree. After seeing Fu Lu Shou Sanxing, Sun Wukong told Wuzhuang Guan what happened to him 1510, during which he mentioned: "This time I was still at the mercy of the cloth, wrapping the cloth and rolling my master and two junior brothers, but putting me in the oil pot." I made another way to get out and left, breaking his pot. When he saw that he couldn't hold me, he was a little jealous of me. It was I who talked to him again, taught him to release my master and junior brother, and I worked with him to manage the work, so that the two families could be at peace. ”
Sun Wukong said that Zhen Yuanzi was a little jealous of him, that is, a little afraid of him, it can be seen that his strength is not much stronger than Sun Wukong, but he is a top-level grappling spell with his sleeve, so he can easily capture Sun Wukong alive.
As mentioned earlier, Sun Wukong and Zhu Bajie joined forces to kill the Bull Demon King, which shows that the strength of the Bull Demon King will not be too strong Sun Wukong. In this case, the strength of him and Zhen Yuanzi should be comparable, even if they are inferior, they are only slightly inferior. What do you think?