The Monkey King visited the Eastern Ocean Dragon King's palace and took away the Divine Treasure to serve as his own weapon. The Dragon King sued him to Heaven. The Jade Emperor approved Gold Star's idea to pacify the Monkey King by giving him an empty title. The Monkey King felt insulted and returned to his tribe with great anger, proclaiming himself the Great Sage Equal to Heaven. Gold Star again suggested pacification, so the Jade Emperor granted the monkey his desired title and appointed him Supervisor of the Orchard of Immortal Peaches. When the monkey discovered he had not been invited to the Grand Peach Banquet hosted by Queen Mother, he was so outraged that he wrecked the banquet. The Jade Emperor sent a heavenly army to capture the monkey. After a long and hard battle, the monkey was finally captured by Erlang and sent to the Taoist Master's furnace to be burned. However, the monkey was still alive and even gained refined powers. He kicked his way out of the furnace, wrecked the Jade Emperor's throne room, and escaped.
