As king of the monkeys it is his duty to keep track of and protect every monkey. He has vast memorization skills and can remember every monkey ever born. He is extremely fast, able to travel 108,000 li (54,000 km, 34,000 mi) in one somersault. He has amazing strength and is able to support the weight of two heaven mountains on his shoulders while running 'with the speed of a meteor'. After five hundred years, he accompanies the monk Tang Sanzang (唐三藏) riding on White Dragon Horse and two other disciples, Zhu Bajie and Sha Wujing, on a journey to obtain Buddhist sutras from the West (India), where Buddha and his followers dwell. After rebelling against heaven, he is imprisoned under a mountain by the Buddha. In said novel, Sun Wukong is a monkey born from a stone who acquires supernatural powers through Taoist practices. The Monkey King ( simplified Chinese: 孙悟空 traditional Chinese: 孫悟空 pinyin: Sūn Wù Kōng) is best known as one of the main characters in the 16th-century Chinese novel Journey to the West ( traditional Chinese: 西遊記 simplified Chinese: 西游记) and many later stories and adaptations. Immortality, 72 Bian (Morphing Powers), Jin Dou Yun (Cloud Surfing), Jin Gang Bu Huai Zhi Shen (Superhuman Durability), Jin Jing Huo Yan (True Sight)Īwakened to Emptiness or Awakened to Void
