Bodhi still has an apprentice in the world. The first thing Wukong did when he came down from the mountain was to look for him. Why did the brothers turn against each other?

After Sun Wukong got off the mountain, he found that the Bull Demon King had occupied his mountain top, so he turned against his brothers. Although they are all disciples of Patriarch Bodhi, when personal interests are involved, they will definitely fight to the death.

The Bull Demon King took over Sun Wukong’s territory when Sun Wukong was away

Those who have read Journey to the West probably know that the Bull Demon King and Sun Wukong are strangers to each other. Moreover, the grudges between the Bull Demon King and Sun Wukong are very complicated. From the beginning, when Sun Wukong went to Bodhi Patriarch to seek the method of immortality and learn magic. The Demon King came to the Water Curtain Cave in Huaguo Mountain. He felt that this was a geomantic treasure, so he wanted to occupy the mountain and become the king.

But the Water Curtain Cave in Huaguo Mountain was discovered by Sun Wukong first. When the Bull Demon King came, Sun Wukong’s monkey grandson had already lived in it. However, the Bull Demon King's magic is very powerful, so it is easy to deal with this ragtag group of monkeys. So the Bull Demon King bullied Sun Wukong's monkey grandson. When Sun Wukong came down from the mountain and saw it, he was naturally furious and wanted revenge.

There are many similarities between the spells of the Bull Demon King and Sun Wukong

First of all, let’s talk about the fight between the Bull Demon King and Sun Wukong. Both the Bull Demon King and Sun Wukong will have 72 changes, and the Bull Demon King and Sun Wukong’s The moves are similar in some aspects, and this was also mentioned in the original text of Journey to the West.

Can we make a bold guess that the Bull Demon King is Sun Wukong’s senior brother? The Bull Demon King also once worshiped the Bodhi Patriarch as his teacher and learned various transformation and fighting techniques. But the Bull Demon King did not go to cause trouble in the Heavenly Palace like Sun Wukong. In some respects, the Bull Demon King is a bit more cowardly than Sun Wukong. Otherwise, the Bull Demon King would not have become a henpecker.

The main reason is that neither the Bull Demon King nor Sun Wukong knows that the other is their senior brother, so they fight and fight when conflicts of interest arise.