The obvious happens as Sun Wukong is convinced to return to defend Tripitaka.

This episode is the last one that features the story of Hundred Flowers’ Shame and features corporal punishment, child abuse, infanticide, misogyny, a woman being blamed for her own rape and touches on suicidal ideation.

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