The evil female spirit plays tricks on the Tang Priest Sanzang three times, but the saintly priest does not realise it. He blames Monkey for repeatedly violating the Buddhist prohibition against taking life and injuring people without reason. Consequently, he denounces Monkey and drives him away. Monkey returns home. There he restores the Mountain of Flowers and Fruit and recreates the Water Curtain Cave, and again he becomes the Handsome Monkey King.
女怪三戲唐三藏，聖僧不識，認爲孫悟空屢犯殺戒，無故傷人，遂貶逐孫悟空。孫悟空回家，重修花果山，複整水簾洞——又作美猴王。