The Nine-headed Lion Spirit (the Primal Sage of Ninefold Numinosity) comes to Yuhua County to argue with Monkey (to argue the case of the Tawny Lion Spirit). Monkey realises that they are in the wrong and is left speechless. Pig resorts to sophistry, which results in a battle between the pilgrim monks and the demon. The Primal Sage of Ninefold Numinosity is afraid that the common people will get frightened, so he kidnaps the Tang Priest and moves the scene of the battle to the Nine-bend Twisty Cave.
九頭獅子精（九靈元聖）到玉華州找孫悟空理論（爲黃獅妖討個說法）悟空理虧無語，八戒強詞奪理，引起僧妖交戰。九靈元聖惟恐嚇了百姓，攝走唐僧將戰事轉移到九曲盤桓洞。