Monkey enters the city. In the meantime Pig has already rescued the princess and brought her back to the city. They change the Tang Priest, who has the shape of a tiger, back to his original shape. The master and his disciples give no more thought to the earlier dismissal of Monkey. They take a rest for some days. Then they say farewell to the king and continue on their journey to the west. The Fourth Duty God delivers a message to the master and his disciples at the foot of the eastern peak of Flat-top Mountain, saying that “The devil chieftains living on Flat-top Mountain intend to give the pilgrim monks trouble.” He tells the master and his disciples to be careful. Pig and Monkey divide the work between them. Pig goes to patrol the mountain, while Monkey remains to protect their master. Pig is careless, and is therefore captured at the west mountain by the younger devil chieftain, the Junior King Silver Horn, and taken to the Lotus Flower Cave.
孫悟空到城裏——此時八戒已將公主救回，救了化成虎形的唐僧，師徒們不再計較昔日貶徒之事，休息數日，辭王西行。四值功曹在平頂山東山下傳報師徒：“平頂山魔頭有加害取經僧之意”，囑師徒要小心。八戒、悟空分工，八戒探山，悟空護師。八戒不慎在西山爲二魔頭（銀角大王）擒拿到蓮花洞。