The Fourth Prince Cang Chen, to help the stray immortal Jin Yao ascend and seize the Myriad Demon Military Tallies, imprisoned his primary consort Tan Guo'er at the Execution Platform, forcing her to undergo the thunder tribulation on her behalf, nailing her with soul-pinning nails, and stripping her demon bones so Jin Yao could assume her identity. Tan Guo'er fell to the Flame Mountain, relying on the karmic fire lin-pattern left by her mother to preserve her lingering soul, and was rescued by the Bull Demon Wang. The Bull Demon Wang exhausted his cultivation to save his daughter and sought help from Sun Wukong to distinguish the true from the false. Jin Yao's conspiracy was exposed, and Wukong revived Tan Guo'er with the Nine-Turn Golden Pill. The Bull Demon Wang summoned the myriads of demons, Wukong furiously smashed the South Heavenly Gate, and the crowd slaughtered their way to the Lingxiao Hall to expose Cang Chen and the heavenly court's shielding. Cang Chen was cast into reincarnation, the demon race fought for equal heavenly laws, and Tan Guo'er took Taishang Laojun as her master, gaining a new life.