Do you think you could make a list from the strongest demon king to the weakest?
Maybe Wukong's sworn brothers other than the demon bull king wouldn't be included because we never see them fight (although I understand they fought alongside Wukong when he rebelled against heaven?)
I could only give out a rough outline since I'm not really a 'power scaler' and honestly it's hard to say if by strong you mean the most difficult or if they had powerful attacks. Most of Wukong's worst fights aren't, particularly because his enemies were physically powerful but just had a strong weapon or a single powerful attack while being a glass canon.
While Wukong's sworn brothers did join the fight against heaven, their own armies were captured. Not sure if this was to reflect Wukong's favoritism toward his own monkeys or to show how his sworn brothers were outclassed but I am not even going to try to guess.
So this will be more of a list of Wukong Most DIFFICULT fights to the easiest fights.
Hurt Wukong
Trapped Wukong
Fought (tie)
Fought (lost)
Lost without Fight
Never seen Fight (inconclusive)
Magic Item
Red Boy - made Wukong pass out, Guanyin subdued him, glass cannon
Scorpion Demoness - poisoned Wukong, killed by Pleiades Star Offical, glass cannon
Yellow Wind Demon - make Wukong blind, he needed Lingshan's help, glass cannon
Hundred-Eyed Demon Lord - blinded Wukong momentarily, also taken out by Star Official Pleides
Golden-Winged Great Peng - Talons overpowered Wukong, was taken out by Buddha
Silver Horned King - captured Wukong due to magic spell and has magic item, was killed later though
Single Horned Rhinoceros King - very powerful magic item used, subdued by Laozi
Yellow Brows Great King - powerful magic item and needed Maitreya Buddha help to defeat
Princess Iron Fan - blew Wukong away with magic item, he needed Lingshan's help
Golden Horned King - captured Wukong due to magic items
Six Eared Macaque - tie until Buddha gave Wukong the upper hand
Bull Demon King - impressive fight but still ran away after being overwhelmed in numbers
Yellow Robe Demon - impressive fight but Wukong still needed the 28 Star's help
Nine-Headed Insect - ran away until taken out by Erlang Shen
Black Wind King - good at escaping, needed Gaunyin's help
Great Immortal King of Spiritual Touch - Gaunyin defeated in the end
Yellow Toothed Elephant - defeated Bajie, lost to Wukong
Azure Lion / Lion-Lynx Demon - defeated Wujing, lost to Wukong
Grand Saint of Nine Spirits - Wukong had Tianzun to help
King of Dust Protection - captured Bajie and Wujing
King of Heat Protection - captured Bajie and Wujing
King of Cold Protection - captured Bajie and Wujing, was killed by Bajie
Lady Earth Flow - able to slip away, needed Nezha and King's Li's help
Great King Jupiter's Rival - had a magic item but never got a chance to use against Wukong
Tuolong Black River God - his own cousin took him out but even Wujing could fight him
Python Demon
White Bone Demon - hard to pin down but killed in one blow
Spider Demons - stole Sanzang but very easy to defeat
King of the Southern Hill
Tiger Strength Great Immortal
Elk Strength Great Immortal
Antelope Strength Immortal
White Deer Spirit
Nine-Tailed Vixen
Great King Fox Number Seven
Wansheng Dragon King
Demon King of Confusion
Dragon Demon King
Peng Demon King
Lion Demon King
Female Macaque King
Snub Nose Monkey King
Bear Mountain Lord
This is my personal take on the Demon Kings and as you can see, I did include demons that aren’t technically Demon Kings but rather the main antagonist in their arc. This also doesn't include ALL the demons or any gods or immortals that Wukong has fought with either, these are just the Demon Kings (or at least demons that are the big bad in their arcs) so there are still other antagonists that are in the book on here.
I am solely going on how the fights went in my notes and what I can remember so if you remember these fights going differently and actually want to add any details please let me know. I didn't include anything that the demons like 'claim' to have or powers or feats that they have done, just what they ACTAULLY did in the story, cause actions speak louder than words.
There could be grey area with the demons with magic items. And you could argue how easily the demons that caused Wukong the most damage were easily defeated by other gods just because they could bypass their one (1) magic spell gimic that was just giving Wukong trouble. Two of these Demon Kings were taken out by the SAME ROOSTER just because they are insect demons and roosters are their natural enemies. So take that as you will... Other demons Kings were defeated just cause their owner showed up before they could really fight too.
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Having gender envy actress Tilda Swinton play the Wood Sprite is such a based move on Del Toro's end.
Especially when you consider how gendered fairies get in most fairy tale adaptations. Always portrayed as humanoid nymph like beings with exaggerated feminine features like eyelashes and long dresses with the only fairy thing about them being wings that usually look so pasted on. Sometimes not even wings. Just a nymph with tiddies and big doe eyes and a long dress so ~you know it's a girl for sure~
IN COMES DEL TORO. He goes "nah, fuck that, we're making OUR fairy a creature that's got biblically accurate angel features AND she's got some breasts but it's not over sexualized like your weak ass nymphs. vaguely refer to her and her sister with 'she' and 'her' and terms like 'sister' but also never really gender them too much".
In conclusion I don't wanna bother with any more fairy tale adaptations if yall fairies are gonna be ridiculously gendered/overly sexualized unlike Chad Del Toro's take.
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Journey to the West: Wukong vs. Hundred-eyed Demon King (2020) 西游记之悟空大战百眼魔君
Director: Xue Shao
Starring: Chen Yeling
Genre: Drama / Action / Romance / Fantasy
Country/Region of Production: Mainland China
Language: Mandarin Chinese
Date: 2020-09-01 (Mainland China Internet)
Duration: 74 minutes
Also known as: Journey to the East: Legend of the White Fox / 东游之白狐传 / Monkey King v Evil Eye
Type: Retelling
Summary:
At ancient times, monsters went on a rampage. Different kinds of creatures announced themselves king and queen. In the realms of Donghuang, the Monkey King of the Monkey Mountains and the Bull King of the Horn Hills were close neighbors. They minded their own businesses. Yet the Monkey King is mischievous in nature. He trespassed into the Bull King's territory. Finally, he provoked the Bull King. They went into an epic battle at the deserted section of Donghuang. Wuxia Goddess of the World of Immortals thwarted Demon with a Hundred Eyes who was wreaking havoc in the mortal world. She descended to the mortal world and took the Spider Demon of the Lair of Spiders under her wing. She stayed at the Lair of Spiders since then. The Fox Demon Bai Linglong of the White Fox Valley, trying to eliminate all disloyal person the in the world, arrived at Donghuang as well. From then, an epic battle between Goddess and Demons is readily afoot.
Bai Linglong is a white fox with a chivalrous heart who loves to fight against injustice. Among the people, there was a Mr. Chen who, relying on his wealth, often oppressed people from good families. Bai Linglong targeted Master Chen and planned to eliminate harm for the people. On this day, Mr. Chen had a tryst with a woman in the suburbs. At this time, Bai Linglong jumped down from a distance and raised her sword to stab Mr. Chen who fled in a hurry. On the way, under a pavilion, a young woman suddenly appeared in front of Mr. Chen. The woman asked Mr. Chen to go to her house for safety, and Mr. Chen followed her without much thought. The woman took Mr. Chen into a cave. Bai Linglong followed the traces and came to the cave. It turned out that this young woman was a banshee named Pearl. Bai Linglong and Pearl started fighting because of this...
Source: https://movie.douban.com/subject/35198577/
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