In Journey to the West, Laozi provided his diamond bracelet to help subdue Sun Wukong after the Jade Emperor's celestial armies failed to defeat the Monkey King.
The Three Pure Ones are the supreme triad of Daoist theology — Yuanshi Tianzun who existed before creation, Lingbao Tianzun who orders yin and yang, and Laozi as Daode Tianzun who descended into the world to teach humanity the Way.
Laozi attempted to destroy Sun Wukong in the Eight Trigrams Furnace, but the Monkey King survived and emerged with fiery golden eyes.
Tieguai Li studied the Dao under Laozi himself. While his spirit traveled to meet Laozi, his disciple cremated his body believing him dead, forcing his soul to enter the corpse of a lame beggar.
Laozi rode his water buffalo westward through Hangu Pass, where Yin Xi the gate-keeper recognized him as a departing sage and begged him to leave behind his wisdom. Laozi wrote five thousand characters of the Dao De Jing, handed the scroll to Yin Xi, and vanished into the wilderness beyond the pass.
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