The Jade Emperor appointed Sun Wukong as keeper of the Pantao Yuan to placate the restless Monkey King, but Sun Wukong devoured the choicest peaches instead of guarding them, precipitating the havoc in Heaven.
Xiwangmu tends the Pantao Yuan where the peaches of immortality grow, ripening once every three thousand years, and hosts the legendary Peach Banquet for the celestial court.
Dongfang Shuo stole the peaches of immortality from the Pantao Yuan three times, each theft discovered yet forgiven, earning him legendary status as a cunning immortal in disguise.
Sun Wukong, left alone to guard the Pantao Yuan, gorged himself on peaches from all three tiers — those ripening in three thousand, six thousand, and nine thousand years — absorbing their immortal essence and becoming virtually indestructible.
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