There were originally seven demon kings. The Dragon Demon King was supposed to be executed, but a group of people in the heavens begged for mercy, saying that he could go to block the sea eye of the North Sea. In the battle of enfeoffment of the gods, Shen Gongbao blocked the sea eye, but over the years, Shen Gongbao had already decayed, unable to block it anymore. So, they said that the Dragon Demon King, with his good water skills, was suitable to replace Shen Gongbao.

The Peng Demon King had an extraordinary background. Buddha personally came to plead, saying that they were distant relatives. The Peng Demon King and Buddha were related how? In the past, the Peacock King swallowed Buddha, and Buddha opened up the belly of the Peacock King, recognizing the Peacock King as Buddha's mother. The Peng Demon King belongs to the Great Peng category, and is a distant relative of the peacock.

The Lion Camel King also had an unusual background. Taiyi Tianzun and Manjushri came to protect him, saying that in the past, Lion King Simba had a total of seven lion cubs. The Green Lion became Manjushri's driver, and the Nine-headed Lion became Taiyi Tianzun's driver. This Lion Camel King was the youngest son, the most unfilial, but due to the diligent and faultless work of the Green Lion and the Nine-headed Sage over the years, they still hoped to spare the Lion Camel King.

The remaining two demon kings, who were both of the monkey clan, were Monkey Kings. Monkeys have always been looked down upon in the Heavenly Court, so no one came to their defense. Initially, the Heavenly Court wanted to subdue them and use them as mounts, but in the end, who would want to ride a monkey back and forth? So, they were immediately skinned, their tendons pulled out, their heads chopped off, and their skins turned into goblets. These monkey bone goblets are still hanging as decorations in the middle army tent of the Erlang Shen.

And then there's me. Many people had their eye on me, saying I could be a mount. One of the Eight Immortals, Zhang Guolao, said he no longer wanted to ride a donkey, saying it looked stupid and lacked a majestic aura. So, he wanted to rescue me to be his mount. But his idea was directly rejected by the Old Master.

The Supreme Old Master called Zhang Guolao over and scolded him, "I am the Green Bull, a symbol of identity. What are you? Do you think you are worthy to ride the Green Bull?"

As a result, my death was almost inevitable, but the Supreme Old Master couldn't bear to kill me.

Because he rode the Green Bull.

The Heavenly Court had a culture of comparing mounts. The reason why the Ancient Buddha of the South Sea couldn't be re-elected and was replaced by Buddha was because of his mount. It is said that when he met Zhao Gongming at Tongguan, the Ancient Buddha rode a plum blossom deer while Zhao Gongming rode a black tiger. This incident was turned into a story by gossipers that spread far and wide. So, after the enfeoffment of the gods, the Ancient Buddha had the antlers of the plum blossom deer cut off and made into wine—very embarrassing. And because of this incident, the Ancient Buddha couldn't be re-elected as the Buddha and passed on the title of Buddha to the Buddha of the Present.

The Supreme Old Master felt that by leaving me in the mortal realm, if I were to become a king, it would bring him great prestige. Why?

The Supreme Old Master rode the Green Bull. His Green Bull abided by the law, not descending to the mortal world as a demon. But that didn't mean the Green Bull didn't have the ability to become a demon. By leaving me in the mortal realm to become a demon, then when the time came for self-promotion, I would have the capital to boast.

"I, the Supreme Old Master, am extraordinary. Even the bull of the same kind as my mount, when it descends to become a demon in the world, you must all fear it!"

Although he thought so, he didn't want to let me off easily, so he came up with a cunning plan.

He wanted my wife, the Rakshasi, to come over and help him fan the flames in the Eight Trigrams Furnace.

At that time, the Monkey was captured and brought to the Heavenly Court, like me. This monkey had no backing, and the people in the Heavenly Court didn't like the idea of riding a monkey, so they prepared to slaughter him, turn his skull into a goblet, and place it in Li Jing's central army tent, along with two other monkey skull goblets, to have a "three monkey gathering." But the monkey had a tough body, impervious to swords, axes, spears, and halberds.

In order to sever the monkey's head, the Execution Platform ended up breaking seventy-three large chopping blades.

Afterward, the Jade Emperor locked the monkey in the Eight Trigrams Furnace, intending to refine him. Upon seeing this, the Supreme Old Master proposed having my wife, the Rakshasi, bring a plantain fan to maintain the temperature of the Eight Trigrams Furnace.

I disagreed, but I had been deprived of political rights.

The Rakshasi was a good woman and loved me. The Old Master told her that if she helped fan the flames continuously for forty-nine days, then the Heavenly Court would release me.

Upon hearing this, the Rakshasi immediately agreed.

The Old Master kept his word, and on the same day the Rakshasi went to the Heavenly Court, I was released by the Heavenly Court.