Sun Wukong and Erlang have the same divine skills, and their divine powers are unique, which can be described as a chess opponent, regardless of whether they are in any other way.
Sun Wukong made a big fuss in the Heavenly Palace and defeated 100,000 Heavenly Soldiers, and the Jade Emperor, at the recommendation of Guanyin Bodhisattva, suppressed the Erlang God. Erlang Shen and Sun Wukong fought for three hundred rounds, regardless of victory or defeat.
However, if you have to distinguish between the two, the strength of the Erlang God should be slightly better than That of Sun Wukong.
The two competed in fist and foot kung fu without winning or losing, so they competed in the art of heaven and earth. The so-called Fa TianxiangDi, in layman's terms, is the art of becoming bigger, making the body as tall as a mountain, thereby increasing its own combat effectiveness.
Erlang Shen transformed himself, "becoming tall, with two hands, holding up a three-pointed and two-bladed divine blade, just like the peak on the top of Mount Hua", holding up a three-pointed and two-edged knife and slashing straight at Sun Wukong. When Sun Wukong saw this, he also transformed into a body the size of the Erlang God, and raised the golden hoop stick to resist the attack of the Erlang God.
However, Sun Wukong's Technique of Heaven and Earth, although the ability to become larger did not lose to the Erlang God, but the endurance seemed to be slightly inferior, and when he saw the monkeys being besieged by the grass head god, he panicked, and suddenly appeared his true appearance and withdrew.
Erlang Shen chased after him, and on the way to catch up, the two competed in the art of change.
In terms of the art of competition, the Erlang God also seems to be slightly better than Sun Wukong, no matter what Sun Wukong changes, the Erlang God can always suppress him. Sun Wukong became a sparrow, and the Erlang god became a sparrow eagle; Sun Wukong became a big crane, and the Erlang god became a big crane; Sun Wukong changed to a temple to hide, and he did not expect to be recognized on the spot by the Erlang god.
Erlang Shen led the gods of The Guanjiangkou to surround Sun Wukong, and the two sides fought again, only to kill the sky and darkness, and the sun and moon were dark.
Just when the Erlang God and Sun Wukong were killing each other, the heavens suddenly shone with auspicious light and steamed, and it turned out that the gods such as Daozu Taishang Laojun and Guanyin Bodhisattva came to watch the battle and decided to help the Erlang God.
In the end, when Sun Wukong was caught in a bitter battle and was in a hurry, Daozu calmly sacrificed his Vajrapani and smashed it directly at Sun Wukong. Sun Wukong was smashed and fell, and the Heavenly Dog took the opportunity to pounce on him and bite him fiercely, and Erlang Shen led the Meishan brothers to rush up, and finally captured Sun Wukong alive.
Seeing this scene, readers are often curious, if Daozu did not shoot, could erlang god still capture Sun Wukong?
Some people think that they can and some people think that they can't, but in fact, if you read the original work carefully, you can see the clues from the words of Guanyin Bodhisattva.
When Sun Wukong and the erlang god were killed inseparably, Guanyin Bodhisattva said to Daozu, "What about the erlang god that the poor monk held up?" Sure enough, he had the power to besiege the great saint, but he had not yet been captured. I have now helped him, and I am determined to hold him. ”
Guanyin Bodhisattva showed off to Daozu that he had recommended people, and the Erlang God was indeed miraculous, so if the Erlang God could give birth to Sun Wukong, Guanyin Bodhisattva naturally would not think of helping him, and if the Erlang God was allowed to completely rely on his own strength to capture Sun Wukong, wouldn't it be more obvious that he had recommended Sun Wukong?
The reason why Guanyin Bodhisattva decided to help was precisely because through watching the battle, he found that although the Erlang God was slightly stronger than Sun Wukong, he could not capture Sun Wukong.
Since erlang Shen was stronger than Sun Wukong, why couldn't he catch him? The reason is very simple, the two sides are fighting, defeat is actually more difficult than the raw capture, not to mention that Sun Wukong mastered the rib douyun, a tendon bucket 18,000 miles, the immortals can not catch up, if he wants to escape, it is easy to do.
However, when Guanyin Bodhisattva decided to attack Sun Wukong with the bottle, Daozu was worried that the bottle would be smashed, so he sacrificed Vajrapani to help the god Erlang for Guanyin Bodhisattva.