During his time in heaven, Sun Wukong met a senior fairy named Zilan, who is notably a significant character here who doesn't appear in the novel. She was originally a flower next to Wukong's stone egg that gained sentience. She heard a prophecy that she and Wukong will be romantically involved, and she fell in love with him and vice versa. Wukong later won a horse-racing competition and was awarded the title of "Great Sage Equal to Heaven". He also stole and ate the peaches of immortality but due to Queen Mother being a secret sympathizer, he got off relatively lightly. Good fortune doesn't last forever, and due to mischief caused by Zimei (Zilan's sister), Wukong fell further out of favour with the Jade Emperor and other deities. He surrendered after his kingdom of monkeys were mostly wiped out in the conflict. Repeated attempts to execute him failed, Wukong eventually loses his temper yet again and wrecked havoc on heaven, and was then imprisoned by Lord Buddha for 500 years. He was released to serve Tang Sanzang for his Pilgrimage to the West, and the two of them recruited the Dragon Horse, Sha Wujing, and Zhu Bajie to aid them as well.