Red boy is the sin of Niu Mowang the bull demon king and princess iron fan. For 300 years he has cultivated his ability to manipulate fire to the point where he achieved true samadhi fire. This fire could not be put out with water and he could generate smoke from the orifices on his face. When he heard about Sun Wukong and his party red boy wanted to eat Tang Sanzangs flesh so he could extend his life. In order to do so red boy disguised himself as a helpless boy and tied himself to a tree. Sun Wukong frees him but notices he is a demon. However Sun Wukong is subjugated to carry red boy on his back until he is tricked and Tang Sanzangs is kidnapped. Sun Wukong finds red boy and fights him claiming he knows the bull demon king. As they fought red boy almost burned sun Wukong to death. Sun Wukong then asks Guanyin to intervene and put out the flames creates by red boy. Then as they were fighting again red boy finds Guanyins empty throne and sits on it imitating her posture. Then the throne turns into swords piercing red boy. He pleads to be free from the pain and Guanyin agrees only if he became her permanent disciple. However once red boy was free he tried to attack her again. He was stopped as 5 golden bands similar to the one on Sun Wukongs head wrapped around red boys arms, legs, and head. This similarly tightened and caused intense pain to the parts of his body they were on.
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