Monkey (1978)

S2E12 What is Wisdom?

As Monkey, Pigsy, Sandy, and Tripitaka journey toward the palace in The Land of Search for Understanding, the king demands to interview every pilgrim who arrives. After a heated dispute, Monkey decides to remain behind and is soon rendered invisible by a wicked magician. Disguised as a Taoist priest, the magician tricks the gullible king into organizing a contest between himself and an unwilling Tripitaka to prove whether Taoism or Buddhism reigns supreme. With ambitions to seize control of the kingdom, will his sinister plot come to fruition?