Sun Wukong, the "Handsome Monkey King," who reigns over "The Blessed Land of Flower-Fruit Mountain," is an immortal, and a rather impish one at that.

For example, he once erased his own name from the list of condemned souls in the ledgers at the Palace of Darkness, thereby ensuring his own immortality. In this episode, Sun Wukong visits his neighbor the Dragon King who possesses a 13,500 pound divine pillar called the magic "Sea-settling needle," once used to forge the Milky Way. The Dragon King, whose palace is on the bottom of the sea, uses the pillar to stir up storms and waves.

When the Monkey King is shown the magic needle, he is able to command it to shrink down to the size of an embroidering needle and store behind his ear. Fearing Sun Wukong's power, the Dragon King declines to give it to him, so the Handsome Monkey King steals it, leading to a fierce scuffle with the Dragon King's prawn soldiers and crab general.

[source:ebeijing.gov.cn]