Sha Chen knew Sun Wukong well: he was petty, cared deeply about his reputation, and obsessed over things.
If his reputation were merely spreading in the outside world, that would be one thing. But people were comparing others to Sun Wukong, belittling him as utterly worthless.
Sun Wukong was naturally indignant.
After all, he was The Great Sage Equal to Heaven. Though self-proclaimed, he had caused an uproar in the Heavenly Palace and fought countless deities.
He couldn't accept that celestial generals, whom he could have wiped out in a single breath in the past, were now seen as superior to him.
