Golden Winged Great Peng

The Golden Winged Great Peng (金翅大鵬雕) is an antagonist of the classic novel Journey to the West. He is a demonic eagle who was spawned from the primodial Phoenix.

Past
During the primodial times, the original Phoenix, the leader of flying beings, gave birth to the Peacock Mahamayuri and the Eagle. The Peacock once consumed the Buddha, who however managed to escape via cut her stomach. The Buddha intended to kill the Peacock, however the Deities told him to stop, thus the Buddha promoted her to be his godmother, therefore the Eagle would be his uncle. This gave the Eagle a high position on Heaven and unfortunately only serves to fuel his big ego.

For unknown reason, the Eagle transformed himself into the Golden Winged Great Peng, and ate all the residents of an old kingdom and ruled it for 500 years.

Role in the story
The Eagle, like most of other demons in the story, attempted to eat Xuanzang. He set up several plans to capture them and even successfully captured Sun Wukong himself.

After Wukong met the Buddha, he learned about the backstory of Peng. After a battle, the Buddha shows up to subdue the demon and take him back to Vulture Peak.

Powers and abilities
The Golden Winged Great Peng is armed with a ji and capable of flying over great distances. He possesses a Flask of Yin and Yang Essence (陰陽二氣瓶) which can suck in unsuspecting victims. After a while, the victim trapped inside the flask will be reduced to a bloody mash. He uses the flask to trap Sun Wukong but the latter breaks out and the flask is rendered useless because its essence has been spilt.