When Monkey defeated the celestial troops sent to subdue him, the Jade Emperor decided, on the advice of the Spirit of the Planet Venus, to allow him the title "Great Sage" and appoint him caretaker of the Celestial Peach Garden.
玉帝聞訊遣將捉拿，然皆被老孫打得落花流水，只好在太白金星建議下，再行招安，給個無祿空銜，冊封「齊天大聖」；為怕他閒來生事，又派管蟠桃園。