Chapter 22 - Chapter 18: Defeated but Not Vanquished

Although it seemed like Sun Wukong had fallen due to exhaustion, Tathagata remained uneasy, always feeling that at any moment, the monkey would stand up again! Thus, Tathagata used his mana to probe Sun Wukong once more. The result was the same as the previous times: the man was not dead, but the life force within his body was extremely chaotic, and he was on his last breath. It was not a solution to remain in a stalemate, so Tathagata summoned a few Buddhist soldiers to check on him.