At the last Grand Court Assembly, the Minister of Rites had still been a True Lord of the Jiang Family. Now that the Jiang Family had risen to the rank of a first-rank aristocratic clan and taken control of the Secretariat, one of the Three Departments, it had long since handed the Ministry of Rites over to the Mu Family of Ning Province, whom they supported.
Thus, the Minister of Rites reporting on the ministry's work at this Grand Court Assembly was now a True Lord of the Mu Family. His report was largely on the development of the Immortal Dynasty's Human Way over the past sixty years—how much the population had grown, how many new provinces and commanderies had been added, and so on. In short, it was all praise for the great growth in the Immortal Dynasty's Human Way, national destiny, and strength.
After the Ministry of Rites came the Ministry of War. Its minister was still True Lord Zhao Weide of the 'Golden Spear' Zhao Family, but compared to sixty years ago, Liang Zhaohuang felt that the man seemed to have aged somewhat.
One had to know that the figures manifested within this Heaven-Facing Hall were formed from the cultivators' minds and consciousness, not their true bodies.
Yet the body manifested from True Lord Zhao Weide's mind and consciousness already showed signs of age. That was enough to prove that he had truly grown old—an aging of body, mind, and soul, the aging brought by the end of one's lifespan.
Although Nascent Soul True Lords possessed long lifespans, they were not endless. Generally speaking, a Nascent Soul cultivator lived around twelve hundred years. Once that limit was reached, Nascent Soul True Lords likewise had to face aging, and the terror of dying when their lifespan ran out.