Several days later, within the Creation Secret Realm of the Puppet World Heavenly Net.
Li Chen, Shen Longcheng, Pan Ning, and Wu Fangdao entered the illusory world and met with the other Puppet Master Grandmasters once more.
This time, they remained in the Equal Sea Domain, while the other Grandmasters traveled in person to the Eastern Victory Continent to witness True Person Miaobao arrive at the site and upload his consciousness and memories.
In the empty darkness, a skeletal avatar appeared. He sat on a throne, watching True Person Miaobao separate a wisp of essence from his Primordial Spirit and send it drifting toward him like a flame, remaining still and silent throughout.
The flame merged into him, reflecting a deep starry sky within his eyes and becoming celestial bodies.
True Person Miaobao smiled, then closed his eyes as though falling asleep.
Han Tong stepped forward to support him, only then discovering that True Person Miaobao had passed away.
Copying his will and memories was not a great expenditure, but for an old man whose reserves had long since run dry, even this took a toll. A certain amount of that essence was itself part of his lifespan.
This procedure exhausted the last breath keeping him alive, and so he passed away on the spot.
Still, True Person Miaobao had lived for more than fifteen hundred years, a long life even among Primordial Spirit Great Powers.
For the past million years, a normal lifespan allotted by Heaven's Mandate had rarely exceeded a thousand years. Every expenditure and loss wore cultivators down. Living to such an age through Heavenly Treasures and extraordinary arts and Secret Arts was already a rare achievement.
He had also calmly arranged everything for after his death. Thus, although everyone inevitably felt a little wistful, they all