Few people can easily predict how long they will live. That’s especially true when life is brutal. One slipup or one deadly fight can end everything. Even powerful gods could perish. Even Grand Emperor Swordsage had eventually reached the end of the line.

However… the length of one’s life wasn’t the most important factor in determining how amazing that life was. As was said, the world is a tavern for living beings, and the timescape is an old guest.[1]

The most important thing was to examine what one had experienced in life. Each person had their own path to walk. It was the only freedom that all living beings controlled.

Grand Emperor Swordsage had safeguarded humankind for ages and ages. Though he couldn’t change how things would end for him, his life experience was something that all humans would remember.

That was glory. That was greatness.