In the early hours of the morning, Baron Acate passed away. Perhaps he had already reached the end of his life, but was purely holding on through sheer willpower.
After receiving Lynch's promise and realizing there was no hope left, the willpower he had been relying on completely dissipated.
The funeral was scheduled for three days later, but that was no longer something Lynch needed to concern himself with.
However, he did not immediately return to Shadow Land. Instead, he decided to wander the Mortal World for a while to shake off the boredom and monotony brought on by cultivation. Cultivation was important, of course, but the Wizard's Road couldn't be solely about cultivation.
In the vast expanse of the Ancient Ruins, there were still many places he hadn't explored. Take the Seven Great Kingdoms of humanity, for instance—he had only been to two or three of them.
