Yu Ziqing carefully kept sensing for a long time, confirming that Dean Hua was definitely, thoroughly dead.
Peeling destroyed his flesh and Divine Soul, while the Deep Sea Strange absorbed Dean Hua's wisdom.
Given this Deep Sea Strange's obsession with wisdom, Yu Ziqing did not think Dean Hua had even the slightest chance of surviving.
Moreover, while Yu Ziqing couldn't fully understand Dean Hua's thoughts, he could understand more than half.
Dao Cultivators, more or less, all have that mentality of "if I can hear the Dao in the morning, I can die in the evening without regret."
If it were a great problem they had pursued their entire life yet never found an answer to, and they were asked to trade their life for that answer—
Yu Ziqing believed that the stronger the Dao Cultivator, the more willing they would be to accept.
Even Yang, back when he was seeking the Dao, wasn't all that confident himself; he was making attempts while embracing a mindset of certain death.
