C1575 Self-refinement of the Soul
How do you define death? If he was on Earth in his previous life, Mo Li would be dead by now! However, in the world of cultivators, there was still a sliver of the Three Souls and Seven Souls, and there was a chance to cultivate the Great Dao again.
Mo Zhen and Mo Zhiyin's guess was right. Mo Li had indeed intentionally self-destructed his physical body and sea of consciousness