C1072 The Genius!

As Geh Mai lay convulsing on the ground, the members of the Heavenly Sword Pavilion were struck dumb, their minds a blank slate.

A person wouldn't die instantly from being bisected; they could linger for a while. Geh Mai, being at the Saint Stage, wouldn't succumb to an ordinary severing. Potent saintly elixirs could have brought him back