On the tenth day of the eighth month of the third year of Yongkang, the emperor's old illness relapsed, and Wuzhi died in Shangyuan Hall at the age of thirty-two. The emperor had no children, and he ordered his younger brother, Prince Nangong Yuqi, to inherit the throne. Many years later, folk rumors spread that Emperor Yongkang was still alive and appeared in the Jiangnan area with the woman he loved during his lifetime. As a result, this couple of gods and immortals became a legend among the people.