And it's not as if the portal opened in front of him, it opened in some alley away from the park.
Just like that, after chatting with the stone statue about the changes in the historical record, Shi Yu had already stayed close to his house for a week.
Just because his soul was rejected doesn't mean he won't age.
[ Remarks: You have to use the system and absorb the mystical properties of this world so you can belong to this world and die the next time your life ceases. ]