The final chapter begins with Rangjung Dorjé in retreat in Kongpo, southern Tibet. Because of his growing reputation, however, he is soon forced to return to central Tibet to mediate between a group of rebels and members of the ruling Mongol-Sakya alliance. In 1329, the Mongol emperor summonses him to the capitals. He eventually arrives in Dadu nearly two years later, during the short reign of Irinjibal (1326–1332, r. 1332), and witnesses the enthronement of the final Mongol emperor, Toghon Temür (1320–1370, r. 1333–1370), who becomes his student. Once at the young emperor’s court, he is only allowed to return to Tibet briefly in 1334. He dies in Xanadu in the summer of 1339. According to his biographers, his death was enacted to facilitate his escape from the emperor’s decree that he stay in the capital. It enabled him, through rebirth, to return to his beloved mountains.
