User blog comment:Master Sima Yi/Assassinews 02-08-'12 — Official AnvilNext Trailer/@comment-115.186.172.169-20120803203714/@comment-3202167-20120806171251

He must live, considering he died 16 years later.

And it just wont make sense, from what we know about Connor, he wont stop until he kills him if he is a Templar.