"...I'm extremely holy, Devero," Koumyou answers anyway, "Extremely. Even more than other Sanzos. Even my dead body would be a potent symbol for people."

It's kind of something you learn to accept, at some point. Which is why he doesn't sound particularly bothered by it, even though dying at Kinzan where the head monk would actually take care of disposing of his body had been the ideal scenario.

...Minus any potential thievery of it, anyway.