289 True Will (1/2)
One's soul is constituted by the Primordial Essence formed by the fusion of a piece of the parents' Primordial Essence and soul force belonging to The Eternal River of the Afterlife. Only the core of your soul can be considered truly yours.
Once an individual reached Peak Rank 3 and comprehended a law to the Potential level, his soul would undergo a qualitative change. Under the guidance of the Universe Will, his Primordial Essence would begin to consume the soul force that was granted to you by The Eternal River of the Afterlife.
When this process is done, your Primordial Essence, the part that is the core of your existence, would have grown powerful enough to be solidified and form the True Soul. This massive change is the reason why Rank 4 life forms are so powerful and can have access to devastating powers like Law Avatars.
Zatiel's Primordial Essence was currently swallowing the soul force around it in a ferocious manner. This process generated an immense strain on the individual's consciousness and life force, but the Neo-Demon was in the prime of his life, and his consciousness was extremely sturdy, so he faced no problem.
After a couple of hours, the soul force that belonged to The Eternal River of the Afterlife was gone. In Zatiel's soul dimension, the only thing left was a sphere of shining light.
Right now, what should happen was the Universe Will tempering the Primordial Essence and forming the True Soul.
However, before that mighty entity could act, a greater power presented itself inside the Neo-Demon Realm. It forced the Universe Will away from the White Sun, but not before taking control of its soul tempering capacity.
The reason why a Neo-Demon needed to undergo their advance to Rank 4 inside the Neo-Demon Realm was that they needed the help of a force that could overpower the Universe Will, and that was the Incarnation of Death and Destruction's Omega Law.
The moment the Omega Law appeared, Zatiel's face became solemn as he prepared to face the unique transformation that a Neo-Demon had to endure.
Under the control of the Omega Law, a giant whip of elemental chaos entered Zatiel's body and reached all the way to his soul dimension. There it began to feed the Neo-Demon's Primordial Essence.
Any other Rank 3 life form would have their bodies destroyed the moment this dense and volatile elemental chaos entered their bodies. However, from the creation of their Elemental Chaos Heart all the way to the completion of the Elemental Chaos Body, Neo-Demons had been training for this moment.
This was a race that dared to use elemental chaos to temper their brains with the goal of enhancing the compatibility of their Primordial Essence with this power.
As time progressed, the pain increased just like the size of Zatiel's Primordial Essence. After three months, the Neo-Demon's face was pale, but his entire focus was on what came next.
The nurturing phase had ended, and a thin white light appeared in Zatiel's soul dimension. The power in it was so great that spacetime twisted and broke inside the True Neo-Demon Doomsday Chamber. Luckily, it also released an aura that protected the Neo-Demon.
This white light could be considered the sharpest blade in the universe, and with a speed that could amaze even an Archangel with the Shooting Star bloodline, it split the giant mass of Primordial Essence into three equal parts.
”AHHHHH!” Zatiel released a cry of pain as the white blade cut his Primordial Essence. He bit his tongue to maintain his focus while he waited for the agony to end. No matter how many times he experienced it, having your soul split apart was not something he could get used to.
Zatiel had allowed a stream of elemental chaos, something that could rot the body of a normal Rank 3 life form, inundating his Primordial Essence only to split it apart when it reached its maximum size.
One of these Primordial Essences was golden, the other was blue, and the last one was black.
He had accomplished the first and deadliest part of the Three Severings. What came next would not put his life in danger but was going to determine how solid his foundation would be.
Just like the Universe Will was going to temper Zatiel's Primordial Essence into his True Soul, the Omega Law was going to do the same with each of these pieces and create three different Paths of Power by harnessing the unique powers that each of them had.
The first would carry the Neo-Demon determination and perseverance, the part of him that always pushed him forward.
Inside Zatiel's soul dimension, something that had never appeared before in the universe was going to be born, a True Will.