289 True Will (2/2)

The True Will is the metaphysical representation of Zatiel's will, using his Primordial Essence as the core material to form it. It granted many skills such as enhanced resistance to pain, protection against mind-controlling abilities, scanning powers, and you can even impose your True Will on the elements around you. However, those were just auxiliary abilities whose main focus was defense.

The True Will had two fundamental purposes. One is to grant the Neo-Demon the capacity of suppressing the consciousness of heavenly bodies and consume them. The other is to make sure no change in ego or personality occurs in the rest of the Primordial Essences.

Just like any other Path of Power, the True Will must be trained. Not because your will was strong meant that your True Will would become strong immediately. Nevertheless, a firm ”will” will help to reduce the presence of bottlenecks as you advance in the Ranks.

The first five Ranks of the True Will are Star Holder, Star Defiant, Star Breaker, Moon Shatterer, and Sun Collapser. They were all divided into Early, Middle, Late, and Peak.

The True Will must always be the strongest of the Paths of Power a Neo-Demon had to avoid a problem with his ego and help the other two paths to advance faster. This is the reason why Zatiel cared so much that his people would have resolute hearts.

Training the True Will was exhausting since not only it needed Origin Power but also the tempering of powerful negative emotions. However, now that it had yet to finish its formation, Zatiel could use elemental chaos to increase its power.

Unfortunately, although that type of strengthening was fast, it was also incredibly painful. Unlike the agony that Zatie endured in the Beta Heavenly World when there were times of rest, this pain would be present each second.

There was no fear in the Neo-Demon's heart as he sent the command and made the elemental chaos that filled his body enter the golden sphere of Primordial Essence that would become his True Will.

Zatiel's body shivered once that dangerous energy touched the golden Primordial Essence, but the next second he became solid as a rock. He was enduring the kind of pain that would drive even monsters crazy.

By the time the first day had ended, Zatiel was clenching his fist and teeth so hard that blood fell from his mouth and palms.

In the middle of the 9th day the Neo-Demon began to shake uncontrollably and did not pass long before he could not keep his body straight. Despite all that, Zatiel did not stop the stream of elemental chaos.

”Keep going, keep going, keep going...” That was the only thought in Zatiel's mind when the 20th day was reaching its end, and he kept pushing forward.

Right when the 21st day started, Zatiel's body stopped shaking. The Neo-Demon had fallen unconscious.

The Omega Law stopped the golden Primordial Essence from swallowing any more elemental chaos since it could collapse now that Zatiel was no longer using his determination to keep it steady.

Using the tempering abilities that it had taken from the Universe Will, the Omega Law began to give form to the True Will. The sphere of golden Primordial Essence was condensed until it formed a small golden humanoid.

This humanoid had no features at all, and the aura around it was very mild. This was the aspect the True Will would present at the first Rank, Star Seeker. However, a change began to occur in the next moment as all the energy Zatiel was able to give it proved its effectiveness.

The True Will began to gain form and slowly became a perfect copy of Zatiel, down to the smallest detail. The golden humanoid taking form meant that the Neo-Demon had reached Peak Star Holder.

However, things did not end there because the True Will began to open his eyes. It took a long time until they were fully open, and the moment it happened, the eyes of Zatiel, who was still unconscious, began to glow with golden light. He had reached Peak Star Defiant and could thoroughly suppress the consciousness of a star inside his body.

By reaching Peak Star Defiant, even if the other two Paths of Power reach the Rank 5 level, the Neo-Demon would have no problem keeping their ego in check. Nevertheless, Zatiel's True Will had yet to finish his transformation.

The eyes of the True Will were empty, but a second later, a spark of light manifested itself in them. That moment an aura was released from the golden humanoid that appeared to tell he was the one and only king of the soul dimension in which he resided. Nothing could defy its will, and even the consciousness of a million years star could only crumble under its might.

By enduring more than twenty days of unimaginable agony, Zatiel had managed to push his True Will to the Low Star Breaker Rank.