"I almost lost myself." Li Yuan sighed inwardly. Was the very first Soul Pillar already this difficult? Sixty million years actually began to faintly affect my self-awareness.
"And this was formed from the evolved soul origin of the weakest Emperor Realm expert among the 136 Emperor Realm experts."
"What about the Soul Pillars of the other, more powerful Emperor Realm experts?"
"Compared with those ancient Emperor Realm experts, my will is indeed still rather weak," Li Yuan thought to himself.
The soul and will were different things.
The strength of the soul was mainly nurtured by the Dao and by the divine power of the body. The stronger the Eternal Dao a powerhouse opened up and the stronger their divine body, the more powerful their soul would naturally become as it was nurtured.
It was like mortals: if the body was hale and strong, the spirit would naturally be vigorous.
For someone like Li Yuan, whether in terms of his Dao realm, his physical body, or his divine power, none of them were inferior to an ordinary Emperor Realm expert, making the strength of his soul already comparable to an ordinary Emperor Realm expert's.
Will, however, was far more intangible. Generally speaking, the stronger the soul and the longer one cultivated, the more one's will would gradually be tempered and strengthened.
But some extremely weak beings could also possess extremely powerful wills.
Just like a tiny minority of mortals, who could endure endless torture and torment; such people had extraordinarily powerful wills.
As for Li Yuan, he was in fact exceptionally skilled in soul and will, and his will had grown extremely quickly.
Back when he ascended Purple Mountain and obtained the Ancient Cosmic Realm, it had been because of his powerful will. Gaining Xiao Mu's acknowledgment had also been