Word and action in accord with the Dao.
When Soren finally made his decision, he suddenly had the illusion that he was conforming to a certain Dao, and then perceiving a certain power of the Law.
No, no, no!
This was no illusion, for when he received the information prompt for the [Order] domain, Soren knew that he was truly perceiving the power of the Law this time.
And it was the extremely powerful [Order] domain!
All along, Soren's word had been the weightiest thing in the Overseas Islands. Why were so many pirates willing to follow Soren, risking their lives for him through mountains of blades and seas of fire without even a frown?
Was it not because Soren always kept his word, was clear in his rewards and punishments, and delivered on his promises!
This was [Order].
Yet this kind of order was still not enough, for the weight was insufficient; pirates were mere mortals after all. But when Soren faced an peerless powerhouse like Yugin, he managed to endure the temptation to slay Him and chose to follow his promise. The significance of this was completely different. One had to know that even if Soren had killed Him, it would only have shifted his alignment slightly—it probably wouldn't have even shifted him to [Neutral Evil], at most moving from Lawful toward Chaotic by some thirty or fifty points.
Yet the benefits brought by killing Yugin were astonishing: millions of slaughter experience, along with no small amount of divinity and Divine Rank power.
The benefits and the cost were completely out of alignment.
However!
Soren still held fast to his convictions, and at this moment his spirit seemed to undergo a sublimation. He suddenly thought of the Father of Oaks, and somewhat understood why the Father of Oaks